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| Venezuelan president plans new oil taxes Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has urged ministers to come up with suggestions for possible new taxes on the windfall profits earned by international oil companies, local press reported Sunday. "I want you all to show me a recomm ... english.people.com.cn |
Profit Surges at Blockbuster Blockbuster's profit jumped as operating expenses fell and rental revenue rose 11%, and the movie-rental company forecast a profit for 2008 where analysts had seen a loss. online.wsj.com |
Report: Wells Fargo says its open to a Fed-brokered deal The CEO of San Francisco’s venerable Wells Fargo, who has helped the firm navigate the credit crisis in pretty good shape, says that the current environment presents opportunities and the firm would consider doing a deal in conjunction with the Federal Reserve. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Tokyo stocks open higher Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 135.61 points, or 1.05 percent, from Thursday to 13,080.91. The broader Topix index of all First Section issue ... english.people.com.cn |
Chinese Bank Beats Expectations China Construction Bank posted a first-quarter net profit of $4.58 billion, beating the 31.5 billion yuan Macquarie Research had expected. online.wsj.com |