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BusinessWeek
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Venezuela and Ecuador mass troops on the Colombian border as rhetoric about a rebel ratchets higher. But the real risk may be to the Venezuelan President
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is no stranger to conflict. Now, in a dispute over the killing o..
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ABC News
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The president of pet food maker Menu Foods, which last week issued a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food after a rash of animal sickness and death, said today that the company would reimburse pet owners who can trace their pets' illnesses to..
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Forbes
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For nearly a month now, President Bush has been touting his new energy proposals, calling for a reduction in dependence on foreign oil, an expansion of domestic drilling for oil and natural gas, and a doubling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. All of wh..
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BusinessWeek
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President Lee Myung Bak's removal of restrictions on U.S. beef has plunged his administration into a crisis that could imperil a free-trade pact with the U.S.
Rarely has a newly anointed Korean President fallen so far and so fast. Less than four months..
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BusinessWeek
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The Venezuelan President's show of force on Colombia's border has heightened U.S. concerns about his escalating arms purchases from Russia
While Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez likes to boast that his revolution is constructing a new socialist man, h..
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BusinessWeek
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Raúl is officially named President, and he promises economic and government reforms, but insists the socialist regime will not give way to democracy
Cuba's National Assembly on Feb. 24 selected Raúl Castro, 76, as the new President of Cuba, marking t..
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BBC News
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The man expected to become Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, has said that reducing the economic role of the state was among his priorities.
In a speech that focused on the economy, Mr Medvedev also said he would tackle corruption if elected...
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BusinessWeek
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Peeved by Exxon's legal victory, Venezuela's President is threatening to end oil exports to the U.S.—a move that would probably backfire
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is famed for his incendiary oratory. But in his recent threats to cut off oil sh..
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BBC News
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The first non-Japanese member of the Toyota board is to leave the firm to become president of rival Chrysler.
Jim Press said that quitting Toyota after 37 years was "the most difficult decision" he had ever made.
The move comes after private equity..
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SF Gate
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The quest of a wealthy gambling tycoon and former Tijuana mayor to become governor of the Mexican state of Baja California has ended in failure, as preliminary returns showed he had lost to his rival from the president's National Action Party.
With 91..
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BusinessWeek
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A showdown between the German chancellor and President Bush over climate change looms for the upcoming international forum
US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are competing for control of the climate change agenda at the G-8..
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Washington Post
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As the Bush administration narrows a list of candidates to replace World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz, experience running a large organization has emerged as a primary requirement for the job, senior administration officials said yesterday.
The nex..
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BusinessWeek
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Former President Bill Clinton brokers a $5 billion effort to retrofit buildings in 16 major cities around the world
Can fixing energy-wasting buildings stave off global instability? Former president Bill Clinton thinks so. In the biggest project his fo..
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BusinessWeek
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President Bush and the Democrats reach a compromise on immigration reform
Now comes the hard part.
A bipartisan group of senators and Bush Administration officials gathered in the Capitol on May 17 to announce an 11th-hour meeting of minds on immigr..
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CNN
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Airbus unions on Friday and the struggling European aircraft maker's Chief Executive Louis Gallois held talks Thursday with one of the leader's aides.
Gallois was received for an hour at the presidential Elyse..
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BusinessWeek
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The Venezuelan President is making good on his vow to regain state control over the country's oil riches
Russian-made MiG fighter jets will swoop overhead and army troops will flank Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez when he takes over four heavy-oil pr..
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BusinessWeek
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Will President Viktor Yushchenko's decree to dissolve parliament and hold elections be the climax of the country's crisis?
On 3 April President Viktor Yushchenko published a decree dissolving parliament and setting new parliamentary elections for 27 Ma..
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Denver Post
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Kenneth Turner is senior vice president of sales at Key Equipment Finance. (The Denver Post)
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.: Principal engineer Lisa Barker will receive the Golden Torch, Outstanding Woman in Technology Award, from the National Soc..
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BusinessWeek
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Rather than ape the ways of his dictatorial predecessor, Turkmenistan's President vows "development of private ownership and entrepreneurship" and other reforms
It's not easy to follow in the tracks of one of the world's most infamous tyrants.
This..
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BBC News
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US oil giant Exxon Mobil is considering its future in Venezuela as the country's president drives through nationalisation plans.
Exxon has said it will comply with a decree by President Hugo Chavez to hand over its multi-billion dollar Orinoco reserve..
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