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21 Nov 23 : 26 | Former Ecuador leaders deny profit from bond deals Former Ecuadorean leaders said Friday that President Rafael Correa was playing politics when he accused them of taking bribes during $3.9 billion in debt renegotiations. Correa said the former officials and two investment banks _ U.S.-based J.P. Morgan and... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology 36 hours ago |
21 Nov 18 : 21 | Presidential decree protects Brazil rain forest Brazil's president has signed a decree aimed at recovering and protecting devastate rain forest along Brazil's Atlantic coast. Environment Minister Carlos Minc says the government hopes to restore 20 percent of the forest's original cover. Only about 7... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology 41 hours ago |
11 Nov 07 : 42 | Taiwan's former president says he faces arrest Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has said he expects to be arrested after being questioned over alleged corruption at the prosecutor's office on Tuesday, and police surrounded the building as dozens of his supporters gathered. Speaking to reporters... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
21 Nov 09 : 00 | Congress OKs 2nd extension of jobless benefits Good news for the unemployed: Congress has passed a bill that provides a second round of extended jobless benefits to people who exhaust their regular benefits and their first round of extended benefits, which was approved in July. President Bush says he will... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
08 Nov 15 : 37 | OPEC president: Oil cuts likely if no price rally OPEC nations could further reduce oil output if moves last month to slash production do not bolster plummeting oil prices, OPEC president Chakib Khelil said Saturday. Khelil, who is also Algeria's energy minister, said an OPEC report would show by the end of... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
07 Nov 13 : 42 | Georgian opposition protests against president Thousands of opposition supporters demonstrated Friday in the first major protest against President Mikhail Saakashvili since Georgia's August war with Russia. The United Opposition coalition held its rally exactly a year after riot police used tear gas,... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
20 Nov 15 : 59 | Perino: Bush would sign jobless benefits extension With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits. The Senate this week is expected to take up a bill,... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
05 Nov 09 : 00 | To new president: It's worse than you thought To the next president: It's worse than you thought So, a new president walks into the Oval Office, facing a trillion-dollar deficit, a severe recession and a long list of promises he made to an expectant electorate. "The first thing I'd tell him is, 'The... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
04 Nov 09 : 00 | To new president: It's worse than you thought To the next president: It's worse than you thought So, a new president walks into the Oval Office, facing a trillion-dollar deficit, a severe recession and a long list of promises he made to an expectant electorate. "The first thing I'd tell him is, 'The... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
05 Nov 10 : 15 | HK stocks gain as Obama elected US president Hong Kong's key index rose more than 3 percent Wednesday as Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential race erased uncertainty about the next leader of the world's largest economy. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index added 455.82 points, or 3.2 percent, to... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
20 Nov 03 : 37 | Peru and China conclude trade pact talks Peru and China concluded talks for a free trade agreement Wednesday, President Alan Garcia announced ahead of a summit of Pacific Rim nations expected to focus on the global economic crisis. The pact is China's second in Latin America, following an accord... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
02 Nov 16 : 49 | Iran's president dismisses govt official Iran's official news agency says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed a government official over allegations he tried to pay lawmakers in exchange for their promise not to impeach a minister. The official, Mohammad Abbasi, allegedly tried to persuade... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
19 Nov 20 : 41 | Peru's hot economy wracked by growing conflicts Peru's president is seizing every opportunity at this week's Pacific Rim economic summit to sell his country as investment-worthy growth engine to visiting Asian business leaders. Despite the global downturn, Peru's recent economic boom could "convert the... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
02 Nov 20 : 48 | Stocks likely to recover no matter who's president Wall Street prefers Republicans, McCain supporters argue. But stocks have done better under Democratic presidents, Obama supporters fire back. When it comes to the stock market _ especially this turbulent market _ does it really matter who is elected... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
28 Oct 03 : 04 | Texas A&M president allowed to settle bonfire case Texas A&M University regents have authorized the school president to settle a lawsuit brought by families over the deadly bonfire collapse nearly a decade ago. An agenda for the regents meeting Monday said a settlement had been negotiated. In 1999, the... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
18 Nov 22 : 12 | Ecuador to impose raft of import controls Ecuador's President Rafael Correa says his government will impose a raft of import restrictions soon to safeguard the country's economy during the global financial crisis. Correa says he will not allow Ecuador's dollars to be spent on imports such as "... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
18 Nov 14 : 10 | France plans new financial crisis world summit France will host a January meeting of world leaders and experts to seek solutions to the global financial crisis, in a follow-up to last weekend's meeting in Washington, the French president's office announced Tuesday. The announcement comes after President... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
17 Nov 21 : 11 | Zimbabwe opposition warns against more sanctions Zimbabwe's main opposition leader cautioned Monday against imposing more sanctions on his country, instead urging immediate humanitarian aid. Morgan Tsvangirai said that a Sept. 15 power-sharing agreement with President Robert Mugabe could still yield results... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
16 Nov 13 : 22 | Austria: Former Finance Minister dies at 85 Wolfgang Schmitz, former Austrian finance minister and president of the country's central bank, died early Sunday, his People's Party said in a statement. He was 85. Schmitz served as Finance Minister under Chancellor Josef Klaus between 1964 and 1968 and... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
16 Nov 10 : 16 | Slow Cyprus talks dampen euphoria Initial hopes that one of the world's most intractable disputes might finally be solved have dissipated in Cyprus as peace talks enter their third month. The now-weekly discussions between Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
15 Nov 20 : 38 | Venezuela says may soon detain opposition governor A senior Venezuelan official says a major opponent of President Hugo Chavez could soon be detained on corruption charges. Vice President Ramon Carrizalez says Gov. Manuel Rosales could be detained after Nov. 23's mayoral and gubernatorial elections. He says... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
15 Nov 14 : 43 | Iran converts some foreign reserves to gold Iranian newspapers are quoting a top adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying the country has converted some of its foreign currency reserves into gold. The papers published Saturday did not say how much of Iran's estimated $120 billion in reserves... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
14 Nov 15 : 31 | Germany interested in Turkmen energy German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkmenistan's president Friday that there is "significant potential" for the countries to cooperate more closely on gas and oil, and suggested Germany could help the resource-rich Central Asian nation upgrade its... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
13 Nov 10 : 46 | Sands: Up to 11,000 Macau workers to lose jobs A top Las Vegas Sands executive says up to 11,000 workers will lose their jobs in Macau after the company halted building projects in the Chinese gambling city. Stephen Weaver, Sands' president for Asia, made the announcement Thursday in Macau. Weaver says... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
12 Nov 09 : 18 | Baucus adds to calls for health overhaul in '09 The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is adding his voice to the list of leading Democratic lawmakers pushing for the new president and Congress to make health care a top priority for 2009. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., on Wednesday made public his own... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
11 Nov 11 : 17 | China: Protecting domestic economy is top priority China's government indicated Tuesday it would resist pressure to contribute to a global bailout fund, saying that ensuring the country's economic stability is the most important step it can take to tackle the financial crisis. President Hu Jintao is due to... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
10 Nov 09 : 00 | Banks unfairly maligned, ABA chief says Traditional banks have been unfairly blamed for the financial crisis rocking the nation, the president of the American Bankers Association said today in San Francisco, blaming instead reckless loans issued by "the highly-leveraged and fast-buck crowd." "... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
06 Nov 21 : 03 | Detroit seeks Congress aid on retiree health care The leaders of General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and the president of the United Auto Workers union came to Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss billions of dollars more in financial help for the companies, which have struggled under a weakened economy. House... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
04 Nov 17 : 00 | Chile to spend $1.2 billion on housing, credit Chile is putting up more than $1 billion to help middle-income families and smaller businesses survive the global financial crisis. The money comes from treasury funds accumulated through Chile's fiscal discipline over the years. President Michelle Bachelet... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
03 Nov 02 : 14 | Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to intensify talks The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed Sunday to intensify talks to end a 20-year conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The pledge was made during discussions outside Moscow hosted by Russia's president that lasted less than three... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
30 Oct 19 : 47 | APNewsAlert US jury in Miami convicts son of ex-Liberian president in first test of foreign torture... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
27 Oct 09 : 16 | Bank of Korea slashes key interest rate South Korea's central bank slashed its key interest rate Monday by three-quarters of a percentage point _ its biggest cut ever _ to prevent Asia's fourth-largest economy from lurching into recession. The country's president also said the government would cut... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
23 Oct 08 : 25 | EU says new measures needed for financial meltdown The president of the European Union Commission says unprecedented measures are needed to deal with the global financial meltdown. Speaking on the eve of a 43-nation summit in China's capital, Jose Barroso said Thursday the economic turmoil would dominate... Source : SFGate: Business & Technology |
