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Yahoo clears a hurdle, sells Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion

Monday, 21 May 2012 22:25
page31SHANGHAI/NEW YORK--Yahoo Inc will sell as much as half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group for $7.1 billion, ending years of fractious talks over how to extract value from its most prized asset.

Yahoo also increased its stock buyback authorization by $5 billion to $5.5 billion as a result of the deal but said it might instead opt to distribute some of the...

Facebook shares sink 11% as reality overtakes hype

Monday, 21 May 2012 22:24
page32NEW YORK--Facebook shares sank 11 percent in the first day of trading without the full support of the company's...

Barclays to sell 20% stake in BlackRock

Monday, 21 May 2012 22:23
LONDON--British bank Barclays is selling its near-20 percent stake in U.S. asset manager BlackRock, worth $6.1...

Iraqi Kurdistan will push ahead with oil export plan

Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:23
page39ARBIL, Iraq--Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Sunday it expects to start exporting its crude oil along a...

World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:22
page38CAMP DAVID, Maryland--World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps...

G8, ups pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby

Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:19
CAMP DAVID, Maryland--Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday...

Muddled political leadership leaves India’s economy adrift

Friday, 18 May 2012 21:40
MDF74214NEW DELHI--"Dear God," wrote economist Rajeev Malik as he called on the Almighty to help India's "rudderless"...

Historic Facebook debut falls flat

Friday, 18 May 2012 21:39
MDF74601SAN FRANCISCO--The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social...

China cries foul after US sets tariffs on solar imports

Friday, 18 May 2012 21:39
BEIJING--The United States imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of...

Strong Wal-Mart profit trumps bribery investigation concerns

Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:03
MDF72292NEW YORK--Wal-Mart Stores Inc's profit and sales surpassed expectations as more people shopped at its established...

Warren Buffett to acquire Media General newspapers

Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:01
MDF72750NEW YORK--Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is boosting its bet on the newspaper industry, with a deal to buy...

Apple will use only green power for main data center

Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:00
NEW YORK--Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year...

FBI launches JPMorgan probe, shareholders back CEO Dimon

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:05
MDF68044TAMPA, Florida--The FBI has opened an inquiry into the multibillion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan Chase, stepping...

Brazil targets Argentina with new trade licenses

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:03
MDF68991BRASILIA--Brazil escalated a growing trade fight with Argentina on Monday by throwing up extra bureaucratic obstacles...

Cuba drags feet on foreign investment

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:03
HAVANA--Cuba's reform plans to attract more overseas investment are off to a slow start as the government focuses...

China’s instant buildings: Just add labour, fireworks and a cow

Monday, 14 May 2012 22:46
MDF65820YUEYANG, China--As a crane lowered a steel-and-concrete slab onto support pillars, construction workers swarmed...

JPMorgan CIO retires, Obama says proves the need for reform

Monday, 14 May 2012 22:45
LONDON/NEW YORK--The leader of JPMorgan Chase & Co's hedging unit is retiring after trading losses that could end...

New Bank of England chief needed

Monday, 14 May 2012 22:45
LONDON--A huge change in the Bank of England's remit has thrown open the race for a successor to Governor Mervyn...

East Asian powers agree on trade pact talks

Sunday, 13 May 2012 23:37
MDF63241BEIJING--China, Japan and South Korea agreed at a summit on Sunday to launch negotiations for a three-way free trade...

Some secrecy needed in trade talks, says Kirk

Sunday, 13 May 2012 23:36
WASHINGTON--The United States is being as open as possible about international negotiations to create a nine-nation...

Lack of new cash disappoints in Spain bank system reform

Friday, 11 May 2012 21:51
page35MADRID--Spain's government tried to plug a gaping hole in the country's banking system on Friday, but the fourth such...

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Islands
Tourism Stakeholders discuss joint marketing of five islands
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
MARIGOT--Tourism officials and airport and airline officials from St. Martin, St. Maarten,... Read more...
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Jacobs receives, hails two successful Imbali dancers
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Sylveria Jacobs met with and... Read more...
Regional
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Help REDjet spread its wings, advises Barbados ambassador
Monday, 21 May 2012
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--Don't just help REDjet; help it spread its wings too, advises Barbados'... Read more...
Kamla falls ill in Barbados
Monday, 21 May 2012
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has reportedly... Read more...
U.S.
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NATO sets the course to end Afghan war but path is risky
Monday, 21 May 2012
CHICAGO--NATO mapped an "irreversible" course out of Afghanistan on Monday but President Barack... Read more...
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Former Rutgers student gets thirty days jail for bias crime
Monday, 21 May 2012
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey--A former Rutgers University student was sentenced on Monday to 30 days... Read more...
International
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Protest movement gains, parties hurt in Italy election
Monday, 21 May 2012
ROME--Italians delivered a stunning blow to traditional parties on Monday when they elected protest... Read more...
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Putin tightens grip with new cabinet
Monday, 21 May 2012
MOSCOW--Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a government dominated by loyalists on Monday,... Read more...
Business
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Yahoo clears a hurdle, sells Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion
Monday, 21 May 2012
SHANGHAI/NEW YORK--Yahoo Inc will sell as much as half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese... Read more...
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Facebook shares sink 11% as reality overtakes hype
Monday, 21 May 2012
NEW YORK--Facebook shares sank 11 percent in the first day of trading without the full support of... Read more...
Opinion
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Really, Let God’s will be done! (II)
Monday, 21 May 2012
Dear Editor, It seems like I have drawn the attention of more than one outspoken person. I... Read more...
MORE OF THE SAME
Monday, 21 May 2012
Dear Editor, Some people have high hopes that a new government is formed, and for them and that new... Read more...
Sports
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Optimist races organised as side show to regatta
Monday, 21 May 2012
OYSTER POND—Six young Optimist sailors raced their dinghies in the Oyster Pond Lagoon on Saturday... Read more...
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Cook, Bell guide England home
Monday, 21 May 2012
LONDON-- Alastair Cook and Ian Bell made composed fifties to guide England to a comfortable... Read more...
People
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Alain Resnais revisits classic Greek legend at Cannes
Monday, 21 May 2012
PARIS--Take 15 well-known French theatre and film actors, add a classic Greek legend and voila, you... Read more...
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Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls
Monday, 21 May 2012
BUFFALO, New York--A man survived a 174-foot (53-metre) plunge over Niagara's Horseshoe Falls on... Read more...
Supplements
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Sisters are doing it for themselves!
Friday, 18 May 2012
~ Lifelong friends reunite annually, this year in St. Maarten ~ By Lisa Davis-Burnett Sometimes I... Read more...
Nurse ‘Lizzie’
Friday, 18 May 2012
By Will Johnson No one can say that Saba has not been studied. In the past several hundred years,... Read more...
Editorial
Editorial - Follow the leader
Monday, 21 May 2012
With his unopposed re-election for the 24th year as leader of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (see... Read more...
Editorial - The will of the people
Monday, 21 May 2012
Some time around 9:30 this morning the serving members of the Council of Ministers will demit... Read more...
Classifieds
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Tuesday May. 22, 2012
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Community
Notices May 22
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Saturday, May 26 CAR WASH, BOOK SALE Organised by St. Maarten Academy Parent Teachers Foundation... Read more...
Notices May 21
Sunday, 20 May 2012
Saturday, May 26 TALENT SHOW Organised by Sr. Borgia School PTA Place: Sister Borgia School Time:... Read more...