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BBC News
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An unnamed buyer at the Paris air show has placed an order for an Airbus A380 superjumbo to use as a private jet.
Airbus said the individual, "not from Europe or the US", would use the plane for "personal use for him and his entourage", AFP news agency..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, today opened up possible new fronts in his nationalisation programme by threatening to take over the country's private banks and its biggest steel firm.
The leftist leader nationalised utility firms earlier this year..
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My Way News
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President Hugo Chavez ordered by decree on Monday the takeover of oil projects run by foreign oil companies in Venezuela's Orinoco River region.
Chavez had previously announced the government's intention to take a majority stake by May 1 in four heavy..
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CNN
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President Nestor Kirchner yanked a private company's concession to operate two major rail lines on Tuesday, a week after commuters rioted over delays at a busy station in the Argentine capital.
"We will keep all the workers on the job and ticket prices..
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Washington Post
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China's legislature on Friday passed a controversial law designed to protect private property rights, in what was described as a significant milestone on the path toward a market economy.
The legislation stopped short of disavowing the principle that a..
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SF Gate
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After more than a quarter century of market-oriented economic policies and record-setting growth, China enacted today its first law to protect private property explicitly.
The measure, which was delayed a year ago amid vocal opposition from resurgent..
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Monsters and Critics
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Private equity investors are buying OSI Restaurant Partners Inc., which owns such chains as Outback Steakhouse, for about $3.2 billion...
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