London denied Megrahi's release was linked to Britain's interest in Libya's oil and gas reserves

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - A selection of Britain's national newspaper front pages showing the departure from Scotland and arrival in Libya of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi met with Megrahi amid mounting [...]
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US WCoast Prods-SF gasoline spikes on malfunction

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - HOUSTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Wholesale gasoline spiked 9 cents per gallon in the San Francisco Bay market on Friday on news of a hydrocracking unit malfunction at Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX - news) 's 245,271-barrel-per-day (bpd) [...]
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Wall Street indices closing - Aug 21

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - NYSE 6676.26 up 122.86 AMEX 1707.33 up 27.62 NASDAQ (NASDAQ: news) Comp 2020.90 up 31.68 Indu 1528.09 up 28.04 Bank 1741.51 up 31.74 Other Fin 3416.26 up 56.52 Tran 1864.12 up 54.89 Volume: 2,258,030,009 SOURCE: New York [...]
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Dow Jones High/Low - Aug 21

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - OFFICIAL HIGH LOW Ind 9,519.11 9,347.25 Tran 3,774.28 3,673.29 Util 381.38 373.01 Comp 3,293.76 3,224.26 Keywords.

Dow Jones Open/Close - Aug 21

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - OFFICIAL OPEN CLOSE Ind 9,347.86 9,505.96 Tran 3,676.18 3,767.63 Util 373.29 380.84 Comp 3,224.26 3,289.05 Keywords.

UPDATE 1-Entergy keeps nuclear option open in Louisiana

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - HOUSTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Entergy Corp (NYSE: ETR - news) 's Louisiana utilities have revived the company's option to pursue construction of a new nuclear reactor with a regulatory filing in Louisiana made earlier this month, a [...]
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DIARY - United States - to September 18, 2009

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - DIARY - UNITED STATES - to September 18, 2009 ALL TIMES EDT/GMT (+4) ASTERISKS DENOTE NEW LISTINGS. FOR ALL U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS For full list of S&P earnings Mon, AUG 24 WASHINGTON - USDA releases weekly [...]
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STOCKS NEWS US-U.S. economic diary for Aug. 24

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - Stocks on the move Real (Frankfurt: BJU.F - news) -time Equity news U.S. stock market report 1732 ET 21Aug2009-U.S. economic diary for Aug. 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...]
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CBJ's Toukan says not worried about inflation rate

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - JACKSON HOLE,Wyo Aug 21 (Reuters) - The governor of the Central Bank (CBSU.PK - news) of Jordan said Friday he was not worried about inflation risks, even with oil's recent climb above $70 a barrel.

STOCKS NEWS US-US STOCKS-Wall St ends at new highs for the year

August 21st, 2009
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AFP Journal Internet - Stocks on the move Real (Frankfurt: BJU.F - news) -time Equity news U.S. stock market report 1719 ET 21Aug2009-US STOCKS-Wall St ends at new highs for the year [...]
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