Manufacturing sales increased 5.5% to $41.4 billion in July, building on the 2.2% increase in June. The motor vehicle, motor vehicle parts ...
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WASHINGTON - Piracy often is romanticized in popular culture, from children's toys to pulp novels and major motion pictures, but for those who work on the high seas, piracy is a dangerous and harmful reality.
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The market value of retirement savings held in employer-sponsored pension funds declined $19.8 billion, or 2.4%, during the first quarter of 2009.
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The number of new motor vehicles sold in July climbed 5.3% to 126,665 units, reflecting especially strong sales in Ontario. Sales of both passenger cars and trucks were up.
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The labour productivity of Canadian businesses did not change in the second quarter, marking the fifth consecutive quarter with little variation.
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Russia has opened a USD 2.2 billion line of credit for Venezuela to purchase weapons including armoured vehicles and surface-to-air missiles, President Hugo Chavez said on Monday according to DD India.
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Pakistan's Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday that many top level Al-Qaeda leaders are escaping to Somalia and Yemen.
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Helicopters having the sign of the American flag at the fin have bombarded Bulamareer near Brawa town in the lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia ...
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Somali pirates freed a St. Vincent and The Grenadines - flagged, Greek-owned ship on Monday after the gang received a $2 million ransom ....
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Singapore and four other nations, including the United States, have signed onto an international plan to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, committing to playing a leadership role in protecting one of the world's busiest shipping routes.
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