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17.05.2008
TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers at three General Motors plants have ratified a new labour deal that mirrors agreements with other major auto makers.
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17.05.2008
DETROIT - A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative contract agreement reached Friday.
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16.05.2008
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market racked up its third record close for the week on Friday as investors continued to pile into energy and metals stocks and oil prices cruised to new highs.
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16.05.2008
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until customers demand it, apparently rebuffing U.S. President George W. Bush amid soaring gasoline prices.
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16.05.2008
TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers members at three General Motors locations in Ontario ratified a new collective agreement on Friday.
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16.05.2008
NEW YORK - News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets - the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production increase needed to bring prices down on Friday.
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16.05.2008
OTTAWA - Sales of new motor vehicles closed the first quarter of 2008 with their strongest gain since 1998, despite a slight decline in March.
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16.05.2008
WASHINGTON - Responding to congressional pressure, the Bush administration on Friday said it is suspending oil deliveries into the government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the remainder of the year.
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16.05.2008
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia, under U.S. pressure to increase its oil output amid soaring energy prices, said Friday it had raised production by 300,000 barrels per day on May 10 and that increase was sufficient.
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16.05.2008
CINCINNATI - FAO Schwarz will open toy stores in close to 700 Macy's department stores over the next two years, the companies said Friday.
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