(Reuters) – Chemical maker LyondellBasell Industries NV posted a 9 percent drop in quarterly profit as high crude oil prices in Europe and Asia eroded margins.
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LyondellBasell quarterly profit fall 9 percent
Wall Street tumbles 1 percent on Europe woes
NEW YORK – Stocks fell more than 1 percent on Monday as renewed anxiety over Europe’s economy and the region’s debt crisis spurred profit-taking, while Wal-Mart weighed on the Dow after a report it stymied a probe into bribery allegations.
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Boeing first quarter commercial plane deliveries up 32 percent
(Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Thursday it delivered 137 commercial airplanes in the first quarter, up 32 percent from the same period a year earlier, led by an increase in 737 deliveries.
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Sharp jumps 8 percent after Hon Hai deal
TOKYO – Japan’s Sharp Corp surged more than 8 percent in heavy trade on Thursday after it said this week it will issue shares worth $ 808 million to Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry .
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Durable goods orders rise 2.2 percent in February
WASHINGTON – New orders for manufactured goods rose less than expected in February and a gauge of future business investment also fell short of forecasts, Commerce Department data showed on…
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Wall Street up on Apple; S&P less than 10 percent below record high
NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rose on Monday with the S&P 500 now less than 10 percent away from its historic closing high of October 2007, buoyed by Apple after the company said it will pay a dividend and buy back stock.
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