Nissan to build new $2 bn plant in Mexico Zeenews Mexico City: Nissan Motor Co. announced plans to invest $2 billion in building a third manufacturing facility in Mexico. | The new plant in the central state of Aguascalientes will generate 3,000 jobs and spur the creation of around 9,000 other positions, Nissan's vice chairman of operations in the ...
Campaign turns to economy, immigration as Romney rises The Tribune San Luis Obispo | The Republican presidential rivals courted influential Hispanic voters in South Florida on Friday with promises to improve immigration laws and focus on Latin America, as a new poll suggested that Mitt Romney is regaining his edge in the first mega...
Goodbye, Gingrich? CounterPunch | Sick with disappointment that I missed the Tin-Tin movie showing in Eureka, I had to settle for Obama’s State of the Union and Thursday’s Republican debate in Jacksonville. | Await a presidential State of the Union address with keen anticipatio...
New Orleans celebrates anniversary of steamboat Austin American Statesman | NEW ORLEANS — Two hundred years ago, the first steamboat meandered down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, taking more than four months to reach New Orleans. The journey was marked by Indians chasing the paddle-wheeled boat, a baby's birth and ...
BNP Paribas Said to Be Selling $11 Billion of Loans The New York Times | LONDON — The French bank BNP Paribas is looking to sell up to $11 billion of loans to oil and gas companies in an effort to reduce its loan book in the United States, according to people briefed on the matter. | BNP Paribas, France’s larges...
FDA doubles testing samples for orange juice imports: what you should know The Examiner | If you start your day with a glass of orange juice, you may have read the recent headlines about concerns of imported juice because of a residual fungicide that is banned in the United States. All imported juice was held for testing, though Brazili...
Race relations in Britain: How far have we really come? Al Jazeera | - There are some days that will stain our collective conscience for generations to come. | April 22, 1993, was one of these. This was the day that black teenager Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death by a group of young white men in an act of racis...
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Spanish royal charged in fraud case Al Jazeera | The Spanish king's son-in-law was charged in a fraud and embezzlement case that has damaged the royal family, which this week took the uprecedented step of disclos...
Nissan to build new $2 bn plant in Mexico Zeenews Mexico City: Nissan Motor Co. announced plans to invest $2 billion in building a third manufacturing facility in Mexico. | The new plant in the central state of Aguascalientes will generate 3,000 jobs and spur the creation of around 9,000 other posit...
US to lease out Gulf of Mexico chunk for oil drilling Zeenews Washington: The US government Thursday announced plans to sell leases for 38 million acres in central Gulf of Mexico for oil exploration to increase domestic energy supplies. | The scheduled sale in June will be the second since the BP oil spill in t...
RON DERBY: Fed sees cheap money will be around for a while Business Day | WITH the promise of cheap money — for much longer than expected — from the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the fundamentals to support stronger equity and currency markets have been set. The dovish comments made by Fed governor Ben Bernanke will also...
Shares head for best run in a year Sydney Morning Herald | Australian shares are on course to post their best winning streak in almost 12 months as Europe fears ebb. | 3.24pm: The federal opposition believes the RBA should do much of the heavy lifting if the local economy needs a boost in the face of a sou...
Immigrants, elderly make powerful economic team Tampabay.com | By Kelly Kirschner, special to the Times | Kelly KirschnerTampa Bay Times In Print: Friday, January 27, 2012 | In case you haven't been watching, an obsession with immigration has overtaken the national political discourse. Nearly every GOP preside...
Eurozone debt doubts drag euro down Al Jazeera | The euro has sunk to a more than one-year low against the dollar and hit an 11-year low versus the yen amid concerns over Europe’s debt crisis as Italy and Spain came under intense pressure on the markets. | The 17-nation currency fell as low as $1.2775 on Thursday, its weakest level since September 2010. | Spain said it banks would need 50...
