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Market crash, falling oil prices take $6.5B bite out of Alberta surplus estimate Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Jim Macdonald, The Canadian Press November 18, 2008 - 7:32 p.m. EDMONTON - Energy-rich Alberta's multibillion-dollar surplus projections have taken a $6.5-billion beating over the last three months a...
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Rain leaves 22 dead in Colombia, 500,000 suffer damage to property Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Bogota - Heavy rains have caused 22 deaths in Colombia since September, while seven people remained missing and at least 500,000 people have suffered damage to their property, the Red Cross said Tu...
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Tumbling oil prices bring inflation down Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
LONDON: British inflation came off a 16-year high to 4.5 percent in October as the cost of oil fell sharply, putting the country at risk of equally damaging deflation, official data showed yesterday.
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Cuban president to make first visit to Venezuela Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he received a letter from Castro two days ago and will announce the date of the Cuban leader's visit soon.Chavez said Tuesday that the visit could take place with...
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Oil prices mired under $US55 Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
OIL prices fell overnight in a market awash in worries over the slowing global economy and its negative impact on energy demand. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light sweet crude for December dr...
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Wireless Carrier Movistar To Debut Label In Colombia Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
. The label, which launched in Spain earlier this year, will also reportedly roll out in Mexico and Argentina. Like its Spain counterpart, the label will promote artists that are popular on a new user...
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UK cocaine users Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
British cocaine users helped finance the kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia’s Vice-President claimed today, as he travelled to the UK to warn that its consumption of the drug was destro...
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Oil prices fall once again, but signs emerge that Americans are heading back to the pump Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Mark Williams November 18, 2008 - 3:59 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Oil prices continued to fall Tuesday as a government report showed that gasoline prices in October plunged further than they ever...
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Oil prices edge higher; carriers lose altitude Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks struggled to stay aloft Tuesday afternoon as oil prices crept northward and the wider market began to stumble backwards.
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OVL Snaps Up 2 Exploration Blocks in Colombia Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
ONGC's wholly-owned subsidiary ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) has bagged two blocks in Colombia, viz. Block CPO 5 and Block SSJN 7. Block CPO 5 is in the highly prospective onshore Llanos Basin in Block SSJN ...
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Sex tourism booming on the Caribbean coast Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
CARTAGENA, 18 November 2008 (PlusNews) - On the surface, the historic northern city of Cartagena on Colombia's Caribbean coast is an up-market tourist destination, with cruise boat passengers strollin...
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Oil prices move little as government reported largest drop in gas prices during October Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Mark Williams November 18, 2008 - 12:48 a.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Oil prices fluctuated Tuesday even as the government reported that gasoline prices recorded their largest drop ever in October a...
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Oil prices expected to average less than dlrs 50 next year Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
CGES Forecast Oil prices could fall to an average of only dlrs 31 per barrel (dpb) next year if OPEC states fail for whatever reason to achieve cuts decided at last month's extraordinary meeting, acco...
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Colombia tackles "pyramid" crisis Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The Colombian government has declared what it is calling a state of social emergency to deal with a crisis over the collapse of pyramid finance schemes. Hundreds of thousands of people have been lef...
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Canadian Oil Sands Suffer From Low Oil Prices Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Canada's booming oil sands industry showed more signs of cooling off Monday as crude prices continued their long plummet from record summer highs. Petro-Canada and its partners Teck Cominco Ltd. an...
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Oil prices recover from yesterday Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Oil prices rose in Asian trade today after falling around $2 on worries over a deepening global financial crisis. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, rose 68 ce...
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Colombia taking aim at investment scams Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
BOGOTA -- Colombia declared a state of emergency Monday to crack down on illegal investment schemes that lured millions of people with promises of improbably high payouts, only to collapse amid rioti...
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Jamaica, Trinidad and Leewards win in WICB Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Islands posted wins Monday in the WICB Cup limited-overs tournament.Jamaica beat Canada by nine wickets, racing to victory after dismissing Canada for 104 ...
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More withdrawals hit Nigeria ahead of Colombia clash Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Nigeria´s Joseph Yobo is seen in action. Nigeria will field an under-strength team for Wednesday´s friendly against Colombia in Cali after more withdrawals.
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Oil prices edge higher Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, rose 19 cents to $US55.14 a barrel. The contract dropped $US2.09 to $US54.95 at the close of floor trading overnight at the N...
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