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{ Monthly Archives } November 2009

BOJ meeting weighs on yen, Asia stocks steady

HONG KONG (Reuters) – The dollar recovered early losses on Tuesday as the yen came under pressure ahead of a special central bank meeting while Asian shares were steady as investors paused after Monday’s bounce. See original here: BOJ meeting weighs on yen, Asia stocks steady

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BOJ meeting weighs on yen, Asia stocks steady (Reuters)

Reuters – The dollar recovered early losses on Tuesday as the yen came under pressure ahead of a special central bank meeting while Asian shares were steady as investors paused after Monday’s bounce. See original here: BOJ meeting weighs on yen, Asia stocks steady (Reuters)

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Tortilla Machine Maker Is Starving For Credit

In California’s San Gabriel Valley, Chip Masters, a company that assembles tortilla-making machines, has reduced its employees from 55 to nine to make ends meet. The company has also changed its business model and now repairs machines in addition to building new ones. E-Mail This Add …

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Dubai World $26 billion debt plan soothes contagion fears (Reuters)

Reuters – Efforts by Dubai World to restructure about $26 billion in debt out of the estimated $59 billion it owes reassured investors that the emirate’s debt problems can be contained, helping global markets edge higher on Tuesday. Read the original: Dubai World $26 billion debt plan soothes contagion fears …

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Dubai World $26 billion debt plan soothes contagion fears

DUBAI (Reuters) – Efforts by Dubai World to restructure about $26 billion in debt out of the estimated $59 billion it owes reassured investors that the emirate’s debt problems can be contained, helping global markets edge higher on Tuesday. Read the original post: Dubai World $26 billion debt plan soothes contagion …

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Obama to lay out long-awaited Afghan plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to announce on Tuesday that he will send about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in a long-awaited war strategy shift that he hopes will defeat the Taliban and allow for a U.S View original post here: Obama to lay out long-awaited Afghan plan

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Senate opens health care debate

The U.S. Senate opened debate Monday on a sweeping bill to overhaul the nation’s health care system.

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Toys R Us Double Charges Black Friday Shoppers

Reader Ken emails to let us know that Toys R Us is experiencing a double billing issue stemming from some sort of glitch on Black Friday. He says a friend just told him she was double charged, and that when she contacted Toys R Us, they told her it …

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First daughters say ‘I do’

Stocks down slightly as investors evaluate Dubai’s debt moves

Early signs indicate that U.S. banks have little direct exposure to Dubai, whose investment arm last week said it would delay repayment of debt Read the original: Stocks down slightly as investors evaluate Dubai’s debt moves

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