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April 20, 2011

US Stocks Close Higher in Trading Wednesday

U.S. stock indexes closed higher in trading Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.52 percent to close at 12,454. The broader S&P 500 index rose 1.35 percent to 1,330, while the NASDAQ climbed 2.1 percent to end the day at……

April 20, 2011

China to build 55 airports in five years

China plans to increase its total number of airports from 175 to 230 over the next five years, according to senior aviation officials in China. Li Jiaxiang, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), commented on the aviation…

April 20, 2011

Toyota making drastic production cuts after Japan quake, tsunami

Toyota has announced drastic production cuts in North America and China due to…

April 20, 2011

Italy, France sending troops to advise Libyan rebels

France and Italy announced Wednesday that they will send military officers to…

April 20, 2011

Afghan Officials Try to Recoup Kabul Bank Loan Money

Afghanistan's top banker says officials have increased efforts to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in loans made by the country's biggest lender, Kabul Bank, but they have only collected about five percent of the total so far. Kabul Bank…

April 20, 2011

Gold Again Tops $1,500 an Ounce

The price of gold set a record high for a second straight day Wednesday as investors looked for an alternative to a weakening U.S. dollar. Various unsettling events in the world in the last few months — such as the political unrest in the Middle…

April 20, 2011

Eritreans Rally in Ethiopia to Demand Afwerki Ouster

Hundreds of Eritrean exiles rallied in neighboring Ethiopia Wednesday to demand the ouster of what they call Eritrea's repressive government. More than 600 Eritreans gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, wearing hats printed with the…

April 20, 2011

US Official Confident Congress Will Pass Trade Deals

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says he is confident lawmakers will approve free trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea. However, Kirk said Wednesday he thought it was “highly unlikely” the Obama administration would submit the…

April 20, 2011

British Insurance broker wants closer look at vehicles on Provo Roads

Ian Belsman, a leading share holder of a British based Insurance company, after a two week…

April 20, 2011

Royal honeymoon in TCI?

  The Turks and Caicos could soon be in the news again for all the right reasons if according to bookmakers and travel experts the new Royal couple chooses the TCI as their honeymoon destination. Odds compilers have TCI installed as second favorites…