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 | Air Products boosts Airgas acquisition offer 07/09/2553 04:17 
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2010-09-06T21:11:11Z
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (AP) -- Air Products and Chemicals is boosting its offer to buy rival Airgas to $65.50 per share, and now wants shareholder approval....
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| Argentines risking all to carry huge wads of cash 07/09/2553 03:29
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and MICHAEL WARREN
2010-09-06T20:02:01Z
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The "marker" lurks inside the bank, looking for people pulling large amounts of cash from a safe deposit box or bank account. The gunmen linger outside, usually on motorcyles, waiting to make their move....
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| French unions launch strike over pension overhaul 07/09/2553 02:18
By JEAN-MARIE GODARD
2010-09-06T18:52:02Z
PARIS (AP) -- French train traffic began tapering off Monday at the start of what promises to be a major strike over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy”s plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62....
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| Basel committee seeks 9 percent Tier 1 capital: report
(Reuters)
07/09/2553 01:48 Reuters - Global banks will be required to hold Tier 1 capital of nine percent including a 3 percent so-called "conservation buffer," German weekly Die Zeit reported, quoting a draft proposal from the Basel Committee, the body tasked with drawing up global banking rules. |
| NY cigarette tax plans raise reservation tensions 07/09/2553 01:05
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
2010-09-06T18:00:25Z
CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) -- As New York Indian Nation leaders battle in courtrooms to preserve their tax-free cigarette market, tensions are rising on reservations, where the state”s renewed efforts to tax sales to non-Native customers is viewed as yet another attack on Native American rights....
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| As stocks tank investors rush into junk bonds 07/09/2553 00:27 With fears of a prolonged recession and stomach-churning moves in the stock market, corporate bond markets have performed so well this year they look like they”re part of a parallel universe. |
| Telecoms to be fined Bt5m per month for missing MNP deadline 07/09/2553 00:21 The board of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) yesterday made a resolution to slap a fine of Bt166,667 per day, or about Bt5 million per month, on each of five telecom operators for failing to meet the August 31 deadline jointly to get the mobile number portability (MNP) system off the ground. |
| Ministry wants ”non-harmful” Map Ta Phut projects freed up in 2 weeks 07/09/2553 00:21 The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand and the Department of Industrial Works, the state bodies responsible for granting operating and construction licences to the projects in Map Ta Phut, will immediately consider the details of the suspended projects outside the list of environmentally harmful activities, aiming to release those projects within two weeks. |
| SET, SEC seek to protect stock trading during 3G auction 07/09/2553 00:21 The Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Securities and Exchange Commission will discuss with the telecom regulator ways to prevent the results and related information from the 3G2.1GHz licence auction from affecting stock trading and investors. |
| New chairman seeks to expand influence of FeTCO 07/09/2553 00:21 Paiboon Nalinthrangkurn, the new chairman of the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisations, vows to push aggressively for FeTCO to play a broader role in the economy, starting with representation on the Joint Public Private Committee. |
| Tops operator aims to boost its brands 07/09/2553 00:21 Central Food Retail, operator of Tops Supermarket, plans to triple the market share of its own brands in the next three years, senior vice president Chiranun Poopat said. |
| Strong currency hurts gold futures trade 07/09/2553 00:21 Gold-futures trading in the past three months dropped 10 per cent from the preceding three months because of the baht”s appreciation, which pressured domestic gold prices, a brokerage said yesterday. |
| Bulls likely to continue on SET 07/09/2553 00:21 The stock market”s bull-run is expected to continue, with one brokerage house foreseeing the SET Index rising to 1,100 points within six months. |
| Asian Property refocuses on middle market 07/09/2553 00:21 Asian Property Development has sharpened its competitive edge by reorganising to focus on the middle-income market with residences priced up to Bt2 million and after-sales service. |
| Shanghai Expo offers job opportunities to Thai students 07/09/2553 00:21 The Shanghai World Expo offers an opportunity for a group of Thai students interested in working in China or with Thai firms doing business with that country to hone their skills.
The Expo has drawn millions of visitors from around the world. Among them were Thai officials, businesspeople, journalists and tourists. |
| EU finance ministers to discuss new bank levy 07/09/2553 00:10
By PAN PYLAS
2010-09-06T16:48:41Z
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union finance ministers are set to discuss the possibility of introducing a levy on banks and whether a tax on financial transactions can deal with another banking crisis, as they gather Tuesday in an atmosphere more benign than when they last met in July....
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