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Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
(AP)
AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern ...
OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras (AP)
AP - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic ...
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared (AP)
AP - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge (AP)
AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after ...
French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first (AP)
AP - Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French ...
India's Historic Ruling on Gay Rights (Time.com)
Time.com - India's High Court decriminalizes homosexuality, winning applause from activists, the ire of conservatives, and possibly opening the way for gay rights groups in neighboring countries
Top officer among soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
AFP - Two soldiers have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, including the first commanding officer to die in operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.
AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern ...
OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras (AP)
AP - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic ...
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared (AP)
AP - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge (AP)
AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after ...
French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first (AP)
AP - Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French ...
India's Historic Ruling on Gay Rights (Time.com)
Time.com - India's High Court decriminalizes homosexuality, winning applause from activists, the ire of conservatives, and possibly opening the way for gay rights groups in neighboring countries
Top officer among soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
AFP - Two soldiers have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, including the first commanding officer to die in operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.
MICEX index closed at a small black | Exchange
Russian stock indexes finished trading on 2 February multidirectional. MICEX index closed growth at 0.24 per cent to 626.41 points and the RTS index by 18:00 Moscow time has fallen to 5.01 per cent to 508.25 points.
Savings Bank of Kazakhstan will become nationalized bank | Finance
Sberbank of Russia has confirmed that negotiations on the acquisition of shares of one kazahstankogo bank BTA, reported RIA Novosti. In Sberbank reported that the Kazakh National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" already passed the proposal for the sale of BTA Bank.
The Central Bank lifted the dollar above 36 rubles | Finance
The Central Bank set the official exchange rate on February 3, 2009 above the mark of 36 rubles, bringing it up to 36.1767 rubles. Thus, compared to January 31, the American currency went up immediately by more than 76 cents.
The main RTS index by the middle of the day lost over five percent | Exchange
During the bidding on 2 February the main RTS index lost 5.42 percent and dropped to 506.06 points. MICEX Index by 14:00 Moscow time has decreased by 2.53 per cent to 609.11 points.
The Government of Ireland's largest banks will give eight billion euros | Finance
The Irish Government plans to pour the 8 billion euros in the two largest banks in the country, the Irish Times. Help, which will be announced February 3, must be Bank of Ireland and Anglo Irish. As will be allocated to support between banks, while not precisely known, although the Government supports the provision of funds on the basis of parity.
The largest commercial bank in Kazakhstan came under government control | Finance
Three-quarters of the shares (75 percent), the largest commercial bank in Kazakhstan, BTA, February 2, under the control of the Government of the Republic. This is the agency "Interfax" referring to a written statement by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BTA Bank Mukhtar Аблязова.
Russian stock indexes finished trading on 2 February multidirectional. MICEX index closed growth at 0.24 per cent to 626.41 points and the RTS index by 18:00 Moscow time has fallen to 5.01 per cent to 508.25 points.
Savings Bank of Kazakhstan will become nationalized bank | Finance
Sberbank of Russia has confirmed that negotiations on the acquisition of shares of one kazahstankogo bank BTA, reported RIA Novosti. In Sberbank reported that the Kazakh National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" already passed the proposal for the sale of BTA Bank.
The Central Bank lifted the dollar above 36 rubles | Finance
The Central Bank set the official exchange rate on February 3, 2009 above the mark of 36 rubles, bringing it up to 36.1767 rubles. Thus, compared to January 31, the American currency went up immediately by more than 76 cents.
The main RTS index by the middle of the day lost over five percent | Exchange
During the bidding on 2 February the main RTS index lost 5.42 percent and dropped to 506.06 points. MICEX Index by 14:00 Moscow time has decreased by 2.53 per cent to 609.11 points.
The Government of Ireland's largest banks will give eight billion euros | Finance
The Irish Government plans to pour the 8 billion euros in the two largest banks in the country, the Irish Times. Help, which will be announced February 3, must be Bank of Ireland and Anglo Irish. As will be allocated to support between banks, while not precisely known, although the Government supports the provision of funds on the basis of parity.
The largest commercial bank in Kazakhstan came under government control | Finance
Three-quarters of the shares (75 percent), the largest commercial bank in Kazakhstan, BTA, February 2, under the control of the Government of the Republic. This is the agency "Interfax" referring to a written statement by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BTA Bank Mukhtar Аблязова.
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Bleak payrolls report mauls Wall St; volume thin
(Reuters)
Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about economic recovery ...
U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery ...
J&J buys $1 billion Elan stake, gains Alzheimer's R&D (Reuters)
Reuters - Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $1 billion for an 18.4 percent stake in Irish drugmaker Elan Corp , and will acquire a major stake in Elan's portfolio of experimental drugs to treat ...
Fate of GM in hands of bankruptcy judge (Reuters)
Reuters - A federal bankruptcy judge will decide the immediate fate of General Motors Corp's effort to quickly sell its best assets to a group funded by the U.S. government, after a three-day court ...
Magna board set to approve Opel plans: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Magna's (MGa.TO) board of directors is scheduled to approve on Tuesday a business plan for the acquisition of German carmaker Opel, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
World stocks down ahead of key US jobs data (AP)
AP - World stocks mostly fell Thursday as investors braced for a crucial U.S. jobs report that could set the tone in markets for the coming few days at least.
Fannie, Freddie ease terms for mortgage refinance (Reuters)
Reuters - The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded its foreclosure prevention efforts to help a greater number of underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages.
AIG to sell consumer finance unit in Colombia (AP)
AP - American International Group Inc. on Wednesday said it agreed to sell all of its ownership interests in its consumer finance operations in Colombia, the latest in a recent string of asset sales ...
Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about economic recovery ...
U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery ...
J&J buys $1 billion Elan stake, gains Alzheimer's R&D (Reuters)
Reuters - Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $1 billion for an 18.4 percent stake in Irish drugmaker Elan Corp , and will acquire a major stake in Elan's portfolio of experimental drugs to treat ...
Fate of GM in hands of bankruptcy judge (Reuters)
Reuters - A federal bankruptcy judge will decide the immediate fate of General Motors Corp's effort to quickly sell its best assets to a group funded by the U.S. government, after a three-day court ...
Magna board set to approve Opel plans: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Magna's (MGa.TO) board of directors is scheduled to approve on Tuesday a business plan for the acquisition of German carmaker Opel, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
World stocks down ahead of key US jobs data (AP)
AP - World stocks mostly fell Thursday as investors braced for a crucial U.S. jobs report that could set the tone in markets for the coming few days at least.
Fannie, Freddie ease terms for mortgage refinance (Reuters)
Reuters - The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded its foreclosure prevention efforts to help a greater number of underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages.
AIG to sell consumer finance unit in Colombia (AP)
AP - American International Group Inc. on Wednesday said it agreed to sell all of its ownership interests in its consumer finance operations in Colombia, the latest in a recent string of asset sales ...
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