Recession alarm rings around the world
PARIS (AFP) - Giants of the auto, airline and technology industries ordered emergency action against the global financial crisis on Friday as shares took a new hammering amid mounting gloom.
Nations:France Japan U.K. Turkey Slovenia Slovakia People:Gordon Brown Alan Greenspan Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2008-10-24
European markets recover lost ground
European markets on Thursday recovered some of Wednesday's hefty losses after a relatively steady performance in Asia overnight, with British banking stocks in particular enjoying a strong rally in the wake of the government's 500 billion pound ($865 billion) rescue plan.
Nations:U.K. Germany France South Korea Iceland Luxembourg Activities:European Markets Global Financial Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-10-09
Querrey's 2nd upset of Open earns match vs. Nadal
NEW YORK - Sam Querrey is so young that there isn't a trace of irony when he mentions growing up rooting for Andy Roddick and James Blake, two guys still very much on tour and still in their 20s.
Nations:Italy Latvia Ukraine Switzerland Japan People:Venus Williams David Nalbandian Svetlana Kuznetsova James Blake Andy Murray Tomas Berdych Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open
2008-08-30
Anheuser-Busch being sold to InBev for $52B
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The maker of the King of Beers has agreed to go to work for the Belgian brewer InBev SA.
Nations:U.S. Argentina Brazil Mexico Russia Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
Reports: InBev, Anheuser-Busch talking
ST. LOUIS - After weeks of public bickering, Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s board is likely to accept a sweetened buyout offer from the Belgian-based brewer InBev SA as early as this weekend, a published report said.
Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser Source:(AP)
2008-07-11
The buck doesn't stop here; it just keeps falling
WASHINGTON - Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro? Signs saying "We accept euros" are cropping up in the windows of some Manhattan retailers. A Belgium company is trying to gobble up St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, the nation's largest brewer and iconic Super Bowl advertiser.
Nations:Canada U.S. Saudi Arabia Russia Germany People:Yasuo Fukuda Henry Paulson Ben Bernanke Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser
2008-07-06
Anheuser-Busch to reject $46.3 billion InBev offer
PHILADELPHIA - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc (BUD.N) plans to reject InBev NV's (INTB.BR) unsolicited $46.3 billion takeover offer, saying it undervalues the company, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. People:Warren Buffett Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser Source:(Wall Street Journal)
2008-06-26
Anheuser-Busch says InBev makes $46B buyout bid
ST. LOUIS - Anheuser-Busch Cos., the nation's biggest brewery, received a $46 billion buyout offer Wednesday from a Belgian brewer that might be too good to refuse.
Nations:U.S. Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser Source:(AP)
2008-06-11
Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare
Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew.
Nations:U.S. Canada Netherlands Belgium Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
Gates says Iran seeks to cause chaos
Pentagon chief Robert Gates lashed out at Iran on Saturday for seeking to cause chaos "everywhere you turn" regardless of the blood spilled and said its neighbors must demand that Tehran renounce any intention of pursuing nuclear weapons.
Nations:Italy Germany Belgium People:Robert Gates Condoleezza Rice Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Iran-U.S.
2007-12-08
PetroChina shares more than double
Shares in PetroChina (601857.SS) more than doubled in their market debut on Monday after it raised $9 billion in the world's biggest IPO this year, surging past analysts' expectations as crude prices neared $100.
Nations:China Belgium
2007-11-05
12 Turkish troops killed in rebel attack
Kurdish rebels ambushed a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq early Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and increasing pressure on the Turkish government to stage attacks against guerrilla camps in Iraq. Iraq's president, a Kurd, ordered Kurdish guerrillas to lay down their weapons or leave.
Nations:Turkey Iraq Belgium People:Jalal Talabani Activities:Turkey Kurdish Conflict
2007-10-21
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