Few Bidders to Develop Iraqi Oil and Gas Fields
Oil and gas companies were demanding far more for their services than the Iraqis were ready to pay.
Oil and gas companies were demanding far more for their services than the Iraqis were ready to pay.
Under a new deal, HCL Technologies, based in India, will manage Snapple’s computer networks, but may be hiring in the United States to do it.
As G.M. and Magna International attempt to conclude a deal for Opel, G.M. is talking with other potential buyers to win better terms, officials in the negotiations said.
General Motors offered tens of thousands of workers early retirement in its rush to downsize, raising questions about the long-term strength of its pension plan.
A judge revoked bond for R. Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire accused of masterminding a $7 billion fraud.
For the past couple of months, data have revealed a growing divergence between Western economies and those in much of Asia, notably China and India.
The administration’s proposal for the new agency marks the first shot in a battle with financial institutions over how to regulate home mortgages, credit cards and other forms of lending.
The regulations, aimed at cracking down on the use of virtual currencies, could deal a blow to the country’s fast-growing online gaming industry.
China on Tuesday indefinitely delayed enforcement of a new rule requiring manufacturers to install Internet filtering software on new computers.
By propping up Elpida Memory, Japan hopes to salvage its only major maker of dynamic random access memory chips, considered vital to its electronics industry.
Lloyds said it expected to cut nearly 1,800 jobs over the next three years as it consolidates the merger of Lloyds TSB and Halifax/Bank of Scotland.
Oil and gas companies were demanding far more for their services than the Iraqis were ready to pay.
Prices continued to fall in April amid rising unemployment and new foreclosures. But the pace of declines leveled off slightly, according to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller index.
General Motors went to bankruptcy court to begin the process of selling its best assets to a government-backed company that would become the linchpin of its turnaround plan.
Markets fell sharply as subdued readings on consumer confidence and a continued slide in home prices reminded investors that the economy was a long way from sound.
Global Gaming Factory X said that it had bought the Pirate Bay for $7.8 million and that it would start a business model intended to compensate both content operators and copyright owners.
The regulations, aimed at cracking down on the use of virtual currencies, could deal a blow to the country’s fast-growing online gaming industry.
Under a new deal, HCL Technologies, based in India, will manage Snapple’s computer networks, but may be hiring in the United States to do it.
China on Tuesday indefinitely delayed enforcement of a new rule requiring manufacturers to install Internet filtering software on new computers.
By propping up Elpida Memory, Japan hopes to salvage its only major maker of dynamic random access memory chips, considered vital to its electronics industry.