multibillion dollar

Macau leader: No plans to help Sands' financing

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:48:42 -0600

Macau has no plans to help Las Vegas Sands Corp. with financing after the struggling casino operator announced it was suspending multibillion-dollar projects in the Chinese gambling city amid a cash crunch, the territory's leader said Tuesday.

China's October inflation eases to 4 percent

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:19:29 -0600

China's government says consumer inflation fell in October to 4 percent, easing pressure on the authorities to control price rises as it launches a multibillion-dollar economic stimulus package.

Ukraine's leaders plead for calm over economy

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:29:24 -0500

Ukraine's feuding president and prime minister sought to calm fears Friday over the country's markets, which have been battered in the global financial meltdown, as negotiations continued for a multibillion dollar IMF rescue loan.

Report: Everglades in decline as restoration lags

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:27:12 -0500

A multibillion-dollar effort to restore Florida's Everglades has made little progress amid funding shortfalls, bureaucratic red tape and disagreements, according to a congressionally mandated report that warns the vast wetland is in peril.

White House, Congress push for bailout deal

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:20:46 -0500

Nervously eyeing the markets' next trading session, congressional Democrats and Republican senators pushed for an agreement Saturday on a multibillion-dollar bailout for the financial sector.

Investments Are Faltering in Chrysler and GMAC

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:36:46 -0500

The investment fund Cerberus Capital Management is racing to salvage multibillion-dollar investments in the automaker Chrysler and GMAC, the financing arm of General Motors.

Carnahan to announce agreement with Wachovia

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:35:57 -0500

Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan is announcing a multibillion-dollar agreement with Wachovia Securities.

Dial D for Disruption

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:27:05 -0500

Want to build a phone company for $100? Give Mark Spencer a ring. In a research park outside the low-key bustle of downtown Huntsville, Ala. Mark Spencer finishes his barbecue and resumes wreaking havoc on the multibillion-dollar phone equipment business.

Court Frees Societe Generale Trader

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:41:12 -0500

"We were expecting this decision; we were hoping for it"

A French court on Tuesday ordered the release of a jailed Societe Generale trader blamed for multibillion dollar losses at the bank, a spokesman for the trader said.

Jerome Kerviel was expected to leave Paris' grim La Sante prison later in the day. He has been held there since Feb. 8. Spokesman Christophe Reille did not elaborate on the order to free Kerviel.

Trial Opens in Parmalat Collapse

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:43:55 -0500

The trial on the most serious criminal charges in the multibillion-dollar failure of the Parmalat dairy empire opened Friday, more than four years after the company acknowledged a crushing debt that would lead to Europe's biggest corporate bankruptcy.