Asian stock markets rose strongly Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Shanghai gaining more than 2 percent, as Wall Street's rally and stimulus plans in the U.S. and elsewhere buoyed investor hopes for 2009. Tokyo Stock Exchange female workers clad ...
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BRUSSELS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission said on Monday that the changeover to the euro in Slovakia is taking place smoothly. By the end of Saturday some 27 percent of payments in shops were made in euro and virtually all customers were ...
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FEI Co. , which supplies equipment used in imaging, analysis and prototyping, said Monday it expects fourth-quarter gross bookings of more than $170 million. The company initially projected gross bookings would be more than $150 million, which ...
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MARLBORO, Mass. - (Business Wire) Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGM: ESLR), a manufacturer of String Ribbonâ„¢ solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost silicon wafer technology, today announced that it shipped 8.5 MW of products from its ...
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LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDEV) today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. will commence a tender offer to ...
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MADISON, N.J., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) announced today that it will present at the Goldman Sachs Healthcare CEOs Unscripted Conference on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 8:05 a.m. Eastern Time. Presenting for Wyeth will be ...
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Caracas - Propelled by the current world financial crisis, experts from the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) are outlining concepts for developing a regional monetary zone with the 'Sucre' as its currency unit. Venezuela ...
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