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IMF pledges support for Ukraine and Hungary

Newsvine - business  Sun, 10/26/2008 - 18:04

WASHINGTON AP) — Seeking to combat a spreading global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund said Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement to provide Ukraine with $16.5 billion in loans and announced that emergency assistance for Hungary had cleared a key hurdle.


 

Peru gets OK to tighten intellectual property laws

Newsvine - business  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 00:19

A South American trade group gave member states the go-ahead to set their own intellectual property laws on Thursday, letting Peru clear a key hurdle toward implementing a free-trade deal with the United States.


 

China could play a role in Microsoft-Yahoo deal

Newsvine - business  Sat, 03/29/2008 - 11:45

Microsoft's hostile-takeover attempt against Yahoo may encounter an unexpected hurdle in August after a Chinese anti-monopoly law that will...