MOSCOW (AFP)–Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold a live phone-in with ordinary Russians on Thursday, an official Web site said, in a move that has stoked speculation about his future political ambitions. The televised phone-in will be a repeat of a
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Microsoft to buy Yahoo online search for $20 bn
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Cardboard Figure Causes New Jersey Bank Standoff
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A standoff at a New Jersey bank is over after police learned a ‘person’ seen inside was actually a full-size cardboard figure. Officers went to the PNC Bank in Montgomery Township on Thursday night after an alarm went off.
Space shuttle begins gliding back to Earth
Holiday sales view still weak after weekend rush
Web sales up 1 pct on Black Friday: comScore
Bloomberg: U.S. Banks May Write Down $44 Billion in Q4/08
U.S. banks including Citigroup Inc. may post about $44 billion in write-downs and charges on bad loans in the fourth quarter, eroding the government’s banking bailout plan, Oppenheimer & Co.’s Meredith Whitney said. Accounting rule changes on how some
Washington Mutual Hirings Approved
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