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Venezuela: Agency closes McDonald's
The Venezuelan government ordered all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the financial books of the fast-food chain. The order ran from Thursday through today, affecting all 115 McDonald's...Tags: Government, McDonald's, Heads of State
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Venezuela tax agency closes 118 McDonald's
The Venezuelan government ordered nearly all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours over what it called irregularities in the fast-food chain's books. The tax agency said it ordered more than 100 McDonald's restaurants temporarily shut...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, State Budgets, McDonald's
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Oil, soy beans, copper that made Latin America prosper now go bust in financial crisis
Associated Press WritersBRASILIA, Brazil (AP) _ The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class....Tags: Non Ferrous Metal, Financial Markets, Government, National Government, Petroleum Industry
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Venezuela tax agency shuts McDonald's nationwide for 48 hours, citing alleged irregularities
Associated Press WriterCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) _ The Venezuelan government has ordered nearly all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food chain's financial books. The tax agency said it ordered more than 100...Tags: Nike Incorporated, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Coca-Cola Company, Newspapers, State Budgets
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Fox News' faux documentary sets new low
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNow and then, Fox News makes a stab at living up to its "fair and balanced" tag line. At other times, the cable network's operatives throw off all pretense, let their neatly trimmed hair down and do what they seem to love best -- blame all of the world's...Tags: Fidel Castro, Al Sharpton, Coup d'Etat, The White House, Government
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OPEC to hold emergency meeting Nov. 18 to discuss falling oil prices, economic crisis
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ OPEC said Thursday it will hold an extraordinary meeting Nov. 18 to discuss how the widening global financial crisis is affecting oil prices, a move that could lead to a coordinated production cut in a bid to halt crude's steep losses. In...Tags: Commodity Markets, Economy, Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry, New York Mercantile Exchange
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Oil market looks for direction amid recession fears, potential extraordiary OPEC meeting
Associated Press WriterVIENNA, Austria (AP) _ Oil prices looked for direction Thursday as traders weighed fears that a looming global recession will crimp demand against speculation that OPEC may cut output to keep prices from falling too far. Venezuelan President Hugo...Tags: Natural Resources, Money and Monetary Policy, Inventories, Hurricane Ike, Federal Reserve
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Russian FM says arms sales to Venezuela are defensive, calls attack on U.S. "unimaginable"
MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia's foreign minister says the country's arms sales to Venezuela are meant for defensive purposes. Russia has stepped up ties with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and is sending a naval squadron to Venezuela for exercises next month in...Tags: Sales
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U.S. woes undermine region's recent strides
Chicago Tribune correspondentCARACAS, Venezuela — Latin America has seen its share of economic train wrecks. Bolivia once saw inflation top 25,000 percent. The Mexican peso needed a U.S. bailout. Customers rioted in Argentina when they lost their life savings in failed banks....Tags: Economy, Financial Markets, Economic Policy, Government, National Government
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My L.A.: Hollywood's New Counterculture
Here's an idea for the next installment of the Saw torture-porn series: Set it in ancient Rome, with early Christians ousted from their underground chapel and put through a myriad of sadistic deaths. It's a marketer's dream. Not only can ads declare it...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Corporate Crime, Scientology, Cameron Diaz, Google Inc.
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Fewer luxury cars, whiskey-fueled parties in future for Venezuela's state employees
Associated Press WriterCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) _ Bureaucrats in oil-rich Venezuela can look forward to fewer expensive SUVs, top-of-the-line mobile telephones and whiskey-fueled parties next year. Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said Sunday that Venezuela's 2009 budget "will...Tags: Financial Markets, Energy Saving, Employees, Government, Petroleum Industry
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Brazilian leader's star rises in South America
Los Angeles TimesBuoyed by a robust economy and his ability to work with leaders across the ideological spectrum, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has emerged as the chief power-broker and mediator in South America. Lula's rise has paralleled curtailed U.S....Tags: Corporate Crime, National Government, Government, Corruption
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