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LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica agreed on Monday to buy mobile group ... Telefonica to buy mobile f
LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica agreed on Monday to buy mobile group O2 for 17.7 billion pounds, sparking hopes of a bidding battle for one of the sector's hottest takeover targets.
Financially-powerful Telefonica, the world's fifth-largest telecoms firm by market value, said it would pay 200 pence per share in cash -- a 22 percent premium to O2's closing sh...
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest vehicles maker, Tata Motors, is exploring cheaper ways to man... Tata Motors explores new id
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest vehicles maker, Tata Motors, is exploring cheaper ways to manufacture and sell its planned small car, but analysts warn that safety may suffer while profits shrink.
New York-listed Tata Motors -- India's third-biggest car maker behind Maruti Udyog and South Korea's Hyundai Motor -- plans to launch a low-priced car in about three years as it seeks a lo...
Venezuelan agreement with Belize to ship gasoline, jet fuel and diesel Venezuela has si... Venezuelan agreement with Belize to
Venezuelan agreement with Belize to ship gasoline, jet fuel and diesel
Venezuela has signed an agreement with Belize's state oil company to begin shipping refined petroleum products like gasoline, jet fuel and diesel to the Central American country, state-run Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) said.
The accord was signed Friday and came as PDVSA also signed a maritime shipping acco...
Chavez expects "spirited debate" in Argentina meeting with G. W. Bush President Hugo Ch... Chavez expects "spirited debate
Chavez expects "spirited debate" in Argentina meeting with G. W. Bush
President Hugo Chavez said he expects a spirited debate this week as he, US president George W. Bush and other leaders meet in Argentina for the Summit of the Americas.
The US government's efforts to revive its proposal for a hemisphere-wide ?free trade? zone are doomed to failure, Chavez said Sunday during h...
Six countries sharing the Mekong River have drawn up a long-term tourism strategy that aims to sp... Mekong Countries Launch To
Six countries sharing the Mekong River have drawn up a long-term tourism strategy that aims to spread the benefits across the region over the next five to 10 years, the Asian Development Bank said Monday.
The strategy is expected to boost arrivals and earnings for the Mekong region by 2015 to 52 million tourists spending US$52.40 billion (euro43.4 billion). International tourist arrivals...
COLUMBUS - The falcons are ceramic, wings folded back, eyes gazing sternly across the room.<p... Money fueled Ohio GOP but now
COLUMBUS - The falcons are ceramic, wings folded back, eyes gazing sternly across the room.
They sit on some of the wealthiest desks in Columbus and throughout Ohio, unnoticed to all but a few political heavyweights, to whom they are a badge of honor.
A decade before George W. Bush pinned "Pioneer" status on his top presidential fund-raisers, Ohio Republicans sent avian statues to a...
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SEATTLE - James Lockhart was surviving on $874 a month in Social Security disability payments plus $10 in food stamps when his student loans from nearly 20 years earlier caught up with him.
He was told his Social Security checks would be cut by 15 percent, an offset to pay more than $80,000 in delinquent student loans. The next d...
Megale for the attempted extortion of Harry "Oil Can" Farrington, a Stamford strip bar owner and... The wiseguys...
Megale for the attempted extortion of Harry "Oil Can" Farrington, a Stamford strip bar owner and Megale's friend. ? Joseph "Joey Mash" Mascia, 47, of Hawthorne, N.Y. a reputed Gambino associate, pleaded guilty to attempted extortion of Farrington; sentencing on Dec. 23.
? Alfred Scivola Jr., 63, of Providence, R.I., a reputed Patriarca associate, pleaded guilty to the attempted extortio...
No one can know if a portable electric fence could have saved Richard and Katherine Hoffman from ... Portable electric fences a
No one can know if a portable electric fence could have saved Richard and Katherine Hoffman from a deadly tragedy along Alaska's Hulahula River this summer, but there is evidence it might have bought them time to react before a grizzly bear ripped into their tent.
The Hoffmans carried a rifle for bear protection but never got a chance to use it. They were also carrying heavy, bear-proof ...
SEATTLE - James Lockhart was surviving on $874 a month in Social Security disability payments plu... Supreme Court to Hear Stud
SEATTLE - James Lockhart was surviving on $874 a month in Social Security disability payments plus $10 in food stamps when his student loans from nearly 20 years earlier caught up with him.
He was told his Social Security checks would be cut by 15 percent, an offset to pay more than $80,000 in delinquent student loans. The next day, he started legal action that has led to a hearing Wednes...
