Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co has had exploratory talks with French automaker Renault SA to sell Volvo, but the talks ended quickly due to price differences, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 were little changed on Monday on the final trading day of the second quarter as record oil boosted energy shares, offsetting weak financial stocks amid nagging concerns of further credit losses.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Jun 30 - WALL-E was at the top of the box office on its opening weekend, giving Disney's Pixar its latest number one hit in a string of nine.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Jun. 30 - U.S. stocks ended the day mixed, with the Dow finishing the worst June since the Great Depression, with a loss of 10.2 percent for the month.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp tumbled to a 54-year low while smaller rival Ford Motor Co shares fell as much as 10 percent on Monday on concerns record oil prices would further hit U.S. demand for vehicles.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Jun. 30 - The Isla refinery in Curacao provides jobs , but has attracted critics who say it contributes to pollution.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Supermarket chain Tesco is to stop buying goods from Zimbabwe due to the political crisis, the company says.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. economy continues to bump along at a slow level of growth but has probably not fallen into recession, a series of regional purchasing managers' reports suggested on Monday.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil slipped from a record high above $143 a barrel on Monday as weak U.S. demand countered mounting tensions between OPEC nation Iran and Israel.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Risks mount for UK firms with interests in Zimbabwe
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