1. WORLD BUSINESS BRIEFING.
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BUSINESS , *ECONOMIC recovery , *CORPORATE profits , *UNEMPLOYMENT , *INDUSTRIAL productivity , *INTEREST rates , *EMPLOYEES - Abstract
Presents world business news briefs. A gain in Europe's economic recovery; Report from ThyssenKrupp, the German steel maker, of an increase in profits for the third quarter; News that Alstom, the French company that makes trains and power stations, has raised $2.14 billion in a government-led bailout; One time payment for retiring Royal Dutch/Shell Group executive, Walter van de Vijver, which is said to be $4.6 million; Announcement of Placer Dome in Canada of a new CEO; News of a rise in Australia's unemployment rate; Report of an increase in industrial output in India; News of a decrease in interest rates in South Korea.
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- 2004