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By Badea Abu Al-Naja
SO far 15,000 people have visited Hara (...)
16 fighter jets to Taiwan, following the strong objection by China, is seen by some analysts as a signal of a power shift in Asia, argues Robert D. Kaplan in his column with the Washington Post. Here's excerpts:
Washington is obsessed with decline: (...)
out crowd of 43,000 FMX fans packed Mexico City's famous Plaza de Toros to experience a true sensation at the first stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2009.
Freestyle motocross riders from 11 nations did battle in the biggest bullfighting (...)
percent stake
to Singapore Airlines and Temasek Holdings, the Singaporean
government's investment arm, company officials said.
The 7.2 billion Hong Kong dollar (US$923 million, ¤673
million) deal has been long anticipated with trading in (...)
off, inspired by analysts' concerns an expected boost in the UK government's pre-budget speech on Dec. 5 would not materialise.
The government has been expected to introduce U.S.-style tax efficient real estate investment trusts, but it is unclear (...)
by date found at 50 Germany companies
Berlin, Nov 25, SPA -- Meat that was dishonestly labelled fresh though it was past its sell-by date has been discovered at 50 German companies in a nationwide crackdown by health inspectors, a farm ministry (...)
year moratorium on accepting
applications for new genetically modified foods in May
2004, under strict approval procedures and labeling
regulations, but several EU nations remain reluctant to
authorize biotech crops because of public health (...)
off in U.S. equity markets last week left stocks cheap enough for investors to jump in again and buy.
Banc of America Securities Chief Investment Strategist Tom McManus raised his equity weighting for the first time in more than two years, saying (...)
off in oil helped push the blue-chip Dow to its highest close in more than a month, while the S&P and Nasdaq were back to levels seen at the beginning of August.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 83.11 points, or 0.82 percent, at 10,181.74. (...)
off, Xilinx Inc., down 4.9 percent to $27.66, and Altera Corp., off 4.9 percent at $19.30, were among the biggest decliners on the Nasdaq. On the New York Stock Exchange, Texas Instruments Inc. fell 3.4 percent to $21.69.
"They (semiconductors) got (...)