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- Dow falls more than 400 points for second day in row
Louisville News.Net The Dow Jones industrials finished more than 400 points lower Thursday, after a similar fall on Wednesday.
- US Congress delays car bailout plan
Louisville News.Net Democrats in the US Congress have been unable to secure the numbers to get auto-industry bailout legislation through Congress.
- Canada court rejects airline fee for obese passengers
Louisville News.Net The Supreme Court in Canada has upheld a ruling that obese and disabled people will be able to have two seats for the price of one on domestic flights.
- Colgate-Palmolive riots flare in Nepal
Louisville News.Net There has been a massive upheaval at the factory of Colgate Palmolive in Nepal, with the company announcing the sale of the company after 20 years of operations.
- Travel agents want a return to commission structure
Louisville News.Net Travel agents associations in India have called on air operators to withdraw the transaction fee system they introduced on to reinstate the earlier five percent travel agents commission.
- Michael Jackson to appear in London court
Louisville News.Net Pop legend Michael Jackson will give evidence in person at London's High Court to defend allegations that he owes $7 million to an Arab sheikh.
- African country becomes recipient of US funds
Louisville News.Net The government in Ghana has put aside funds for development projects, such as the rebuilding of schools and other buildings destroyed by floods.
- UK government ready to take Royal Bank of Scotland shares
Louisville News.Net Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders are due to vote on whether to accept a £20bn government bail-out.
- Best US used cars prices revealed
Louisville News.Net An annual projection of US used car prices has shown Honda and Toyota cars have best resale value.
- Alitalia set for transfer to new owner
Louisville News.Net The Italian airline, Alitalia, still needs to satisfy the government before the sale to an Italian business group can be completed.
- Tokyo stocks extend losses over Wall Street plunge
Louisville News.Net Tokyo stocks extended losses Friday after Wall Street plunged overnight and the global slowdown deepened.
- US Markets plunge, S&P 500 sinks to 11-year low
Louisville News.Net US stocks plunged Thursday, with the broadbased Standard & Poor's 500 Index losing 6.7 percent to close at its lowest point since 1997 and economic indicators signalling a recession.
- Dutch bar owners want smoking ban lifted
Louisville News.Net Cafe and bar owners in the Dutch town of Tilburg have announced plans to identify smoking inspectors on the Internet.
- Mark Robinson appointed CEO of Citi South Asia
Louisville News.Net Mumbai /Hong Kong, (ANI/ Business Wire India): Mark Robinson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Citi South Asia. Based in Mumbai, he will lead Citi's significant banking franchise in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and also join the Asia Pacific Executive Committee. Robinson succeeds Sanjay Nayar, who is leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities.
- Asian markets resume slide amid mounting US financial woes
Louisville News.Net Asian stock markets took heavy losses Thursday, reflecting widespread gloom about US economic troubles and another bad day on Wall Street.
- Meditation and yoga prescribed for Wall Street brokers
Louisville News.Net The constant fluctuations on Wall Street can grate on even the toughest businessman's or businesswoman's nerves.
- Venezuela and Vietnam create $200 million development fund to strengthen economic cooperation
Star Tribune Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Minh Triet, agreed on Thursday to create a $200 million joint development fund to strengthen economic...
- how Detroit took wrong road
Guardian The once mighty US car industry had been in decline long before the financial crisis led to the evaporation of car loans which had enabled customers to purchase new vehicles. Over the years, US...
- 500 chefs, 4,000 lobsters and Kylie - recession Dubai style
Guardian The real world rarely intrudes on the artificial playground of Dubai. And last night, the global financial collapse seemed far behind as one of the most outlandish architectural extravagances of...
- Petrol prices to fall 7p a litre by Christmas, RAC predicts
Guardian Motorists are likely to see petrol prices come down by a further 7p a litre before Christmas after the price of oil last night dropped through the $50-a-barrel level for the first time in three and a...
- Microsoft says it
Beta News Microsoft has been working for years to be your TV-time buddy, while yearning also to forge deep relationships with Hollywood and other content providers. But Microsoft wants you to...
- Car industry turmoil rattles Wall St
ABC Australia Uncertainty over the future of the US car industry, and more bad economic news, have rattled US investors. Wall Street was boosted after a group of US senators said a bipartisan deal had been...
- Not all information can be free
CNet A top Microsoft lawyer made the case on Thursday that sites like Google News are making money while the folks creating that digital content aren't able to make a living. Google News, said Thomas...
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