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Venezuela's Maduro plans government pay cuts due to oil price slide

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CARACAS - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he and other government officials should take salary cuts as part of budget reductions in response to the lower price of oil.

U.N. watchdog urges Venezuela to investigate torture allegations

CARACAS - The United Nations' torture watchdog on Friday expressed "alarm" at reports of torture and abuse by Venezuelan authorities during months of opposition protests this year and urged the country to fully investigate the incidents.
World, United Nations, 28 Nov 2014

Despite OPEC blow, Venezuela says to push until oil at $100

CARACAS - Venezuela will keep campaigning until oil prices rebound to $100 per barrel, president Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday night after OPEC refused to cut output as the cash-strapped South American country had aggressively pushed for.
28 Nov 2014

Venezuela's Machado vows to fight assassination plot charges

CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday vowed to fight an expected indictment alleging she was involved in a plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, calling the charges an attempt to silence critics of the socialist government.
World, Africa, 27 Nov 2014

Venezuela to keep seeking 'fair' oil price despite OPEC reverse

CARACAS - Venezuela will maintain contact with non-OPEC countries to seek a "fair" global oil price, Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez said on Thursday, despite OPEC's refusal to cut output as the cash-strapped South American country had aggressively pushed for.
27 Nov 2014

Venezuela says 13 inmates die of overdose after robbing infirmary ward

CARACAS - Thirteen inmates have died after breaking into a Venezuelan jail's infirmary and ingesting medical products including pure alcohol and antibiotics, the government said on Thursday, in the latest outbreak of unrest in the country's turbulent prisons.
World, 27 Nov 2014

Venezuela to charge opposition leader over alleged plot to kill Maduro

CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be charged next week with involvement in an alleged plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, the state prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
World, Africa 26 Nov 2014

Saudi, Russia pre-OPEC talks yield no oil output cut

VIENNA - Impromptu talks between Saudi Arabia, fellow OPEC member Venezuela and oil powers Russia and Mexico yielded no agreement on Tuesday on how to address a growing oil glut, ending without any plan to cut output despite a collapse in prices.
Davos, Russia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, 26 Nov 2014

Saudi, Russia pre-OPEC talks yield no oil output cut

VIENNA - Impromptu talks between Saudi Arabia, fellow OPEC member Venezuela and oil powers Russia and Mexico yielded no agreement on Tuesday on how to address a growing oil glut, ending without any plan to cut output despite a collapse in prices.
Davos, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, 25 Nov 2014

Oil futures fall as Venezuela says no output cut from Tues meeting

- Crude oil futures extended their losses on Tuesday after Venezuela said officials at a meeting with Saudi Arabia's oil minister did not agree on any output cut.
Saudi Arabia, 25 Nov 2014
 
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Exclusive: P&G exploring sale of $7 billion Wella hair care unit - sources

LONDON - Procter & Gamble Co is working with Goldman Sachs to explore the sale of its Wella hair care business that could be worth around $7 billion, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the world's largest consumer products company streamlines its business.

Bricks-and-mortar sales edge lower at start of holiday season; online surges- data

- U.S. shoppers spent slightly less money at brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday than across the same two days in 2013, while online sales surged to record highs, data showed on Saturday.

Obama and daughters hit bookstore for Small Business Saturday

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and his teenaged daughters, Sasha and Malia, went to an independent book store in Washington to buy books as a way to promote Small Business Saturday, an event aimed at boosting small businesses.

Egyptian court drops case against Mubarak over 2011 protest deaths

CAIRO - An Egyptian court has dropped its case against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule and symbolized hopes for a new era of political openness and accountability. | Video

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