Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Daily headlines: November 8th

* With Election Day less than a month away, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez leads Manuel Rosales by 22% according to one poll.

* Chilean president Michelle Bachelet (image) inaugurated the Socialist International conference by urging left-wing leaders to embrace globalization and fight those who “seek an accumulation of wealth that excludes many.”

* Police in the Dominican Republic fought with protestors upset at a planned transportation tax that forms part of a tax package advocated by the International Monetary Fund.

* Forty of the world’s top banks are in the hunt to finance the expansion of the Panama Canal.

Links- Bloomberg, Guardian UK, MercoPress, MSN Money

Image- BBC News

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