Archive for July 18th, 2008


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President of Argentina Withdraws Tax Increase
New York Times - 20 hours ago
By VINOD SREEHARSHA and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO BUENOS AIRES - The embattled president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, on Friday revoked tax increases on grain exports, a measure that had set off four months of farm revolts, food shortages and
Argentina ends grain tax hike Los Angeles Times
Argentina Revokes Decree on New Farm Tax Regime (Update1) Bloomberg
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BBC News
Argentina Blocks Farm Export Tax
New York Times - 12 hours ago
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO RIO DE JANEIRO - Argentina’s Senate narrowly rejected the agricultural export tax increases that caused a nationwide farmer rebellion when the country’s vice president sided with agriculture producers early Thursday and cast the
Argentina ends grain tax hike Los Angeles Times
Argentina Revokes Decree on New Farm Tax Regime (Update1) Bloomberg
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Telegraph.co.uk
Citigroup Posts $2.5 Billion Loss on Write-Downs
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By LOUISE STORY Hobbled by the credit crisis at home, Citigroup has limped through nine months in the red, reporting a $2.5 billion quarterly loss on Friday.
Citigroup Posts $2.5 Billion Loss, Besting Estimates Washington Post
Citigroup Shares Rise on Smaller-Than-Estimated Loss (Update2) Bloomberg
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Washington Post
Major investor sides with Yahoo board
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
Legg Mason's Bill Miller takes a stand against Carl Icahn's effort to seat his own slate of directors. By Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors landed its first endorsement from a major institutional shareholder
Posted by: Rob Hof on July 18 BusinessWeek
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Los Angeles Times
Wall St. in a Quiet End to a Rocky Week
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM The major stock indexes finished mixed on Friday, and the broader market was nearly unchanged, as stocks ended a noisy week on a quiet note.
Citigroup Posts $2.5 Billion Loss, Besting Estimates Washington Post
US stocks mostly off; earnings drag down technology shares MarketWatch
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Voice of America
Freddie Mac Paves Way For Major Stock Sale
Washington Post - 6 hours ago
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Lori Montgomery Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage-finance giant, yesterday took a major step toward selling billions of dollars of new stock to the public as a way to bolster its balance sheet.
House likely to modify Fannie, Freddie rescue CNNMoney.com
Saving Fannie & Freddie Newsweek
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Earthtimes (press release)
Teva to buy Barr for $7.46 bln, boost generic lead
Reuters - 34 minutes ago
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) (TEVA.TA: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest generic drug company, said on Friday it would buy rival Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc (BRL.
Israel's Teva buys US copycat drug rival for $7.5bn guardian.co.uk
Teva Ticks Up A Barr Forbes
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HispanicBusiness.com
Starbucks closures heaviest in Calif, Fla, Texas
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California, Florida and Texas, the US states with the most Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) stores, will see the most shuttered as the coffee chain axes more than 600 underperforming outlets in
Cities, Customers Launch 'Save Our Starbucks' Efforts Wall Street Journal
Starbucks cuts strike at home Inside Bay Area
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