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Boomerang Tube, LLC Finalizes Funding for State-of-the-Art OCTG and Line Pipe Facility in Liberty, Texas

CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Boomerang Tube, LLC today announced that the company has finalized funding to build a new manufacturing facility in Liberty, Texas to produce welded OCTG (oil country tubular goods) and Line Pipe for oil and ga…

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Mugabe factor hits hopes of ending sanctions

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Zimbabwe Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, is pressing the world to end sanctions on his country as it climbs out of a political and economic abyss but wherever he goes the shadow of Robert Mugabe follows.

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Philippines growth not enough under Arroyo

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Filipinos have mostly not benefited from the country’s economic growth — equal to about five percent annually — during President Gloria Arroyo’s seven-year term, a top official admitted yesterday.

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Google vs. China: Information colossus battles global superpower over differences

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Internet behemoth Google’s site recently carried an announcement indicating that unless China resolves issues with filtering information and hacker intrusions, it would consider pulling out of the country.

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Toyota tries media blitz to soothe over recall

Toyota has launched a media campaign to bolster its reputation for quality as nervous customers confront dealers across the country about faulty gas pedal systems.
 

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House price rise hides growing north-south divide

Home buyers in London and south-east drove January’s 0.1% rise while elsewhere the housing market stagnatedHouse prices increased by a modest 0.1% in January, but the rise was entirely driven by activity in London and the south while the market in the rest of the country stagnated, according to property research firm Hometrack.Hometrack’s monthly survey, [...]

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From the archive: Seat belt drivers buckle under

Originally published on 1 February 1983The driving habits of a life-time were changed overnight for more than half the motorists in the country yesterday as they bowed to the inevitable and started wearing seat belts.Over the country more than 90 per cent of drivers and passengers were wearing belts compared with about 40 per cent [...]

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Farmers’ protest deepens Greek woes

• Talks to resolve crippling three-week blockade by farmers have collapsed• Greek government insists it cannot meet subsidy demandsTalks to resolve a crippling three-week tractor blockade of highways and border crossings in Greece by farmers collapsed today, increasing the pressure on a government grappling with the country’s worst financial crisis in decades.The farmers refused to [...]

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Karnataka woos auto, drug firms

Karnataka has stepped up efforts to bag private investments in industrial projects ahead of the Global Investors Meet here in June by holding roadshows in several cities in the country.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

Egypt launches new tourism campaign in India

Egyptian envoy Mohamed Higazy says that India is a country with which Egypt shares cultural synergies and affinities that go far back in history and this had prompted the launch here of a new tourism campaign.

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