World News Archive10-Mar-2006
TOKYO (AP) -- Olympic gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa of Japan will skip the upcoming skating world championships in Calgary, Kyodo News agency reported Thursday. LONDON -- World oil prices held close to 60 dollars on Thursday, one day after plunging on news of ample US supplies and an OPEC decision to keep pumping at a near 25-year record rate. World Associates Inc. (OTC: WAIV) has offered to purchase 9,550 acres of land in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, in the northwestern part of the state, a bid that was recently accepted. According to a news release, the "transaction is structured as an option and it gives World the right to purchase the property at any time during 2006." Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, March 8 NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell Tuesday as OPEC oil ministers, gathering in Vienna for the cartel's meeting this week, indicated they would keep output levels intact. National and world business news briefs. World Associates Inc. has offered to purchase 9,550 acres of land in Tierra Amarilla, N.M., in the northwestern part of the state, a bid that was recently accepted. According to a news release, the "transaction is structured as an option and it gives World the right to purchase the property at any time during 2006."
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