Noël Forgeard stepped down as chief executive of Airbus parent EADS
Jul. 2, 2006

Noël Forgeard stepped down as chief executive of Airbus parent EADS on Sunday, ending the management crisis that has paralysed the Franco-German aerospace group since its profit warning on June 13.

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine closed the state government Saturday amid a bitter dispute with fellow Democrats in the Assembly over his plan to increase the sales tax
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New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine closed the state government Saturday amid a bitter dispute with fellow Democrats in the Assembly over his plan to increase the sales tax, threatening to shutter beaches, parks and possibly casinos in the coming days.
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GM outshines with a 53% gain in first half of the year
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General Motors Corp.'s stock was the best performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the year's first half.
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Blackstone, the private equity group run by Steve Schwarzman, on Friday emerged as the buyer of Cendant's travel distribution business
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Blackstone, the private equity group run by Steve Schwarzman, on Friday emerged as the buyer of Cendant's travel distribution business, which includes the Orbitz online travel site and the Galileo reservations system...
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Boeing on Friday said it had reached a final agreement with the US justice department following two procurement scandals
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Boeing on Friday said it had reached a final agreement with the US justice department following two procurement scandals which led to the ousting of one chief executive and a prison term for its former chief financial officer.
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French carmaker Renault and its Japanese affiliate Nissan open to alliance with GM
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French carmaker Renault and its Japanese affiliate Nissan said they were open to the idea of an industry-transforming triple alliance with General Motors.
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Stocks rallied Thursday afternoon as investors breathed a sigh of relief on the day of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates.
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The Dow (up 81.89 to 11,055.45, Charts) and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index (up 10.28 to 1,256.28, Charts) both jumped around 0.8 percent.
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Dow fell more than 100 points on higher interest rates expectation
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Dow fell more than 100 points as better-than-expected reports on consumer confidence and the housing market raised interest-rate jitters ahead of the Fed meeting. GM slid nearly 6%.
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The war of influence starts - US will press China to reform and open up its domestic financial system : new US Treasury Secretary
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Hank Paulson, the former chief executive of Goldman Sachs nominated by President George W Bush to be the new US Treasury Secretary, set the stage for a possible shift in US China policy at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
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A consortium of private equity groups has agreed to buy Univision
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consortium of private equity groups has agreed to buy Univision, the US Spanish-language broadcasting company, for $12.3bn in cash, in a buy-out structured with an aggressive financing package.
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