HK shares off lows on China Mobile, CNOOC gains The Times Of India | HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks eked out a small gain on Thursday after opening 1.5 per cent lower, helped by a late morning rally by index heavyweights China Mobile and CNOOC as investors shopped for bargains. | Ping An Insurance fell anoth...
Yuan falls vs dollar in NDFs on capital controls The Times Of India | SHANGHAI: Late on Wednesday, the government said it would require exporters to park export revenues in temporary verification accounts while officials checked that invoices were backed by genuine trade transactions, and were not being us...
Swan clarifies foreign investment approach Australian Broadcasting Corporation | This is a transcript from PM. The program is broadcast around Australia at 5:10pm on Radio National and 6:10pm on ABC Local Radio. | You can also listen to the story in and and formats. | Swan clarifies foreign investment approach | PM - Friday, 4 ...
G-8 Leaders Face Economic Woes Time Magazine | (SAPPORO, Japan) —Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gathe...
SA won't back Zim sanctions News24 | New York - South Africa suggested on Thursday that it would not back a US draft that seeks to impose sanctions on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and 11 of his aides. | This comes after the United States said it expects the UN Security Council t...
Fifth title beckons for Venus News24 | London - Venus Williams moved to within one match of a fifth Wimbledon singles title after beating Russia's Elena Dementieva in straight sets in the semi-finals on Thursday. | The defending champion won 6-1 7-6 (7/3) to set up a potential final dat...
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HK shares seen lower on oil price, China market The Times Of India | HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares are expected to start the second half of 2008 on a low note, with investors reacting to t...
UN hails green energy gold rush The Times Of India | | UNITED NATIONS: Global investors plowed $148 billion into new stakes in wind, solar and other alternative energy as...
StanChart eyes 10,000 users for new card The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd targets to sign up about 10,000 subscribers over the next year for its exclusive premium credit card - the Standard Chartered V...
Guar up on export demand from China, US The Times Of India | MUMBAI: Indian guar futures rose in opening trade on Thursday on export demand from China and the U.S. for industrial guar gum, analysts said. At 10:24 a.m, most-active September guar see...
Yuan falls vs dollar in NDFs on capital controls The Times Of India | SHANGHAI: Late on Wednesday, the government said it would require exporters to park export revenues in temporary verification accounts while officials checked that invoices were backed by...
A Chinese Fashion Moment? Wall Street Journal As young designers, Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent dueled in a 1954 contest that helped put both on the fashion map. This year, the competition has been resurrected, and the finalists reflect the emergence of a new source of fashion talent: Ch...
Asia's stocks wilt, stagflation lingers Inquirer | HONG KONG -- Most major Asian stock markets dipped on Tuesday as oil and food prices showed no signs of defusing stagflation fears, particularly with soybean prices at a record and oil above $140 a barrel. | Crude climbed to an all-time high above $143 overnight but then slipped on evidence that purse-busting prices at the pump are having an adve...
Chicken manure shortage, farmers turning to compost The Star | FOLLOWING a shortage of chicken manure, hard-pressed Cameron Highlands farmers are turning to compost as fertiliser. | China Press reported yesterday that there was an acute shortage of chicken manure on the highlands now. | Farmers blame the shortage of chicken manure to the skyrocketing price of non-organic fertilisers worldwide, forcing oil pa...
