美国大陆航空公司计划通过减少航班数量和降低运能的方式来弥补燃油价格居高不下的影响，为此公司准备裁员3000人。 The crisis facing the airline industry, propelled by out-of-control fuel costs, claimed another victim on Thursday. Continental Airlines said i
Oil prices rose back to $125 a barrel Thursday after the dollar fell in response to comments by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet suggesting the bank could raise interest rates. Light, sweet crude for July delivery rose $2.75 to $12
6月5日法国电信提出一项收购瑞典TeliaSonera公司的计划.在4月15日法国电信表示有意收购TeliaSonera公司。63克朗/股的报价较TeliaSonera公司4月15日收盘价高出41%。 France Telecom says it has proposed a merger with Sweden's TeliaSonera. The French company says
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is cutting its forecast for economic growth in the U.S. and the 15-nation euro region this year and next. The Paris-based think tank says in a new report that economic growth in the OEC
South Korea's antitrust regulator said Thursday it will order Intel Corp. to pay 26 billion won ($25.4 million) for violating fair trade rules. The Korean Fair Trade Commission said in a statement Thursday that it was issuing the order because the s
中国银行已为攀枝花钢铁集团以及安徽海螺水泥股份有限公司提供250亿元的信用额度支持以协助其灾区重建工作。 Bank of China (BOC) has given a 25 billion yuan credit line to Panzhihua Iron Steel Group and Anhui Conch Cement Co to help their rebuilding efforts
Shares of Alitalia have been suspended from trading on the Milan stock exchange until further notice. The Borsa Italiana suspended the shares Wednesday shortly after the publication of new rules on the sale of the failing carrier. Italy's stock mark
The dollar extended its gains against the yen in Asian trade on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said a weaker greenback was adding to US inflation pressures, dealers said. They said the market had taken the rare remarks by the F
Oil prices dropped below $124 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as demand concerns deepened and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that more U.S. interest rate cuts are unlikely. Bernanke's comments suggesting inflation is too much of a
parent of United Airlines, plans to reduce its mainline fleet by another 70 aircraft by the end of 2009 and announce further job cuts, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. The airline is expected to announce the planned cuts to its fleet of 460
U.S. auto sales tumbled in May as consumers spurned pickup trucks and SUVs in the face of record gasoline prices, driving General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC to double-digit declines. Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd outsold Chrysler for t
America's decades-long love affair with monstrously large vehicles may finally be coming to an end, US automakers have predicted in the wake of a sharp drop off in sales amid high fuel costs. Large and midsized sport utility vehicles were down 42 an
European Union finance ministers have set EU newcomer Slovakia on its way to joining the euro currency zone next year by approving its membership. They're recommending that EU leaders do the same at a summit in two weeks' time. Slovakia cleared a c
Crude oil futures dipped below $127 a barrel Tuesday as investors sought to gauge whether oil prices have peaked, even as many worry that supplies are barely meeting growing global demand. By mid-afternoon in Europe, light, sweet crude for July deliv
