Government posts $120.3 billion budget deficit in Nov
The United States posted a smaller-than-expected $120.3 billion budget deficit in November, Treasury Department data showed on Thursday.
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Thu Dec 10 12:25:20 PST 2009
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Hollywood eyes record $10 billion box office for 2009
Film box offices were poised on Wednesday to eclipse 2007's record $9.68 billion in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales with Hollywood eyeing more than $10 billion this year as audiences flocked...
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Thu Dec 10 11:02:56 PST 2009
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$447 billion spending bill clears House
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $447 billion bill that boosts funding for large swaths of the U.S. government and reflects the priorities of Democrats who control Congre...
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Thu Dec 10 11:10:21 PST 2009
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Soros pitches idea of 100-billion-dollar climate fund
Financier George Soros unveiled a plan Thursday at the UN climate talks to free up to 100 billion dollars (68 billion euros) for poor countries to combat climate change and cope with its im...
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Thu Dec 10 10:19:53 PST 2009
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Greek debt hits 300 billion euros
Greece revealed a public debt colossus of 300 billion euros Thursday as the government called a crisis meeting on its financial woes and the European Union met amid disagreement on how to h...
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Thu Dec 10 09:24:39 PST 2009
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Release $200 billion in climate funds: poor nations to Obama
Poor countries on Thursday challenged Barack Obama as he received his Nobel prize to steer the US back into the Kyoto Protocol and help free up 200 billion dollars in funds to fight climate...
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Thu Dec 10 09:03:25 PST 2009
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Citigroup planning roughly $15 billion share offer
Citigroup Inc is planning to sell roughly $15 billion of common shares to help repay funds borrowed under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, people briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
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Thu Dec 10 07:54:27 PST 2009
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GE gets $1.4 billion contract for world's largest wind farm
General Electric Co said on Thursday it won a $1.4 billion contract from energy producer Caithness Energy LLC to supply wind turbines for what will eventually be the world's biggest wind fa...
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Thu Dec 10 06:22:57 PST 2009
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U.S. records $120.3 billion deficit for November
The U.S. government rang up a deficit of $120.3 billion in November - the 14th straight month it has spent more than it has taken in.
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Thu Dec 10 12:26:00 PST 2009
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Emirates raises $1.13 billion as Dubai struggles
Dubai's national flag carrier, Emirates, said on Thursday it has raised 1.13 billion dollars to finance the purchase of six Airbus A380 superjumbos, stressing it has no difficulty obtaining...
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Thu Dec 10 02:15:27 PST 2009
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Lehman Brokerage Trustee Wins Approval of $92 Billion Transfer
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- James Giddens , the trustee liquidating Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Thu Dec 10 12:31:17 PST 2009
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Illinois Debt Rating on $19 Billion Cut by S&P (Update1)
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois, with the fifth-highest tax-supported debt among U.S. states, had its rating on $19 billion of municipal debt cut by Standard & Poor
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Thu Dec 10 12:11:03 PST 2009
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UN Envoys Prepare $25 Billion Forest-Protection Plan (Update1)
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations negotiators are preparing a $25 billion proposal to save tropical forests in more than 10 countries, a delegate at the climate-change talks in Copenhag...
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Thu Dec 10 12:30:16 PST 2009
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Banks Must Add $47 Billion in Trade Capital, FSA Says (Update2)
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. banks must find as much as 29 billion pounds ($47.3 billion) of additional capital by 2011 to put against their trading books under proposals published by Britai...
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Thu Dec 10 11:23:31 PST 2009
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Economic Report: U.S. ran deficit of $120.3 billion in November
The U.S. government ran a deficit of $120.3 billion in November, the Treasury Department reports, marking a record 14th consecutive month of budget shortfalls.
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Thu Dec 10 11:25:48 PST 2009
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Asarco Pays $1.79 Billion for U.S. Waste Cleanup, Restoration
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Asarco LLC , the bankrupt Arizona copper miner, paid $1.79 billion for hazardous waste cleanup and environmental restoration, the largest payout for such cleanup, the...
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Thu Dec 10 11:41:36 PST 2009
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Lehman Brokerage Trustee Seeks Approval of $92 Billion Transfer
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- James Giddens , the trustee liquidating Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Thu Dec 10 11:15:34 PST 2009
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Soros Seeks $100 Billion in IMF Funds for Green Plan (Update4)
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire George Soros asked the richest nations to use $100 billion of foreign-exchange reserves to finance emissions-reducing projects in poor countries.
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Thu Dec 10 10:21:09 PST 2009
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Panasonic nabs 50.2 pct of Sanyo for $4.6 billion
Japan's Panasonic Corp (6752.T) said it acquired 50.2 percent of Sanyo Electric Co Ltd (6764.T), the world's largest rechargeable battery maker, for 403.8 billion yen ($4.6 billion), as sha...
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Thu Dec 10 00:06:55 PST 2009
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