Archive for July 3rd, 2008
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) shut anunderground pipe near its 139,000 barrel per day refinery in Wilmington,California, according to a filing with state environmental regulators. About six barrels of raffinate, an ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
(Adds details) WARSAW, July 3 (Reuters) - Poland has delayed the listing ofpower group Enea, the largest initial public offering plannedfor the Warsaw bourse this year, a deputy treasury minister toldReuters on Thursday. "The debut was postponed ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways (BAY.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), American Airlines and Spain's Iberia (IBLA.MC: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) could secure a transatlantic joint venture and seek antitrust immunity within a week, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday. ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
(Adds details of hearing, description of Israel) NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - Hedge fund swindler SamuelIsrael III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday andwas ordered to jail immediately, one day after his motherconvinced him to end a ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
(Corrects day of week in 4th paragraph)) WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - The White House said onThursday a report showing a sixth straight month of job lossesin June was another sign of slower U.S. economic growth. "The ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (Reuters) - Ask.com, the Web searchunit of IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), has closed an all-cashdeal to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, the owner ofpopular reference sites Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. Lexico of Long Beach, California, ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - U.S. copper futures gave up a large chunkof their steep day-earlier gains following Thursday's release of gloomyU.S. employment data and ECB president Trichet's comments suggestingEuropean interest rates would hold steady, which boosted the dollar,traders said. ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - British Airways (BAY.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), AmericanAirlines and Spain's Iberia (IBLA.MC: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) could secure atransatlantic joint venture and seek antitrust immunity within aweek, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday. ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
(Adds quotes, background) WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - U.S. 30- and 15-yearmortgage rates fell in the latest week, according to a surveyreleased on Thursday by home funding company Freddie Mac. U.S. 30-year mortgage rates inched lower to ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
TORONTO, July 3 (Reuters) - The value of initial publicofferings on Canadian stock exchanges fell 16 percent in thesecond quarter to a record low, and the IPO market appearsheaded for its worst year this decade, according to a regularsurvey released on Thursday by PricewaterhouseCoopers. ...
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