Yahoo! News: Business
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                  as of Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:54:38 GMT

    G8 seeks stable energy supply (Reuters)

Reuters - Finance ministers of the world's wealthiest nations complained
 about high oil prices at talks in Russia on Saturday but said they
 still believed economic growth would be good again this year.

    Pfizer 2006 profit view disappoints (Reuters)

Reuters - Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest drug maker, on Friday
 forecast slightly lower 2006 earnings and signaled that sales growth of
 its cholesterol fighter Lipitor could be halved, sending shares lower.

    Volkswagen may cut up to 20,000 jobs (Reuters)

Reuters - Volkswagen  may cut up to 20,000 jobs in the next three years
 at its core VW brand in a sweeping restructuring program that could
 also lead to a reduction in production capacity, it said on Friday.

    GM sales chief says automaker needs all brands (Reuters)

Reuters - General Motors Corp. needs to maintain its current North
 American brands despite pressure to shed some as part of a broader
 restructuring, a top executive said on Friday.

    Northwest Air pilots to start strike vote Monday (Reuters)

Reuters - Pilots at Northwest Airlines  will start voting on Monday on
 whether to allow their union leaders to call a strike if the bankrupt
 carrier throws out their contract, the labor group said on Friday.

    U.S. Trade Deficit Hits All-Time High (AP)

AP - American appetites for all things foreign, from oil to cars to
 clothing, pushed the trade deficit to yet another record in 2005.

    US stocks gain on Aon earnings and techs' rebound (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Friday as positive earnings lifted
 insurance broker Aon Corp.'s  shares, while the technology sector
 rebounded.

    Delta cuts concession demand for pilots (Reuters)

Reuters - Bankrupt Delta Air Lines  said on Friday it has cut the amount
 of savings it requires from pilots and has offered $300 million to
 those workers if the airline terminates their pension plan.

    British supermarket Tesco buys 27 stores in Czech Republic (AFP)

AFP - Tesco, the world's third biggest retailer, said it was buying 27
 of the 38 stores owned by German retailer Edeka in the Czech Republic,
 for an undisclosed sum.

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