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Hershey Trust backs bid for Cadbury: report

AFP - 3 hours 1 min ago

NEW YORK (AFP) - A charitable trust controlling US chocolate maker Hershey is backing a bid of 17 billion dollars for Britain's Cadbury, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. More »

Oil prices wobble on recovery concerns
AFP - 4 hours 20 mins ago
NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices remained depressed Friday amid a strengthening dollar and concerns over sustainable economic recovery. More »
First Air France A380 reaches New York
AFP - 4 hours 43 mins ago
NEW YORK (AFP) - The world's largest airliner, an Air France A380, touched down in New York on Friday after completing the superjumbo jet's first Atlantic crossing from Europe to the United States. More »
US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent
AFP - 5 hours 14 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies. More »
Chile airports resume operations after major strike
AFP - 5 hours 48 mins ago
SANTIAGO (AFP) - Chilean airports resumed normal activity on Friday, after some 2,000 airport workers launched a country-wide strike that caused flight delays, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation said. More »
Boeing starts work on second Dreamliner assembly site
AFP - 6 hours 1 min ago
NEW YORK (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing broke ground Friday for the second assembly plant for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled for its first test flight by the end of the year. More »
Crisis fallout still in 'first half': forum
AFP - 7 hours 15 mins ago
DUBAI (AFP) - The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday. More »
Turkey scraps nuclear power plant tender
AFP - 7 hours 20 mins ago
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision. More »
Dubai growing at five percent pace: economy tsar
AFP - 8 hours 3 mins ago
DUBAI (AFP) - The Dubai economy is growing at a five percent rate, less than in previous years but ahead of the most cautious forecasts, the head of a government economic committee said on Friday. More »
Volkswagen approves Porsche takeover
AFP - 8 hours 28 mins ago
BERLIN (AFP) - Volkswagen said Friday its supervisory board had cleared the way for its planned takeover of sportscar maker Porsche, as Europe's biggest carmaker ratcheted up the quest to become world number one. More »