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D-day arrives for ailing airline
2019-04-08BEIJING, Dec. 13 -- Alitalia's board will meetThursday to pick a preferred bidder for the troubled Italian airline, Alitalia, as key business and labor leaders threw their weight behind domestic airli...
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Citigroup names Pandit as new CEO
2019-04-08Photo Gallery>>>BEIJING, Dec. 13 -- Citigroup Inc named investment banking head Vikram Pandit as chief executive and acting CEO Win Bischoff as chairman on Tuesday, disappointing investors wh...
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BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Chen Deming said here Wednesday that if the Renminbi, China's currency, appreciated too rapidly, it would cause fluctuations in the Chinese ...
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PARIS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- In the run-up to Christmas, the recent toy recall dramas involving Chinese products are having little impact on holiday sales in France. At Galeries Lafayette and Printemps ...
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ISLAMABAD, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said Thursday that the “armed forces have been over-engaged“ in parts of the country. The military is engaged in opera...
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EU 2008 budget centered on economic growth
2019-04-08BRUSSELS, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) lawmakers on Thursday approved 2008 budget for the 27-nation bloc, with the biggest share to go on boosting economic growth for the first time, in...
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BEIRUT, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said Thursday the opposition has assigned him to take part in political dialogue with the ruling majority, local Naharne...
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Special Report: Fight against Global WarmingBALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore here on Thursday urged the Bush Administration to act with sense of urgency on clima...
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BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's (EU) current account deficit grew to 16.3 billion euros (23.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2007, the EU's statistics bureau Eurostat...
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CHICAGO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that a CBOE seat, or membership, traded for a new all-time high of 3.15 million U.S. dollars earlier Tuesday. The new r...