The Associated Press August 29, 2008 - 6:58 p.m. NEW YORK - Nissan North America Inc. said Friday that it's making preparations at a Mississippi assembly plant in case hurricane Gustav hits the Gulf Coast next week. Company spokesman Fred Standish said Nissan is keeping an observation on the storm's strength and path and setting up ways to communicate with workers at its Canton, Miss., scatter seed. The plant, which is located round 340 kilometres north of New Orleans and produces ...
Quebec court issues seizure order against Bombardier planes destined for Iraq
Aug 30 2008
Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press August 29, 2008 - 6:53 p.m. MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has granted Kuwait Airways an order preventing the delivery of several Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) planes to be built for Iraqi Airways. The aircraft being assembled in Montreal were expected to be delivered to Iraq beginning in September. Iraq's government had ordered 10 Bombardier CRJ900s and has an option for 10 more as dividend of an beginning fleet renewal, which also included 30 Boeing 737s. ...
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Copper prices slip as US dollar advances against the euro
Aug 30 2008
August 29, 2008 - 6:50 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Copper prices turned lower Friday as a stronger greenback prodded investors to shed precious metals and other hard assets. Commodities like small change and silver are often bought to hedge against inflation and weakness in the U.S. general reception, so a stronger dollar weakens their allure to investors. Copper according to December delivery fell 1.35 cents to settle at $3.387 a pound on the New York ...
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Silver prices virtually unchanged in light trading ahead of Labor Day
Aug 30 2008
August 29, 2008 - 6:50 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Silver prices were virtually unchanged Friday for the period of a unmolested trading session control Labor Day weekend. Silver for December delivery inched up 0.2 cent to settle at $13.707 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after earlier trading as high as $13.99. Silver has jumped 13.5 percent in the past year as the dollar has lost ground in compensation for the euro, boosting ...
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‘Faith-based’ Integrity Bank in Georgia becomes 10th to fail in ‘08; Regions assumes deposits
Aug 30 2008
Madlen Read August 29, 2008 - 6:47 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Ga., on Friday became the 10th U.S. bank to fail in this way far this year, executed in by the very business it was built on — real estate lending. Regions Bank of Birmingham, Ala., is assuming every one of of Integrity Bank's $974 million in insured and uninsured deposits in 23,000 accounts, and about $34.4 very great ...
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