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Ex-Im Bank loan guarantee to Air India upheld by US appeals court
WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court has upheld a decision by the U.S. Export-Import Bank to finance the sale of 30 Boeing wide-body jets to Indian state-owned carrier Air India in a legal challenge brought by Delta Air Lines to the loan guarantee. The court has however directed the government-run bank to better explain its rationale for providing loan guarantee, which Delta claimed as a ...
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Google spending $7mn to fight child pornography
LONDON - Internet giant Google said it is spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. "We're in the business of making information widely available, but there's certain 'information' that should never be created or found," wrote Jacqueline Fuller, director of Google Giving, in a blog post. ...
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Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant
DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...
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Shenzen to be first Chinese city to begin carbon trading
BEIJING - China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is set to launch Tuesday its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in the southern city of Shenzhen as part of efforts to cut emissions in its key cities. Carbon emissions trading schemes are meant to encourage companies to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by setting a limit or a cap, on the level of emission that can be ...
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UK inflation rises to 2.7pc in May pushed by higher transport cost
LONDON - The consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, mainly due to higher fuel costs pushing up transportation costs particularly airfares, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday. The ONS said the rise was due to a record increase in airfares and higher fuel prices. "The inflation rate has returned to the levels seen between ...
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The Class (Entre les murs) [Blu-Ray]
For its release in English-speaking countries, Laurent Cantets Palme dOr-winning film Entre les murs has been given the rather generic and uninspiring title The Class, in the process losing the texture and subtlety of the original French title, which means literally Between the Wal ... ...
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Yahoo follows Facebook and Microsoft in publishing US govt sought snoop data
Internet corporation Yahoo has followed the league of technological companies in publishing reports about 'snoop data' requests made by the US government. According to the Guardian, Yahoo has revealed that it had received 12,000-13,000 requests, inclusive of criminal, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and other requests by the government between 1 December 2012 and 31 May ...
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FedEx Delivers Strong Q4 Earnings Tops Expectations
business helped offset restructuring costs. Revenues matched Wall Street forecasts. FedEx also issued initial earnings growth guidance for the full-year 2013.The performance of package shipping bellwethers like FedEx and its rival United Parcel Service, Inc. ...
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Coca-Cola announces organizational changes
New Delhi, June 19 : Beverage major The Coca-Cola Company on Wednesday announced key organizational changes in the Pacific Group. These changes are effective July ...
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Market Snapshot U.S. stocks in mild retreat on Fed day
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks staged a mild retreat on Wednesday following a two-day rally, with investors on uncertain footing ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy decision later in the ...
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Futures Movers Oil edges up before inventory data Fed news
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures were slightly higher Wednesday before a much-awaited Federal Reserve decision and weekly supply data from the ...
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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
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