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17
2007

Leftist Correa emerges as a winner, poll shows

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa easily won a referendum on Sunday that could enable him to wrest control from a Congress reviled as corrupt in the politically unstable country, an exit poll showed.

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17
2007

Brazil to study Bank of South before deciding to join

Brazil´s government should further analyze a proposal by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to form a regional bank before deciding whether to join, said Marco Aurelio Garcia, a foreign affairs aid to Brazil´s president.

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17
2007

Justices reject State rules on national banks

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state financial regulators must step aside in a battle over who oversees subsidiaries of national banks.

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13
2007

Diabetes blocked by stem cells

Brazilian and US scientists have used transfusions of patients´ own stem cells to reverse type 1 diabetes.

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12
2007

World Bank chief apologizes for arranging job

Paul D. Wolfowitz, the president of the World Bank, apologized today for his role in arranging a highly paid job at the State Department for a woman with whom he has a personal relationship.

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12
2007

India, EU, Brazil begin talks; US to join today

The trade ministers of India, European Union and Brazil have begun their negotiations on Wednesday in the Capital with a view to break the deadlock in the WTO negotiations.

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12
2007

In 5-year effort, scant evidence of voter fraud

I find this whole prosecution mysterious,” Judge Diane P. Wood of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, said at a hearing in Ms. Prude’s case.

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12
2007

Nestlé agrees to buy Gerber from Novartis

Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, said today that it had agreed to buy Gerber, the baby food company, for $5.5 billion.

APR
11
2007

Petrobras starts testing B5 biodiesel

This week, Petrobras began testing its B5 Biodiesel, a conventional diesel oil containing 5% of biodiesel. The information was supplied by the press office at Petrobras

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11
2007

Portuguese abortion law in force

Portugal´s president has ratified a new law allowing abortion up until the 10th week of pregnancy, his office has said in a statement.

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11
2007

Ukraine judges facing threats

Several Constitutional Court judges in Ukraine are threatening to quit a key case about a power struggle pitting the president against the prime minister

APR
11
2007

Citigroup to eliminate 17,000 jobs

Citigroup Inc., the financial services giant ailing after overseas scandals and lagging profit growth, said today it would slash 17,000 jobs and transfer another 9,500 to cheaper locations around the world in an effort to cut the cost of its widespread operations.

APR
11
2007

Semcon teams with Volkswagen in Brazil

Volkswagen has chosen Semcon’s newly acquired company IVM as its development partner in Brazil. IVM has been part of the Semcon Group since April 1st. 120 people will initially work with assignments at Volkswagen’s Trucks & Busses division in Sao Paulo and Resende.

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