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Google increases share of US searches
May 22, 2008, 19:04 GMT
San Francisco - Google increased its share of US Internet search traffic in April, as its two closest rivals Yahoo and Microsoft failed to reach an agreement on a merger that might have helped them cut the company's lead. ... more
London Stock Exchange quotations
May 22, 2008, 18:56 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation. <#> ... more
Hundreds of thousands protest Sarkozy's pension reforms (Roundup)
May 22, 2008, 17:40 GMT
Paris - Hundreds of thousands of French workers took to the streets and many railway and public transport workers stayed away from their jobs on Thursday to protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's planned pension reforms. ... more
Ford won't meet plans to return to profitability by 2009
May 22, 2008, 17:26 GMT
New York - Ford Motor Company will not meet its goal to return to profitability by 2009, hurt by rising costs and declining interest in its fuel-hungry trucks and sport utility vehicles, executives said Thursday. ... more
Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
May 22, 2008, 16:40 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: ... more
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European inflation jumps as prices creep up worldwide
Apr 16, 2008, 15:22 GMT
Berlin - European inflation rocketed upwards in March, data released Wednesday showed, as resurgent consumer prices around the world add to the pressures facing leading central banks as they attempt to head off slumping economic growth. ... more
Energy crisis meets food crisis amid bio-fuels backlash
Apr 14, 2008, 13:03 GMT
- Surging food prices could slow poverty reduction by 7 years
- Japan hopes to head off a new economic slump
- ANALYSIS: High commodity prices keep world afloat in US recession
- Russia, an island of stability amid turbulent markets
- Mexico shakes over US crisis, Brazil hopes to emerge unscathed
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