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 Giant economies discussing free trade
Detroit News.Net
Talks have begun in Melbourne, Australia between eight nations on how to incorporate other countries in the largest free trade area ever seen. Asian Stock Markets Mostly Lower, Euro Falls
Miami Herald
An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Asian stock markets have pushed higher after the U.S. central bank again pledge... Wal-mart 'appalled' At Racist Order
CNN
(CNN) -- New Jersey authorities are investigating an announcement made over a public address system at a southern New Jersey Wal-Mart telling "all blacks" to leave the store. Rolls-royce Gets India Gas Pipeline Contract
Fox Business
LONDON -- Power systems firm Rolls-Royce said Thursday that it has obtained a contract from Gas Authority India Limited to supply power systems for a major gas pipeline project. The new contract is v... Aviva Signs Indonesia Joint Venture Deal
Fox Business
LONDON -- Aviva said Thursday that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Indonesia's PT Asuransi Wahana Tata. Aviva will acquire a 60% share in PT Asuransi Winterthur Life Indonesia, which has... Novartis Gets Europe Clearance For Meningitis Drug
Fox Business
TEL AVIV -- Novartis , the Basel health-care giant, received from the European Commission clearance to market Menveo to immunize children 11 and older and adults against four groups of meningococcal ... Rise In Yuan Would Be Disastrous: China Export Body
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - A rise in the yuan would be a disaster for labor-intensive Chinese exporters, a semi-official trade group said on Thursday, as frictions grow with the U.S. and other Western powers... A Southern-style Taste Of Health Care Politics
ABCNews
FILE - In this May 20, 2008, file photo, Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., is seen on his first day as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives before a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in ... Australia Concerned About Rio Tinto Trial
ABCNews
Australia expressed disappointment Thursday that charges of stealing business secrets against one of its citizens would be tried in a closed court in China, and some lawmakers doubted the mining execu... Uaw Oks Severance Pact In Calif. Plant Shutdown
ABCNews
Melanie Smith, who has worked at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. auto plant for 21 years in quality control, holds up a copy of the tentative agreement she voted to accept outside the United A... Firm Wins $105.8m In Patent Lawsuit Against Microsoft
Tyler Morning Telegraph
A federal jury in Tyler on Tuesday awarded the California-based VirnetX $105.8 million in a patent infringement suit they filed against Microsoft in 2007. The verdict came after a week long trial in w... Nissan To Build New Green Car In Britain
Ananova
Nissan is set to announce it will build its new Leaf electric car in Sunderland, Sky News has learnt. The Japanese car giant is reportedly applying to the European Investment Bank for funding. The... Asian Stock Markets Mostly Lower, Euro Falls
Tampa Bay Online
HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday while the euro weakened after Greece said it might seek international assistance to resolve its debt crisis. Fedex To Report Q3 Results: Earnings Preview
Quote.com
FDX ) is scheduled to report third-quarter results before the market opens Thursday. The Memphis, Tennessee-based company's performance is a barometer of the economic recovery, as the manufacturing ... Asian Stock Markets Mostly Lower, Euro Falls
Sign on San Diego
An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Asian stock markets have pushed higher after the U.S. central bank again pledge... Europe's Top B-schools 2010
Business Week
When the global economy was on the skids, demand for MBA programs soared. Yet even as the economy recovers from the worst downturn since World War II, students keep flocking to business schools in hop... Europe's B-schools Are Soaring
Business Week
That doesn't mean it was easy for graduates to find work during the downturn. The slowdown in financial services and consulting hit especially hard, forcing some students to consider positions in indu... Sec: Lehman Oversight 'flawed'
Business Week
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said her agency’s oversight of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was “terribly flawed,” days after a ban... Special Report: European B-schools 2010
Business Week
Demand and admission standards are up, as students around the world look to sharpen business skills and add global credentials with a European MBA China Overseas 2009 Profit Rises 48% On Home Sales
Business Week
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd., a Hong Kong-based builder controlled by the Chinese construction ministry, said 2009 profit climbed 48 percent as China’s $586 ...
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