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Delay in mine project shadows hopes for Afghan economy
McClatchy Foreign StaffKABUL, Afghanistan The giant copper mine that the Afghan government has made the centerpiece of its plans for building an economy nearly from scratch is at least five years behind schedule, and the state-owned Chinese company that won the bidding has...Tags: World Bank Group, Petroleum Industry, Economic Organization, Metal and Mineral, Mining
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Dollar steadies before Bernanke, Wall St. seen higher
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a three-year high and German debt yields eased on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank later in the day would not signal any change to its ultra-loose policy. U.S. stock...Tags: Corporate Officers, Oslo (Norway), Wars and Interventions, Greenwich, Herman Van Rompuy
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The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation...Tags: Enda Kenny, Teachers, Republic of Ireland, Corporate Officers, France
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Lehman Brothers Holding raises $1.88 bln selling broker claims
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holding Inc, the former investment bank that is working to repay creditors, said on Wednesday it had raised $1.88 billion by selling claims it held against its former brokerage. The holding company said in a statement...Tags: Investment Service, Banking, Investments, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Economy, Business and Finance
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COLUMN-Solar panel glut may persist: Gerard Wynn
ReutersBy Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Overcapacity in the global solar industry is unlikely to disappear soon, suggest data and strategies outlined in the recent financial reports of top manufacturers. That surplus has contributed to sharp falls...Tags: Global Expansion, Plant Openings, Environmental Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Bankruptcy
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: Claire McCaskill, Corporate Officers, Republic of Ireland, Washington, DC, Politics
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Entertaining change: Sony to look at activist's spin-off idea
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value....Tags: Entertainment, Electronics, Japan, Science and Technology, Corporate Officers
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AMF Bowling plans to merge with New York-based company
AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. plans to merge with New York-based bowling center operator Bowlmor, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The merger is part of the plan for Hanover County-based AMF Bowling to pay creditors’ debts and exit Chapter 11...
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Hampton Roads, Sports, Economy, Business and Finance, Bowling
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VideoCare brings video conferencing to seniors
San Jose Mercury NewsRedwood City, Calif., resident Kelly Ilnicki is very close to her 89-year-old grandmother, who until recently lived alone in her home in Oceanside, near San Diego. Three or four times a day, Ilnicki talks to her grandmother via VideoCare, a video...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health Insurance Cost, Computer Hardware, Science and Technology, Alzheimer's Disease
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Elkhart company to close
South Bend TribuneELKHART -- Two weeks ago, workers at SJC Industries learned the company had been sold to Allied Specialty Vehicles. On Monday they learned the company was moving to Florida and taking all of their jobs with it. SJC Industries filed notice that it will...Tags: Winter Park, Navistar International Corporation, Thor Industries Incorporated, Vehicles, Middlebury
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Rosenthal: Jamie Dimon survives a scare
Back when Jamie Dimon still lived in Chicago, before he had ascended to the top of New York-based JPMorgan Chase, his Gold Coast home earned a reputation each Halloween as a must-visit destination, drawing trick-or-treaters from well beyond the...
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon survives vote to strip him of chairman role
NEW YORK – Jamie Dimon survived a bruising fight to strip him of his chairmanship, but directors at JPMorgan Chase & Co. may still have to calm restive shareholders. Dimon, JPMorgan's savvy chairman and chief executive, easily beat a proposal to...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Incorporated, Jamie Dimon, Tampa, Corporate Officers
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