Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth The New York Times | NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly, oil. | These days, the continent’s riches draw a new cast of prospectors and predators, but the question is the same: who b...
FTSE fades ahead of US GDP figures The Guardian | Leading shares in London are following Wall Street and Asian markets lower, ahead of US GDP figures due later today. | The FTSE 100 is currently 26.23 points lower at 5287.72, as investor nervousness about the state of the global economy continues. On US GDP, Jim Reid at Deutsche Bank said: | Toda...
24 trapped in flooded Chinese mine: state media Inquirer | BEIJING--Twenty four people were trapped on Saturday in a flooded mine in northern China, state media reported. | Xinhua news agency, citing local government officials, said the incident occurred in Jixi city in Heilongjiang province at around 5 pm...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's Herald Tribune | BEIJING - China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. | By some measures it has already moved to ...
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Accidents Plague China's Workplaces Wall Street Journal By JAMES T. AREDDY | Xinhua/ZUMA Press | The site of Wednesday's explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, China. The blast killed at least 12. Factories in China are often situa...
Longtime Madrid forward Raul joins Schalke Philadelphia Daily News | GEIR MOULSON | The Associated Press Martin Meissner Spanish soccer icon Raul, right, gets a piece of coal by a miner at the presentation of his new club FC Schalke 04 at the Velt...
Raul Presented As Schalke 04 Player And Handed Number 7 Shirt Goal El Gran Capitan was officially presented as a Schalke player and will keep his legendary number... | By Cyrus C. Malek | Share As reported by Marca, Real Madrid legend Raul Gonzale...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's The Miami Herald | BEIJING -- China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. | By some measures it has already moved to...
Iran ready to curb enrichment if swap deal pans out Daily Star Lebanon | Compiled by Daily Star staff | Thursday, July 29, 2010 | - Powered by | Iran has given assurances that it would stop enriching uranium to 20 percent purity if world powers agreed to a proposed nuclear fuel swap, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday. | The offer, conveyed to the Turkish minister on Sunday, could bode well for...
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Former Africa minister Malloch-Brown advises oil firm on African expansion The Guardian | • Vitol post concerns MPs tracking jobs close to ministerial roles | • Firm talking to Shell about oil assets in 19 Africa countries Lord Malloch Brown pictured in 2005 at a UN oil-for-food programme meeting in New York. Photograph: Jeff Zelevansky/REUTERS | Just 12 months after resigning from the government, Lord Malloch-Brown, the former Fo...
Alcatel-Lucent, Arch Coal among big movers The Boston Globe | NEW YORK-Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: | NYSE | Alcatel-Lucent, up 38 cents at $2.98 | The French-U.S. telecommunications equipment supplier said its net loss in the second quarter was wider than expected. | , down $1.70 at $9.56 | The maker of computer chip wafers...
