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Wednesday, 3 December 2008
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Donors pledge £2.8 billion for Georgia
International donors pledged a higher-than-expected $4.55 billion (2.8 billion pounds) on Wednesday to help Georgia recover from its war with Russia, and Washington called it an extraordinary sign of solidarity at a time of financial turmoil.
23 Oct 2008 |
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IMF readies emergency bailouts
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was ready to lend to countries hit by the global credit crunch and had activated an emergency financing mechanism first used in the 1990s Asian crisis.
10 Oct 2008 |
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Bradford & Bingley is nationalised
The government nationalised Bradford & Bingley on Monday, making the buy-to-let mortgage lender the second bank to be taken into public ownership this year as a deepening financial crisis claims more victims around the world.
29 Sep 2008 |
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Retailer DSG sees no market recovery before 2010
DSG International, the biggest electricals retailer, said it did not expect its markets to recover before 2010 as it reported a drop in underlying sales and profit margins and plans to cut more costs.
03 Sep 2008 |
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Nat Exp and Stagecoach on rail bid shortlist
The Department for Transport (DfT) on Wednesday announced the shortlist of four bidders for the operation of the South Central rail franchise, which included National Express's NXSC Trains and Stagecoach's Southern Trains.
20 Aug 2008 |
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Michael Page rejects proposals from Adecco
Recruitment company Michael Page International rejected an approach worth 1.3 billion pounds from Swiss rival Adecco, saying it materially undervalued the company.
15 Aug 2008 |
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Palestinian negotiator considers binational state
A top negotiator said on Sunday Palestinians may demand to become part of a binational state with Israel, if the Jewish state continued to reject the borders they propose for a separate country.
11 Aug 2008 |
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Chavez adds Spanish bank to nationalization drive
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has added a large Spanish-owned bank to the list of companies to be run by the government in the oil exporting nation, furthering his plans of building a socialist state.
01 Aug 2008 |
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Study links IMF loans to tuberculosis
Austerity measures attached to International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans may have contributed to a resurgence in tuberculosis in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, researchers said on Tuesday.
22 Jul 2008 |
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IMF warns economy in "tough spot"
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday revised up estimates it made in April for global growth this year and next but coupled it with stern warnings that demand was slowing sharply in major industrial economies and inflation rising everywhere.
17 Jul 2008 |
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