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Suntech's local creditors claim $2.5 billion as restructuring starts
ReutersWUXI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Local creditors of Wuxi Suntech, the bankrupt unit of Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, on Wednesday claimed the subsidiary owed them a combined $2.5 billion, at the start of a debt restructuring...Tags: Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies, World Bank Group, Loans, China
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PRESS DIGEST - British Business- May 13
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - The Guardian PARTS OF UK COAL MAY BE NATIONALISED AFTER COLLIERY FIRE CLOSES PIT Troubled parts of UK Coal, Britain's largest coal mining business, could return to public ownership under plans being discussed by ministers that would...Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Bloomberg L.P., United Kingdom, Deutsche Bank AG, Microsoft Windows
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MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - May 7
ReutersDUBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Here are factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL * GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares steady on higher...Tags: United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Iran
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The great deficit debate: looking for money in all the wrong places
Contributing ColumnistFor the last two years we’ve heard the same mantra from the GOP and its mouthpiece, FOX News: “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.” It’s usually said with solemnity and sometimes a hint of compassion, as if the...Tags: Politics, Business, U.S. Department of Defense, The Wall Street Journal, Government Health Care
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World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education
A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...Tags: Global Expansion, Politics, International Organizations, Laureate Education Inc., International Economic Institution
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The difficult path to a foreign-language film Oscar
Something like a glammed-up re-imagining of the United Nations, year-in, year-out the foreign-language film category at the Oscars is a home to diplomacy, drama, intrigue and heartbreak. And that's just the process to secure a nomination and then the...Tags: Rust and Bone (movie), Amour (movie), A Royal Affair (movie), Entertainment Events, United Nations
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