Nikkei gains as dollar advances

April 6, 2008 on 11:50 pm | In Business News | No Comments

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei stock average edged up by 0.4 percent on Monday as the dollar rose, but Toyota Motor Co weakened on …

Nikkei gains as dollar advances

Government forecasts called “optimistic”

April 6, 2008 on 10:55 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Government forecasts for economic growth are above consensus and based on a questionable premise that Britain is better equipped than other nations to withstand the credit crisis, a parliamentary committee said on …

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Aviva unit Hibernian to buy Irish health insurer

April 6, 2008 on 10:14 pm | In Business News | No Comments

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Hibernian Group, the Irish arm of Britain’s biggest insurer Aviva , said on Sunday it planned to enter Ireland’s health insurance market by buying 70 percent of Vivas Group Ltd.

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E.ON pushes on with offshore UK wind farm

April 6, 2008 on 8:16 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - E.ON is to apply for planning permission on Monday to build one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms, hoping the Ministry of Defence will drop its objections to the project, the German utility said.

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Oil climbs toward $107

April 6, 2008 on 8:15 pm | In Business News | No Comments

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose half a dollar to a one-week high near $107 a barrel on Monday, extending last week’s late rebound after the dollar fell and a fire hit a U.S. refinery.

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Government economic forecasts called “optimistic”

April 6, 2008 on 8:03 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Government forecasts for economic growth are above consensus and based on a questionable premise that Britain is better equipped than other nations to withstand the credit crisis, a parliamentary committee said on Monday.

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Alitalia flies into critical week

April 6, 2008 on 2:58 pm | In Business News | No Comments

MILAN (Reuters) - Alitalia faces a critical week of board meetings, labour talks and a change of government as the state-owned airline balances precariously between seeking protection from creditors or being swallowed by Air France-KLM.

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G7 rescue plan dominates investors

April 6, 2008 on 11:37 am | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Eight months after the credit crunch first swept the global market place, the contours of an unprecedented joint plan to fix the banking and financial system are slowly emerging.

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Woodside $1.5 bln Angel gas platform installed

April 6, 2008 on 6:48 am | In Business News | No Comments

KARRATHA, Australia (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum Ltd, operator of the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) venture in Australia, said it has completed the installation of a A$1.6 billion (752 million pound) gas platform which will underpin an expansion of the LNG project.

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Swiss bank regulator hopes worst behind UBS

April 6, 2008 on 6:43 am | In Business News | No Comments

ZURICH (Reuters) - Beleaguered Swiss bank UBS might be back on a more stable track after billions of dollars in writedowns and capital hikes, the president of the Swiss banking regulator EBK was quoted as saying on Sunday.

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