Topic: Buisiness and Economy

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: In Search Of More Growth, Google Targeting Businesses

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:53 AM

	Millions of consumers turn to Google to search the Web, a fact well known by most Internet users. Read full article: 'In Search Of More Growth, Google Targeting Businesses'

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Articles: Reuters sells U.S. research firm Yankee

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:48 AM

	NEW YORK (Reuters) - News and information company Reuters says it has sold U.S. research and technology advisory firm Yankee Group, the latest step in a plan to refocus on its core business. Read full article: 'Reuters sells U.S. research firm Yankee'

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Articles: US wholesale prices surge as trade deficit hits all-time high

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:43 AM

	Washington - US wholesale prices shot up by 0.7 percent last month, the largest increase in a year, propelled by higher petrol costs and the biggest jump in dairy product prices since 1946. Read full article: 'US wholesale prices surge as trade deficit hits all-time high'

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Articles: U.S. deliberates airlines' future as losses pile up

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:41 AM

Amid the airline industry's worst financial downturn, the federal government is poised to play its biggest role in the industry since deregulation in 1978. Decisions by federal officials — some this election year — are expected to help shape the future of the industry, now in its fourth year of multibillion-dollar losses.

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Articles: Cellphone customers defy forecasts

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:38 AM

	WASHINGTON — A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule allowing cellphone users to keep their numbers when switching carriers hasn't boosted the rate of industrywide customer defections, defying some forecasts, the agency said yesterday Read full article: 'Cellphone customers defy forecasts'

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Articles: Dell profit rises as corporate demand improves

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:35 AM

	No. 1 PC maker Dell (DELL) on Thursday became the second tech giant this week to report strong quarterly earnings and say U.S. business spending on technology is finally coming back. Read full article: 'Dell profit rises as corporate demand improves'

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Articles: Chirac supports Alstom 'partners'

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:33 AM

	Jacques Chirac, the French president, yesterday sought to play down the awkward relations between France and Germany over industrial policy by declaring himself in favour of "partnerships" for stricken engineering group Alstom. Read full article: 'Chirac supports Alstom 'partners''

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Articles: House votes to extend tax cuts

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:31 AM

	WASHINGTON — The House agreed yesterday to cement tax cuts that have been delivered by an expanded bottom bracket. Read full article: 'House votes to extend tax cuts'

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Articles: Crude Oil Slips After Reaching Record High on Rising Demand

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 02:49 AM

	May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures slipped after reaching a record in New York and a 13-year high in London because of increased demand from China and other expanding economies and a potential shortage of gasoline in the U.S. Read full article: 'Crude Oil Slips After Reaching Record High on Rising Demand'

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Articles: World trade ministers meeting in Paris

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:25 AM

The world's trade ministers are meeting in Paris, France, under the auspices of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developement (OECD). Top of their agenda is to re-start the stalled world trade talks. Developing countries want their industrialised counterparts to eliminate market-distorting agricultural subsidies for fair global trade. The Paris meeting is of particular interest in light of the European Union's recent offer to cut all export subsidies conditionally.

Read full article: 'World trade ministers meeting in Paris'

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