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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 2009
Page
8
Pfizer plans to acquire Wyeth for 68 billion dollars to diversify away from a shrinking drug pipeline. The move promises higher revenue and profit and a rapid shift in strategy, even as Pfizer faces a 90 percent income drop a large charge and immediate job cuts.
The U S Mint released a new Washington DC quarter featuring Duke Ellington at his piano. The coin includes the city's motto Justice for All and honors the Wash ington native and jazz great.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich skips the proceedings spending the day in New York on morning TV. Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald presides as if Blagojevich pleads not guilty. Blagojevich accuses Illinois lawmakers of fixed rules and denies wrongdoing.
Sprint Nextel plans an 8000 job reduction representing about 14 percent of its workforce as it aims to trim annual costs by 1.2 billion dollars. Voluntary separations account for roughly 850 positions and a first quarter charge of over 300 million dollars for severance and related costs.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U S President Barack Obama spoke by phone to improve strained Moscow Washington ties. Both leaders pledged to apply all efforts to restraining the potential of Russian American relations and take a constructive approach to resolve disputes. Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde addressed journalists in Reykjavik.
In Reykjavik on Monday the coalition government fell after broad public dissent. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned and disbanded the government he led since 2006, amid pressure from the Social Democratic Alliance party during the financial crisis fallout.
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