World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Profit Down At Auto Parts Maker
Magna International, the Canadian auto parts maker, said that fourth-quarter profit fell 65 percent because of lower profit margins and one-time charges. It cut its quarterly dividend to increase cash...
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Uranium Stockpile To Get More Glow
Australia’s inventory on uranium is set to be boosted by an initial resource estimate for the Four Mile discovery of US group Heathgate and Melbourne-based Alliance Resources near Heathgate’s Beverley...
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Halliburton Profit Up
The oilfield services provider said fourth-quarter profit rose almost 5 percent from a year ago, helped by growing business in the Eastern Hemisphere....
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Advertising: FedEx Hopes For The Right Bounce From Golf
FedEx is trying to drum up frenzy over the FedEx golf playoffs that start at the Westchester Country Club on Thursday....
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Envoy Meets Myanmar Junta Leader
A United Nations envoy met with the leader of Myamar’s junta, according to a diplomat in Yangon, as authorities continued a crackdown....
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Countries News



Gulf states may soon need coal imports to keep the lights on

They are countries so rich in oil and gas that they would never want for fuel to drive their booming economies and the lavish lifestyles of their rulers.
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China shows little desire to exert pressure on Burma

Many countries are looking to China to play a role in persuading cyclone-devastated Burma to open its doors to foreign aid workers in addition to emergency relief supplies.
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Natural disaster could become catalyst to blow away injustice

Even at the best of times, the Irrawaddy delta is one of the least accessible areas of one of South-East Asia’s most closed and impenetrable countries.
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Global Update: Blood Pressure Is Most Lethal in Poor and Middle-Income Countries

A new study has found that about 80 percent of the world’s deaths from high blood pressure occur in poor and middle-income countries.
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August Said to Be Target for New iPhone in Europe

Apple plans to begin selling the long-awaited, faster 3G version of its iPhone by August in some European countries, as part of an expanded rollout announced on Tuesday.
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WHO to send A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countries - Xinhua

WHO to send A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countriesXinhuaGENEVA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization ( WHO) will send millions of doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countries to help them fight ...African states set to receive H1N1 vaccine soon-WHOReutersSwine flu danger appears to be ebbingLos Angeles TimesWHO to send flu vaccines to AfricaRadio NetherlandsSanFranciscoSentinel.comall 553 news articles »

WHO to send A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countries - Xinhua

WHO to send A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countriesXinhuaGENEVA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization ( WHO) will send millions of doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countries to help them fight ...African states set to receive H1N1 vaccine soon-WHOReutersSwine flu danger appears to be ebbingLos Angeles TimesWHO to send flu vaccines to AfricaRadio NetherlandsSanFranciscoSentinel.comall 553 news articles »

OPEC will hold oil prices, production steady -- for now - Washington Post

MiamiHerald.comOPEC will hold oil prices, production steady -- for nowWashington PostThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries hopes so. The oil cartel met in Vienna on Wednesday and decided to leave well enough ...Nigeria: Opec Bars Country, Others From Above-Quota ProductionAllAfrica.comOPEC cartel keeps oil output ceiling unchangedMarketWatchOPEC returning to oil sector investmentSydney Morning HeraldThe Associated Press -Wall Street Journal -MarketWatchall 2,935 news articles »

WHO to send A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countries - Xinhua

WHO to send A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countriesXinhuaGENEVA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization ( WHO) will send millions of doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countries to help them fight ...African states set to receive H1N1 vaccine soon-WHOReutersSwine flu danger appears to be ebbingLos Angeles TimesWHO to send flu vaccines to AfricaRadio NetherlandsSanFranciscoSentinel.comall 553 news articles »

OPEC will hold oil prices, production steady -- for now - Washington Post

MiamiHerald.comOPEC will hold oil prices, production steady -- for nowWashington PostThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries hopes so. The oil cartel met in Vienna on Wednesday and decided to leave well enough ...Nigeria: Opec Bars Country, Others From Above-Quota ProductionAllAfrica.comOPEC cartel keeps oil output ceiling unchangedMarketWatchOPEC returning to oil sector investmentSydney Morning HeraldThe Associated Press -Wall Street Journal -MarketWatchall 2,935 news articles »

Dozens of Countries to Receive Swine Flu Vaccine - Voice of America

The HinduDozens of Countries to Receive Swine Flu VaccineVoice of AmericaPhoto: AP The World Health Organization says it is stepping up the delivery of millions of doses of H1N1 Swine flu vaccine to dozens of developing countries ...Pregnancy Linked to Critical H1N1 IllnessMedPage TodayThreat of Swine Flu Fading in Northern HemisphereTopNews United Statesall 106 news articles »

 
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