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...Apollo made hundreds of millions of dollars from the trade. The air was cold, and the banquet table heaved with starchy Georgian delicacies....
...Iranian businessmen tell apocryphal tales of middlemen traversing the region with suitcases packed with hundreds of thousands of dollars; of developing a complex web of trading routes; and setting up offshore...
...Regional currencies lost ground as the US dollar was firmer and oil edged lower....
...The foreigners who laboured in my cell block were Africans and Asians with no money from family, and no other way to buy toiletries and snacks. It was piece work; a hundred of this, a thousand of that....
...It would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in snowy places like Nebraska and probably require an extra garage to house all the batteries, the CLSA brokerage calculated last year....
...Friday 20:00 GMT....
...A final analysis from the Populus/Hanover predictor found a strengthened position for the Conservative party, though with a nine in ten chance of a minority government and a seven in ten chance of Ed Miliband...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...(Financial Times) “U.S. prosecutors are seeking more than $13 billion from Bank of America to resolve federal and state investigations of the lender’s sale of bonds backed by home loans in the run-up to...
...Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 98.43 (98.60) £/$ 1.60 (1.60) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.09 at 106.32 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.03 at 94.59 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,315 Copper...
...Over two continents, five years, thousands of conference calls, and trillions of dollars, euros, and pounds deployed to rescue the world financial system, central bankers would take the primary role in grappling...
...at hundreds of billions of dollars a year.”...
...Shares in Italy’s third-largest bank by assets, which has requested a second state bailout in four years, have fallen more than 22% in the past few days since revelations five days ago of derivatives transactions...
...One thousand, two hundred and eight people are ejaculated – I use the word deliberately – out of the starting pen and start off along the drag strip....
...Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America....
...“The human ear is so unique,” says Sir Jony in another video. Apple scanned hundreds of ears to design earphones that fit better. Open ports in the side improve the bass....
...Xinhua * US urges UN council to end “neglect,” act on Syria * Myanmar says will put stability ahead of economy * Markets: mixed Victory for Merkel over fiscal treaty Twenty-five of the European Union...
...The European Union agreed on Monday to ban imports of oil from Iran and imposed a number of other economic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at pushing Iran into reining...
...Twenty- nine percent of all the public-transportation commuters in America live in New York’s five boroughs....
...millions of dollars on behalf of Pakistan’s intelligence service in payments to US officials, and other efforts to influence Washington’s policy, the FT reports....
...Today, I am doubling the rate of Council Tax Relief. The thousands serving our country in operations overseas will receive 100% Relief on an average Council Tax bill....
...banks and debt crisis: The overall picture is: Very limited direct exposure, a lot more capital in the system, a much stronger and more resilient financial system in the United States....
...KA: We tend to look at countries in terms of failed states and functioning states, which is rather simplistic....
...Mr Gheriani said rebel forces had captured five tanks and seven mobile missile launchers from retreating pro-Gaddafi units. 14.38 The Arab League has made its first criticism of the western military action...
...Brazil and other parts of South America are enjoying Carnival....
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