GM to sell Saab to Dutch automaker Spyker

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GM to sell Saab to Dutch automaker Spyker

Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller (L) shakes hands with Saab CEO Jan-Aake Jonsson after they announced that Spyker would buy Saab from General Motors in a deal worth 400 million U.S. dollars in Stockholm January 26, 2010.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Spyker agreed to pay 74 million U.S. dollars in cash and 326 million dollars in preferred shares in the company that would emerge from the deal plus undisclosed consideration for GM.

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NASA ends efforts to free rover from Martian sand

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The venerable robot's primary task in the next few weeks will be to position itself to combat the severe Martian winter, according to the U.S. space agency. If Spirit survives, it will continue conducting significant new science from its final location. The rover's mission could continue for several months to years.

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/1

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/1

The nation attracted 3.18 billion USD in foreign direct investment in January, a year-on-year rise of 71.9 percent, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

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Commercial banks request interest rate ceiling removal

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Commercial banks request interest rate ceiling removal

According to the governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Giau, five out of 16 banks in HCM City have been found to have outstanding loans double the mobilized capital of the interbank market. They says that this shows the problems in the liquidity of the banks.

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More high quality options for Vietnamese students

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More high quality options for Vietnamese students

Advanced curriculums will cover a wide range of training fields, including basic sciences (mathematics, chemistry, polytechnic, environment, economics and architecture).

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Supplementary fee 10 times higher than official tuition

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Supplementary fee 10 times higher than official tuition

Voluntary or compulsory?

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Customers chasing refunds from shutdown Indochina Airlines

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Customers chasing refunds from shutdown Indochina Airlines

Many customers, who were planning to travel with the airline, which has now had its licensed revoked, during the Tet holiday, have been trying to contact the airlines’ office in HCM City looking for refunds.

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Bird flu heads south

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Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan yesterday, January 26, said that if they did not put efforts into stopping the avian flu in these two provinces, it would surety spread to other provinces in the Mekong Delta, especially since this was a time of migration.

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Lecturer denounced for plagiarizing Korean dictionary

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Lecturer denounced for plagiarizing Korean dictionary

The book is Ly Kinh Hien, a lecturer of the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanity, however it turns out that it’s merely a translation of South Korean work.

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Ngo Bao Chau accepts invitation to become Chicago University professor

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Ngo Bao Chau accepts invitation to become Chicago University professor

Robert Fefferman, Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the Physics Department at the University of Chicago remarked said that Chau is clearly one of the greatest mathematicians in modern times and that he had high expectations for the young man.

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Commercial banks try to attract overseas remittance

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Commercial banks try to attract overseas remittance

The demand for selling and purchasing foreign currencies is increasing in the kieu hoi (overseas remittance) season.

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Vietnamese films to compete in 16th Asian Film Festival

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Vietnamese films to compete in 16th Asian Film Festival

A scene from "Mua len trau". The seven films that reflect German life are “Between on Monday and Tomorrow” (1947), “The Lost One” (1951), “Women’s Destiny” (1952), “Sky without Stars” (1955), “The Hooligans” (1956), “Berlin, Schönhauser Street” (1957) and “Different from Me and You” (1957).

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Officials tour venues for final round of champs

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Viet Nam has been authorised to co-host the final round of the ASEAN Football Championship, or AFF Cup, with Indonesia from December 1-29, 2010.

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Website offers border information

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Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and director of the National Border Committee Ho Xuan Son said: "The website is an official information source on our country's territory and borders."

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Steel competition seen harsher as market faces glut

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Steel competition seen harsher as market faces glut

The country is expected to consume some 5.8 million tons of steel products this year, an increase of 10% over last year. Do Huu Hao said after attending a conference at the Vietnam Steel Corp. (VNSteel) in Hanoi on Monday that the local market would face an oversupply of construction steel. Aware of this situation, many domestic steel producers have been promoting their exports of construction steel to some nearby foreign markets including Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, Hao told the...

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