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International Paper year-end debt at $7.2 billion
Reuters - CHICAGO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Paper and packaging maker International Paper Co. (IP.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Tuesday its debt at the end of 2006 stood at $7.2 billion, down from $13.4 billion at the end of the 2005 second quarter, just
An Apple phone is no slam-dunk
CNN Money - NEW YORK (Fortune) -- A well-regarded computer and consumer-electronics maker plunges into the competitive wireless market with a combination music player/cell phone. The company's loyal users can barely wait to try the new gadget, and analysts
Tata Motors Dec vehicle sales up 37 pct y/y
Reuters India - MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's top bus and truck maker, Tata Motors Ltd. said on Friday vehicle sales rose 37 percent in December to 48,792 units from 35,598 units a year earlier. New York-listed Tata Motors said sales of commercial vehicles rose 50
Deal to sell Daewoo Electronics to India's Videocon in jeopardy
Nation - Thailand - Seoul - A deal to sell South Korea's third-largest electronics maker to a consortium led by India's Videocon Industries is in jeopardy because of differences over pricing, creditors said Wednesday. A memorandum of understanding was signed in October
Maruti, Bajaj take Indian shares higher; Karachi dips
Reuters India - Shares in Bajaj Auto, India's second-largest motorcycle maker, rose 1.7 percent to 2,664.50 rupees after it said December sales grew 24 percent from a year earlier. But top motorcycle maker Hero Honda Motors Ltd. lost 0.7 percent to 757 rupees after
Hyundai Motor aims for 9.4 pct higher car sales in '07
Reuters - UPDATE 1-China auto exports hit record in 2006 SEOUL, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co. (005380.KS: Quote , Profile , Research ), South Korea's top auto maker, said it had targeted 2.735 million vehicle sales in 2007, up 9.4 percent from 2.501
Fairchild Stalks Taiwan Chip Maker
Red Herring - Fairchild Semiconductor Monday announced it has launched a $2.87 per share tender offer to acquire a Taiwan chipmaker, System General Corporation. Fairchild, based in South Portland , Maine , makes power semiconductors. In December, the company
Cigarette maker should change market strategy
Iowa City Press-Citizen - R.J Reynolds Tobacco Company has been sending its customers blank packs of cigarettes. One of the packs was sent to an Iowa City resident whose name was not on the mailing list. Send letters to Opinion Page, P.O. Box 2480, Iowa City, Iowa 52245