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Stock buyback
BOWLING GREEN -- Sky Financial Group, the parent company of Sky Bank, said its board of directors has authorized buying back 2 million shares of common stock over the next 12 months. The stock would be used for general corporate purposes.
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Plane is deliveredto Vietnam Airlines
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam Airlines took delivery Sunday of a Boeing 777-200ER flown in from Seattle, the last of four planes it bought three years ago after a landmark U.S.-Vietnam trade agreement.
The multimillion-dollar aircraft deal -- estimated to be worth about $700 million -- was the first commercial agreement signed between the two countries after the 2001 trade deal. The United States is now Vietnam's largest trading partner.
Nguyen Xuan Hien, president and CEO of Vietnam Airlines, said the airline has also signed a letter of intent to purchase Boeing's new 7E7 Dreamliner, which is expected to be rolled out in 2008.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports