Article archive for category "Business"
Monday 09 November 2009
- Stronger yen, selective buying create mixed trading in Tokyo
Sunday 08 November 2009
- New Zealand economy gets big boost from rising dairy price
- Workers' strike paralyses Bangladesh river operations
- Indian premier pushes for faster economic reforms
- Myanmar expects to export 1 million tons of rice this fiscal year
- Indonesian maids outnumber Filipinos in Hong Kong for first time
Saturday 07 November 2009
- G20 agrees to bolster recovery; no climate change decision (Roundup)
- Brown proposes financial market tax at G20 meeting (2nd Lead)
- Economic recovery, climate change tops G20 meeting (1st Lead)
- Head of GM Europe may switch to India's Tata: media reports
- Economic recovery, climate change tops G20 meeting
- China starts gas pipeline project in western Myanmar
- Five more US bank failures bring total for 2009 to 120
Friday 06 November 2009
- eBay settles Skype software suit
- ANALYSIS: Double-digit unemployment puts pressure on Obama
- US stocks climb slightly despite double-digit jobless rate
- European head of General Motors quits (Roundup)
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- GM's European head quits, company confirms
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- US joblessness hits 10.2 per cent, highest in 26 years (3rd Roundup)
- US joblessness hits 10.2 per cent, highest in 26 years (2nd Roundup)
- EU report: protectionist "worst-case scenario" has been avoided
- US joblessness jumps to 10.2 per cent, highest since 1983 (Roundup)
- US joblessness jumps to 10.2 per cent, highest since 1983 (1st Lead)
- Piraeus port workers launch new strike over Chinese takeover
- US jobless rate jumps to 10.2 per cent
- Ukraine to pay off latest Russia gas debt from IMF account
- European head of General Motors quits
- Baltics reaffirm commitment to new nuclear plant
- Arab stocks sink on receding confidence, slip of global markets
- British Airways remains in the red during holiday season (Roundup)
- Austrian branch of retailer Quelle to file for bankruptcy
- French budget deficit more than doubled in one year due to crisis
- Tears of joy at Escada after Indian magnate buys fashion house
- Thai shares jump 2.45 per cent on Dow Jones rally
- Brickmaker Wienerberger's quarterly profit shrinks by 83 per cent
- South Korea OKs free trade pact with India
- RBS reports third quarter loss as restructuring continues
- British Airways remains in the red as recession bites
- Tokyo stocks end week mixed on US job data, recovery hopes (Roundup)
- Crisis caused Asia's rise as regional financial hub, economists say
- Singapore's DBS Bank posts 40-per-cent rise in quarterly profit
- Nikkei advances on US employment data
- Rebuffed Opel investor Magna posts third-quarter profit
- Mortgage lender Fannie Mae posts nearly 19-billion-dollar loss
Thursday 05 November 2009
- Germany satisfied US was not involved in GM's Opel turnabout (Roundup)
- Starbucks earnings perk up
- Dow climbs back over 10,000 on upbeat economic data
- Germany satisfied US was not involved in GM's Opel turnabout
- Apple's Steve Jobs named CEO of the decade
- US lawmakers extend unemployment benefits, tax credits for housing
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Mittal family to buy insolvent German fashion firm Escada
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Recession over in Mexico, President Calderon says
- Hyatt raises nearly 1 billion dollars in stock offering
- US prosecutors charge 14 in widening insider trading scandal
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Central banks hold rates, ECB to curb big loans (2nd Roundup)
- Fear and loathing in the workshops as GM keeps Opel (News Feature)
- Poland's euro entry plan to be ready next year
- MPs back Latvia's crucial "crisis budget" Eds.: Revises lead, adds vote result, cuts final graf (Roundup)
- Iceland's central bank lowers interest rate to 11 per cent
- European telecoms overhaul overcomes final hurdle
- Exxon Mobil, Shell win Iraqi oil contract
- Latvia debates crucial "crisis budget"
- Trichet forecasts gradual euro zone recovery next year (Roundup)
- Merkel calls Obama to raise pressure on General Motors (Extra)
- France to help Poland develop nuclear energy (Roundup)
- Sweden and Finland approve gas pipeline under Baltic Sea (Roundup)
- Taiwan foreign exchange reserves rise to 341 billion US dollars
- ECB leaves rates on hold at 1 per cent (1st Lead)
- France to help Poland develop nuclear energy
- ECB leaves rates on hold at 1 per cent (Urgent)
- Mail-order group Otto buys brand-name Quelle and Russian operation
- SAS posts 21-million-dollar Q3 profit (Roundup)
- Bank of England boosts money supply, keeps interest rates low
- GM workers in Hungary won't strike, but plant future uncertain
- Swisscom hit with 220-million-franc fine for anti-competitiveness
- Hong Kong workers receive lowest pay rises in four years
- Ten thousand Opel workers protest against GM U-turn (1st Lead)
- BNP Paribas third-quarter profits up 44 percent
- Panasonic begins takeover of Sanyo
- Unilever shares drop after announcing lower Q3 turnover
- Munich Re reports return to black in third quarter
- Deutsche Telekom posts 959 million euro Q3 profit
- Commerzbank loses 1 billion euros in Q3, hit by bad credits
- Opel workers to strike over General Motors U-turn
- Tokyo stocks lose ground on profit takings, stronger yen (Roundup)
- SAS airline group posts 21m dollar third-quarter profits
- Toyota reports unexpected quarterly profit, improves forecast
- Storms push Philippine inflation to 1.6 per cent in October
- Toyota to establish research centre in China, report says
- Tokyo stocks lose ground on earnings reports, profit takings
- Putin prods EU to lend "a lousy billion" to Ukraine for gas payments
Wednesday 04 November 2009
- News Corp earnings rise on cable TV and film gains
- New Zealand's unemployment rate climbs to 6.5 per cent
- Cisco earning drop 19 per cent but beat expectations
- Small gains for US stocks as Fed keeps rates steady
- Fiat to flout four new Chrysler models on road to recovery
- Federal Reserve keeps rates at record low despite recovery (Roundup)
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Federal Reserve keeps interest rates at record low despite recovery
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- GM defends Opel U-turn as best for both companies' future (Extra)
- Colombian authorities seize 6.2 million counterfeit dollars
- EU, US seek WTO settlement over Chinese export restrictions (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Intel sued for antitrust violations
- EU, US seek WTO settlement over Chinese export restrictions
- Jordan extends guarantee of bank deposits until end of 2010
- Time Warner posts lower profit but raises outlook
- (eca127): Total sells 50-per-cent stake in Zambia petrol refinery
- Poland proposes reducing pension payments (Roundup)
- Ukraine demands quick IMF payment to prevent gas crisis
- ANALYSIS: Merkel stands to lose face as GM calls off Opel marriage
- Berlin annoyed as GM decides to keep Opel
- KLM to fly first passengers using bio-diesel
- Poland want to cut budget deficit by reducing pension payments
- IMF unfreezes standby loan after Serbia promises spending cuts
- Spanish analysts hope for new and better deal for Opel (Roundup)
- Putin spokesman: "Astonishment" over GM decision on Opel
- GM willing to return German government loan (Extra)
- Nissan lowers loss forecast for year on China sales
- Berlin angry after GM decides to keep Opel (1st Lead)
- Hong Kong greets news of Shanghai Disneyland with mixed feelings
- Disney gets China's backing for Shanghai park (Roundup)
- Thai shares up 2.68 per cent on regional rebound
- British unions hail GM decision but government cautious
- Germany government slams GM's Opel decision as "unacceptable"
- Total profits down 37 per cent as oil prices recover
- Brewer Carlsberg posts 329m dollar third-quarter profits
- Energy giant Statoil's third-quarter net income up 6 per cent
- Hong Kong toasts success as wine imports surge 40 per cent
- Spanish Opel employees "deplore" GM U-turn on Opel sell off
- (eca028): Lao economy grew 7.6 per cent in fiscal year 2008-09
- Rising gold, oil prices help Tokyo stocks recover (Roundup)
- Second Vietnamese stimulus package unnecessary, economists say
- Shareholders of chipmaker Chartered approve takeover by Abu Dhabi
- Laos economy grew 7.6 per cent in fiscal year 2008-09
- Disney gets China's backing for Shanghai park
- Tokyo stocks drop on banking losses
- US cellphone giants to clash in court, on streets
Tuesday 03 November 2009
- GM decides to keep Opel, scrap Magna deal (Roundup)
- GM confirms decision to keep Opel, scrap Magna deal (Urgent)
- German official shocked, angry over Opel decision (Extra)
- GM, Ford report sales increases; Chrysler drops 30 per cent
- Sources: General Motors will not sell Opel
- US stocks mixed as Buffett enters market
- Johnson & Johnson to cut 8,000 jobs
- IMF and Serbia continue, extend 4-billion-dollar credit line
- GM board considers Opel sale after new concerns surface (1st Lead)
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Madoff's accountant pleads guilty in 65-billion-dollar scheme
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- GM board considers Opel sale to Magna after new concerns surface
- IMF recommends Iceland keep currency controls
- Iraq signs first oil contract with foreign consortium in 36 years
- British government announces major bank restructuring (Roundup)
- MasterCard: third quarter profit increase as expenses decline
- Taiwan to hold seminar to woo Chinese investors
- US investor Warren Buffett makes record rail investment
- French reactor builder says safety concerns will be met (Roundup)
- Viacom reports profit increase in third quarter
- Renault: No more money for Russian auto giant
- Three bidders seek contract to expand Czech nuclear plant
- Nokia Siemens announces jobs cuts
- : Brussels predicts EU economic rebound in 2010 (Refile)
- GM to avail itself of another 2.8 billion dollars in aid
- Opel employees agree to restructuring deal with Magna
- BMW reports 115 million dollar profit for third quarter
- Brussels predicts EU economic rebound in 2010 (1st Lead)
- Brussels predicts EU economic rebound in 2010 (Urgent)
- Hong Kong's economy predicted to rebound next year
- UBS reports continued losses for third quarter
- Swiss RE bounces back into profit
- British government announces major bank restructuring
- Singapore prime minister rules out another dip for economy
- Canada brings WTO complaint over EU's seal ban
- Australian rates rise as economy surges
- Air New Zealand to replace Boeing 737-300s with Airbus planes
Monday 02 November 2009
- US stocks gain on Ford profits, positive economic news
- Stalled climate talks top US-EU meeting this week (Roundup)
- Ford posts 1-billion-dollar profit, but labour deal fails (Roundup)
- US, EU should avoid protectionism as economies recover, Obama says
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Exports key to stemming US job losses, Obama says
- Computer chip executive steps down in insider trading scheme
- Latvia prepares for crucial budget vote Eds. corrects timetable for budget vote, adds PM quote (Roundup)
- Swedish reactor owners should prepare for higher damages
- Karzai declared Afghan election winner, runoff canceled (Roundup)
- Taiwan to import US bone-in beef, but makes strict inspection
- Volkswagen ends Golf 1 production in South Africa (Roundup)
- Greek dockworkers strike to protest new Chinese port operators
- Ford posts surprising profits of 997 million dollars in 3rd quarter
- Latvia prepares for crucial budget vote
- Ryanair reports profits, warns Boeing to cut plane prices (Roundup)
- Hong Kong leader vows to prevent repeat of 1997 property bubble
- Volkswagen ends production of iconic Golf 1 in South Africa
- Ryanair reports half-year profits but warns of full-year loss
- Zimbabwe faces possible suspension from "blood diamonds" watchdog
- Corporate earnings, stronger yen push Tokyo stocks down (Roundup)
- Vietnam garment workers on strike over pay cut
- New Zealand and Gulf states finalize free trade pact
- Tokyo stocks slide in early trading
Sunday 01 November 2009
- Biz lender CIT takes predicted plunge into reorganization
- Arab Bank's profits drop 28 per cent year-on-year
- China's manufacturing expands for eighth month in a row
- British government poised to sell-off nationalized banks
Saturday 31 October 2009
- Two killed, scores injured in labour clashes in Bangladesh (Roundup)
- Venezuela and Brazil seal oil refinery deal
- REPORT: CIT has rescue deal with Carl Icahn
- Biotech giant Amgen sued over kickback scheme
Friday 30 October 2009
- US stocks sink on continued uncertainty
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Obama stimulus plan created 640,000 jobs, White House says
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Poland signs deal with Gazprom on more gas deliveries (Roundup)
- Lower oil prices push down Chevron earnings
- Daimler moves to increase stake in Russian truck maker (Roundup)
- Commission pushes for details on Polish-Russian gas deal (1st Lead)
- Frankfurt operator to expand and operate St Petersburg Airport
- Daimler moves to increase stake in Russian truck maker
- Taiwan computer giant Acer's quarterly profit up 14 per cent
- Swedish companies form joint venture, mull nuclear reactor
- Poland and Russia wrap up gas talks
- Lower phone sales leads NTT DoCoMo profit to fall 21 per cent
- Airbus may forced to cut back production, board chief says available later (Roundup)
- Arab stocks slip on weak quarterly earnings, global woes
- Sanofi-Aventis sees third-quarter profits rise 7.7 per cent
- Eurozone inflation stuck in negative territory at -0.1 per cent
- Airbus may forced to cut back production, board chief says
- Panasonic says it's in recovery, lowers expected annual loss
- Hong Kong shares rebound from three-week low on positive US data
- Vietnam industrial output rises slightly
- Singapore's United Overseas Bank posts 5.3-per-cent profit rise
- World's largest cruise ship embarks on US voyage
- Sony raises outlook after lower-than-expected losses
- Bank of Japan ending emergency measures, leaves interest rates low
- Tokyo stocks gain on earnings reports, unemployment data (Roundup)
- Singapore's unemployment rate rises to 3.4 per cent, fewer layoffs
- 2009 Taipei International Travel Fair opens with focus on China
- Samsung Electronics triples its profit
- Unemployment falls in Japan
- China's Sany Heavy to set up regional base in Thailand
- Tokyo stocks rise on Wall Street gains
Thursday 29 October 2009
- Profit boost for Australia's Macquarie Bank
- US stocks surge as economy returns to growth
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Economic downturn, climate drive 1 billion people into hunger
- US says China to end ban on pork imports
- Hungary's jobless rate hits 13-year high
- BMW invests in unit to build ultra-lightweight cars
- Recession over: US grows 3.5 per cent in third quarter (2nd Roundup)
- Obama: US return to growth marks progress, but jobs lagging (Extra)
- World's largest cruise ship readying for US voyage
- Recession over: US grows 3.5 per cent in third quarter (Roundup)
- Geely wants to help Volvo in high-flying Chinese car market
- Spanish economy shows signs of slow recovery
- German hedge fund manager detained on suspicion of fraud
- Singapore shipper NOL posts quarterly loss, gives bleak outlook
- US grows 3.5 per cent in third quarter (1st Lead)
- Lower demand prompts NEC to cut operating profit expected for year
- US economy grows 3.5 per cent in third quarter (Urgent)
- Japan Airlines seeks state bail-out
- Taiwan student eats cow dung to protest against US beef imports
- Sharp sees first profit in four quarters on recovering sales (Roundup)
- German unemployment down in October (Roundup)
- Finnair reports third quarter losses
- IMF raises growth forecast for Asia, sees challenges ahead
- Lufthansa posts losses for first nine months of 2009
- British post hit by general strike; 120,000 workers protest
- Volkswagen earnings slide sharply, but carmaker still in black
- Hong Kong shares follow China and Wall Street to fall 2 per cent
- Hong Kong shares follow China and Wall Street to fall 2 per cent
- Nintendo lowers profit forecast on drooping Wii sales
- France Telecom sees turnover fall in third quarter
- Trade body sees bottoming out in airline industry
- Shell to cut 5,000 jobs to enhance efficiency, 3Q production drops
- German unemployment down in October
- Mazda reduces its expected annual loss as it cuts costs
- BASF expects profit slide to continue this year
- Taiwan stocks plunge 2.37 per cent on Wall Street woes
- Telecom group Telenor's third quarter profits up
- Deutsche Bank chief sees challenges and opportunities for future
- Austrian Airlines' third-quarter loss jumps to 75.7 million euros
- Sanyo sees quarterly, half-year losses on strong yen, lower demand
- Lonza cuts targets, expects volatility to continue
- Declining LCD sales hit Sharp with half-year loss
- ABB third quarter orders drop 21 per cent, outlook uncertain
- Singapore's economic surge expected to moderate
- Nikkei closes below 10,000 on stronger yen, corporate losses (Roundup)
- Australian stocks slump as confidence ebbs
- Japan's industrial output rises for seventh consecutive month
- Tokyo stocks fall 1.94 per cent in Thursday morning trading
- Taiwan's Acer aims at becoming world's top notebook PC maker
- United States set to exit recession
Wednesday 28 October 2009
- US stocks drop sharply on slumping home sales
- New Zealand central bank leaves interest rate at 2.5 per cent
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Flu vaccine demand boosts third quarter profits at GlaxoSmithKline
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Deutsche Bank announces complete buyout of Sal. Oppenheim
- Zero inflation in Germany year on year, figures show
- Ford: Chinese group Geely "preferred bidder" for Volvo (2nd Roundup)
- GE proposes job cuts of 2,570 in Hungary
- RWE withdraws from Bulgarian nuclear plant project
- Lufthansa reports net loss for first 9 months of 2009
- Ford: Chinese group Geely "preferred bidder" for Volvo (Roundup)
- Norwegian central bank raises rate to 1.50 per cent
- Report: Computer chip executive linked to insider trading scheme
- (eca073): Singapore's OCBC posts 12-per-cent rise in net profit
- Taiwan president defends decision to renew import of US beef
- Ford: Chinese group Geely "preferred bidder" for Volvo Cars
- Visa shows strong Q4 turnaround
- Hong Kong visitor numbers rise as economy improves
- EU regulators clear Northern Rock restructuring plan
- (eca075): SAP reports lower Q3 sales, higher surplus now available
- Former top German business executive fined in bribery case
- Third-quarter results for Nordea and Handelsbanken top forecasts
- SAP company reports lower Q3 sales, higher surplus
- Hong Kong and New Zealand partner up to boost wine trade
- Singapore's OCBC Bank posts 12-per-cent rise in net profit
- Indonesian shares tumble 2.88 per cent
- TomTom reports 31 million euros profit
- MAN plans to assemble trucks in Russia
- Nordic group Telia Sonera reports higher third-quarter earnings
- Shares fall 2.4 per cent in Seoul
- Tokyo stocks down on earnings, stronger yen (Roundup)
- New Nepal-India trade treaty comes into effect
- (eca 018): World's tallest hotel to open with 118th-floor views of Hong Kong
- (eca 018): World's tallest hotel to open with 118th-floor views of Hong Kong
- World's tallest hotel to open with 118th-floor views of Hong Kong
- Tokyo stocks fall due to strengthening yen
- International recession hits New Zealand tourism industry
Tuesday 27 October 2009
- US stocks fall slightly as consumer confidence falls
- Continental Airlines switches alliance to Lufthansa
- US electric cars to be built at old GM gas guzzler plant
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Hope for car industry: Detroit show is booked up
- Switzerland not facing credit crisis, government says
- US consumer confidence plummets in October
- Spanish Opel employees in deal with Magna - talks continue (Roundup)
- Spanish budget deficit grows fivefold due to recession
- Spanish carrier Iberia cancels more flights due to strike
- EU regulators clear PepsiCo to buy bottlers
- Lithuania's third-quarter GDP exceeds expectations
- Spanish Opel employees seal deal with Magna
- Schindler reports higher than expected profits but lower sales
- EU offers Bulgaria more money to shut down old nuclear reactor
- Daimler returns to black, sees positive Q4 (Roundup)
- India central bank holds interest rates, warns of inflation (Roundup)
- Daimler ends red-ink streak, produces thin profit in Q3
- Swiss private consumption "under pressure" says UBS study
- Vattenfall third-quarter operating profits fall 37 per cent
- Honda expects 32-per-cent drop in 2009 exports from Thailand
- McDonald's restaurants to close in Iceland
- India's central bank holds interest rates, warns of inflation
- Honda's operating profit falls 56 per cent
- : (epa023) Singapore's Capitaland posts 33-per-cent drop in quarterly profit
- Swissquote meets new funds target early
- Tokyo stocks decline most in three weeks (Roundup)
- Foreign investment in Laos jumps nearly fourfold this year
- Singapore's Capitaland posts 33-per-cent drop in quarterly profit
- Pace of Vietnamese inflation slackens
- Tokyo stocks fall 1.46 per cent in morning trading
Monday 26 October 2009
- Investor who got billions from Madoff is dead of heart attack
- Housing, finance lead US stocks lower
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Liechtenstein reworks tax information sharing with Belgium, Antigua
- Verizon profits fall 9.8 per cent as jobs reduced
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Capmark finance firm declares bankruptcy in US
- Spanish Opel employees ratifying deal with Magna
- BA union to ballot cabin crew members over strike action
- Spanish carrier Iberia cancels 200 flights due to strike (Roundup)
- Czech government scraps Czech Airlines tender, rejects sole bidder
- Bribery case against former top German executive set to be dropped
- Estonia may need deeper budget cuts to adopt euro, says IMF
- EU regulators set November 27 deadline for review of Opel sale
- Spanish carrier Iberia cancels 200 flights due to strike
- German consumer confidence drops slightly
- Taiwan to send officials for informal trade talks with China
- Heavy-vehicle maker Scania reports severe Q3 profits drop
- Report: Planned transatlantic airline tie-ups to cost landing slots
- Vietnam split over second stimulus package
- Home appliance maker Electrolux nearly doubles Q3 earnings
- Philippines imposes oil price freeze in wake of devastating storms
- Aviation group hails "fragile" recovery as air travel picks up
- ING Group to divest insurance operations, reports higher Q3 results
- Lower yen pushes up stocks in Tokyo (Roundup)
- Taiwan lawmakers blast government for expanding US beef imports
- Booming hairy crab sales signal Hong Kong economy on the mend
- Report: Honda to increase motorcycle production in Indonesia
- South Korean economy sees biggest growth in seven years
- Weaker yen sends Tokyo stocks up
- Belarus government officials see fast money - in snails (Feature)
Sunday 25 October 2009
- (eca 050): Jordan inks gas deal with BP changes throughout
- Jordan inks gas deal with BP
- ASEAN summits moot East Asian Free Trade pact
- China-Taiwan to negotiate economic agreement before year end
Saturday 24 October 2009
- Hong Kong implements measures to prevent property bubble
- ASEAN-Korean trade rises 23.4 per cent ahead of pact
- More than 100 bank failures this year in US
Friday 23 October 2009
- Dow closes topsy-turvy week back below 10,000
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Whirlpool earnings suffer during recession
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- WTO sets panel for China-EU trade dispute on fasteners
- Opel's future thrown into doubt as GM mulls sale
- US home sales surge to highest level in two years
- US Fed on the way to improving regulation, cutting bonuses
- Microsoft profit falls less than expected
- Taiwan's export orders fall 3 per cent in September
- Arab stocks to receive momentum from rising oil prices
- Frustration marks stalled global trade negotiations (News Feature)
- Malaysia cuts spending for 2010 budget
- ANALYSIS: Economic divide emerges between Britain and eurozone
- Hong Kong investors launch legal challenge over investment bailout
- GM raising its stake in Korean subsidiary with capital injection
- German business confidence rises to highest level in year (Roundup)
- Hynix sees first profit in two years as chip prices rise
- British economy shrinks in third quarter as recession lingers
- European truck sales plunge in September
- Taiwan expands import of US beef despite protest (Roundup)
- German business confidence rises for seventh month (1st Lead)
- EU approves Merck's takeover of Schering-Plough
- Sweden's Volvo posts 597 million dollar third-quarter loss
- Tokyo stocks close mixed in run-up to results season (Roundup)
- Syngenta sales 12 per cent down in third quarter
- Taiwan lifts ban on importing US bone-in beef
- Tokyo stocks rise in morning trading on back of Wall Street gains
- German business confidence set to rise
Thursday 22 October 2009
- Amazon profits surge 69 per cent with Kindle's success
- Dow reclaims 10,000 mark
- Norwegian firm orders six Boeing 737s
- US slashes executive salaries of bailed-out companies (2nd Roundup)
- American Express profits sink 22 per cent
- US slashes executive salaries of bailed-out companies (Roundup)
- US slashes executive salaries of bailed-out companies
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Nokia sues Apple for iPhone patent violations
- Slovak charter airline Seagle Air suspends flights
- European Commission gives 43 million euros in aid to Lebanon
- British postal services hit by Royal Mail strike (2nd Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- British postal services hit by Royal Mail strike (Roundup)
- US cigarette makers: Revenues decline, but profits strong
- UPS profit fell 43 per cent in third quarter
- Spanish unions reach agreement with Magna on Opel (Roundup)
- Opel deal to be delayed until next week: company sources
- Credit Suisse reports 2.3bn dollars profit in 3rd quarter (Roundup)
- US economic indicator rises sharply, signals recovery (Roundup)
- Spanish unions reach agreement with Magna on Opel
- US economic indicator rises more than expected
- New Zealand workplace insurance monopoly to have competition
- Korea National Oil Corp buys Canadian oil company
- 3M is recovering faster than expected
- Putin sees South Stream ready earlier than planned
- Telecoms giant AT&T reports lower sales, profits in third quarter
- Thailand moots South-East Asian cooperation in eco-cars
- Study: still no EU single market when it comes to online shopping
- Taiwan to lift ban on importing US bone-in beef
- German Lufthansa gains passengers on Asian routes (Roundup)
- Sweden's Central Bank keeps interest rate at 0.25 per cent
- IMF mission begins reviewing Serbia's standby loan arrangement
- IMF gives Belarus 700 million dollars, praises Lukashenko
- Hyundai makes record profit in third quarter
- Daimler to step up investment in German operations
- German airline Lufthansa gains passengers on Asian routes
- Ericsson reports lower third-quarter sales and income
- China's economy grows 8.9 per cent, recovery "consolidated" (Roundup)
- Tokyo stocks fall on sell-off prompted by Wall Street (Roundup)
- Swiss watch exports continue decline in September
- Nestle reports sales down 2.2 per cent in first nine months
- Novartis reports 2.1bn dollar profit in third quarter
- Credit Suisse reports profit of 2.3 billion dollars in 3rd quarter
- China reports 8.9-per-cent economic growth in third quarter (1st Lead)
- Japan's trade surplus surges
- China reports 8.9-per-cent economic growth in third quarter
- Tokyo stocks fall 1.19 per cent in morning trading
Wednesday 21 October 2009
- Dow drops back below 10,000
- Report: Obama slashes pay for bailed-out financial firms
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- US Fed survey notes uneasy economic recovery
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Watchdog slams US government for mismanaging financial rescue
- Insider trading suspect to liquidate firm
- New Madoff case alleges JP Morgan role; money used for sex, drugs
- US officials head to China amid uneasy trade relations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Jordan awards 195-million-dollar contract to South Korea's Hanwha
- Swedish carmaker Saab clears hurdle with EIB decision
- Taiwan, China to exchange tourism representative offices (Roundup)
- Boeing deep in the red in Q3
- Fiat third quarter trading profit down 62 per cent
- Electrical cars take centre stage at Tokyo Motor Show
- Estonia's 2011 euro goal may force new banking laws
- German IT businesses expresses optimism about 2010
- Swedish bank SEB third-quarter earnings plummet 85 per cent
- Deutsche Bank posts 1.4 billion euro profit (Roundup)
- Taiwan, China to exchange tourism representative offices
- British airport operator sells off London's Gatwick airport
- Deutsche Bank posts 1.4 billion euro profit
- Tokyo stocks close barely changed (Roundup)
- Thai exports peak in September at 14.9 billion dollars
- Swiss Synthes' sales up 7.5 per cent in third quarter
- Wall Street fall puts investors in Tokyo in sour mood
Tuesday 20 October 2009
- Sun Microsystems to cut 3,000 jobs
- Yahoo triples profits thanks to cost cutting
- US stocks drop amid mixed earnings
- US universities hike tuition fees despite recession
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Morgan Stanley sells retail investment branch to Invesco
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Airbus sued over Air France crash in Brazil
- EU's commitment to climate change thrown into question (Roundup)
- Thousands of jobs to go at German mail-order unit Quelle (Roundup)
- Roche in half-billion-dollar lawsuit against Credit Suisse (Roundup)
- EU finance ministers fail to reach deal on climate funding (Extra)
- Lockheed Martin boosts Q3 profits, sales
- Roche in half-billion-dollar lawsuit against Credit Suisse
- Caterpillar: Good news despite 53 per cent earnings plunge
- India's billionaire brothers battle in court over gas
- Coca-Cola says profits flat in Q3
- Relief over ABN Amro sale of HBU to Deutsche Bank
- EU postpones agreement on details of financial supervision
- ANALYSIS: Euro's climb casts shadow over Europe's economic recovery
- Tata Motors acquires control of Spanish bus maker
- Pfizer reports 26 per cent earnings gains in third quarter
- Denmark approves gas pipeline under Baltic Sea (Roundup)
- Spanish unions announce strikes at Opel factory
- Toyota expands presence in South Korean market
- India's billionaire brothers battle in court over gas dispute
- Young adults hardest hit by economic crisis in Netherlands
- EU agrees to start withdrawing economic stimulus in 2011
- Job losses loom as German mail-order unit Quelle set to close
- EU finance ministers seek difficult deal on climate financing
- Work disrupted as protests hit India's automobile hub
- Report: Denmark to approve underwater Baltic Sea pipeline
- Singapore will not allow "fishing expeditions" to fight tax evasion
- Sweden's Swedbank reports third-quarter 371m dollar loss
- Adecco to acquire US rival for 1.3bn dollars
- Upbeat US earnings send Tokyo stocks up (Roundup)
- dpa package: ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
- Thai tableware maker upbeat on ASEAN free trade agreement (Feature)
- Crisis adds to pain and gain of ASEAN free trade pact (Feature)
- Third of Hong Kong workers considering new job for better lifestyle
- Tokyo stocks higher in early session
- Hasta la Vista to Microsoft Vista as Windows 7 launches (Feature)
Monday 19 October 2009
- Eurozone issues stark deficit warning to Greece
- Eurozone worried by weak dollar
- New Zealand dollar hits 75 US cents
- North American trade officials fail to resolve disputes
- Apple reports higher revenue and profit
- New York Times to lay off 100 from newsroom
- Dow back over 10,000 as US stocks look towards big earnings week
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- US to aid housing market, encourage energy efficiency
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Bernanke: Global imbalances could return if Asia, US don't act
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Daimler shares jump as company posts third-quarter profit
- Hungarian central bank cuts base rate to lowest in 3 years Adds: Cenbank governor, reasons for cut (Roundup)
- Iceland adjusts plan to compensate foreign savers
- Germany has reassured GM on Opel conditions, Brussels says
- Germany warns of dangerous pesticides in Turkish pears
- Europe's crisis-hit middle class "turning to Red Cross" (Roundup)
- Red Cross: Europe's middle-class hard hit by economic crisis
- EU and Russia eye gas cut-off "early-warning" deal in November
- Spanish unions reject Magna proposal for Opel, announce strike
- Hungarian bank cuts base rate to lowest level in three years
- Sri Lanka probes arrested US stock market investor
- Singapore passes new tax law to implement OECD tax standard
- Jordan Telecom Group signs 3G deal with Ericsson
- Taiwan plans energy tax starting in 2011
- German economic recovery gains momentum: central bank
- Thai shares up 2.02 per cent as rumours fade
- Thai carrier to increase capital next year, president says
- Austria to block Liechtenstein-EU tax "transparency" deal
- Widow sues Renault over husband's suicide
- Strike expected to severely slow French rail traffic
- Oil price hits record high for the year
- Swiss firm ABB says working in Russia getting more expensive
- Sulzer industrials reports large drop in orders
- Tokyo stocks in mixed trading (Roundup)
- Move to electric cars brings battery headache
- Tokyo stocks fall 1.12 per cent in morning trading
Sunday 18 October 2009
- Hungary's railmen announce an open-ended strike from Monday
- Evergreen to order 100 container ships in 2010
Saturday 17 October 2009
- IMF director: Gulf Council countries have resilient economies
- Negotiations continue despite EU warning over Opel rescue
- China to launch Nasdaq-style exchange on October 23
- Billionaire Rajaratnam arrested for insider trading in US (Roundup)
Friday 16 October 2009
- Billionaire Rajaratnam, others, arrested for insider trading
- US stocks drop on poor earnings from Bank of America, GE
- US budget deficit reaches record 1.42 trillion dollars
- Bellwether General Electric profits tumble amid slow demand
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Brussels questions German aid to Opel, demands review (Roundup)
- Brussels questions German aid to Opel, demands review
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Weaker Barbie sales push down Mattel earnings
- Bank of America posts another massive loss
- Samsung to build LCD plant in China
- Arab stocks steady, buoyed by climbing oil prices, earnings
- Daimler begins building new car plant in Hungary
- European exports fall as euro climbs (Roundup)
- Berlin raises economic forecasts but warns of rise in jobless
- Repsol discovers Venezuelas largest gas deposit
- Thai market rebounds 3.52 per cent on rumour denials
- VW seeks new share issue as sales race ahead
- South Korean carmakers to lose out on EU free trade deal
- European exports fall amid fragile economic recovery
- Singapore export recovery loses air
- Angry French farmers block Champs Elysees
- Containers pile up at main Greek port over dockworkers' strike
- Dutch "set to raise legal retirement age to 67"
- Sony Ericsson stays in the red with fewer handsets sold
- Tokyo stocks mixed on oil prices, nervousness on financials (Roundup)
- Taiwan research agency raises economic growth forecast
- India's richest man takes 66-per-cent pay cut
- Tokyo stocks mixed on higher oil prices, nervousness on financials
- More than 160,000 Thai graduates get a lesson in default
- Year after launch, Google's phone ambitions ring true (News Feature)
- Climate change exposes sharp divides in US industry (News Feature)
Thursday 15 October 2009
- IBM earnings rise
- US stocks continue rally on energy shares
- Google revenues and income rise
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Gates pledges 120 million dollars to help small farmers
- Chavez justifies seizure of Hilton hotel in Venezuela
- House panel regulates derivatives, first step on financial reforms
- Harley-Davidson unloads Agusta and Buell brands
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Citigroup remains troubled, Goldman Sachs earnings surge
- Eastern European performance revised down, bottom seen, EBRD says
- Yemen starts LNG production, first cargo in weeks
- Google executive: search giant to seek separate European deal
- Another France Telecom employee commits suicide
- European shares drop as Wall Street slips (Roundup)
- Nokia posts third-quarter loss (Roundup)
- EU reaches huge free trade agreement with South Korea (2nd Roundup)
- US inflation rate 0.2 per cent in September (Roundup)
- US inflation rate 0.2 per cent in September
- German Government set to raise growth forecasts
- Nokia posts third-quarter loss
- EU reaches huge free trade agreement with South Korea (Roundup)
- Fall in energy costs result in European consumer prices dropping
- Sale of GM European carmaker faces last-minute hurdles
- European car sales boosted by government incentive schemes
- Thai shares down 5.30 per cent on rumours about king's health
- General Motors head seeks more money for GM Daewoo
- Analysts see rebound in Swiss economy, but jobs lacking (Roundup)
- EU reaches free trade agreement with South Korea
- RHJ to buy Commerzbank's Kleinwort Benson
- European shares suffer in downbeat performance
- UBS: Swiss economy to rebound but labour to remain hard hit
- Singapore's OCBC bank buys ING's Asian private banking business
- US earnings, retail sales help Tokyo stocks to soar (Roundup)
- Roche sales up in third quarter, raises full year outlook
- Philippine remittances rise 3.7 per cent in first eight months
- Five-bedroom Hong Kong flat sells for a record 56 million dollars
- US earnings, retail sales help Tokyo stocks to soar
Wednesday 14 October 2009
- Annual inflation increases 1.7 per cent
- Record Wall Street salaries as US seeks to rectify mistakes (Roundup)
- Global PC shipments rise as Acer overtakes Dell
- Dow closes above 10,000 points for first time in a year (Roundup)
- Dow closes above 10,000 points for first time in a year (1st Lead)
- Hunger in Latin America accompanies lack of social security
- US Fed sees economic recovery, but long wait for unemployment drop
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Dow industrials break 10,000 for first time in a year
- Report: Record Wall Street salaries despite financial crisis
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Australia's Riversdale hits second huge coal deposit in Mozambique
- No more cash-for-clunkers: US retail sales drop 1.5 per cent
- JP Morgan profit surges despite recession
- German economy recovering faster than expected, says industry group
- BASF shares jump after earnings rise more than forecast
- Rise in eurozone industrial production points to recession's end
- Thai stocks down 2 per cent on profit-taking
- UN: Economic crisis is devastating for the world's hungry
- Gold soars to new high on markets
- Tokyo stocks fall slightly on profit taking (Roundup)
- EADS head calls for more political support for European industry
- Bank of Japan holds interest rate, keeps corporate credit programme
- Russian company gets mineral survey rights in Laos
- New Zealand High Court rules Telecom was anti-competitive
- Profit taking send Tokyo stocks down
- Intel earnings, revenue beat forecast
- Bloomberg buys Business Week magazine
Tuesday 13 October 2009
- Report: Ford recalls 4.5 million vehicles citing fire hazard
- Stocks edge lower on health care, financials
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Johnson & Johnson boosts earnings
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- British unions reach agreement on Vauxhall plants
- US Supreme Court to hear appeal by former Enron boss
- CIT head Peek is stepping down
- Report: Madoff gets in prison brawl over stock market
- Cisco buys mobile networking firm Starent for 2.9 billion dollars
- EU's Almunia says Latvia must stick to aid conditions (Roundup)
- No agreement in Spanish Opel talks, unions say
- Investment group Investor AB improves third quarter profit
- Bank of America bows to pressure in Merrill Lynch bonuses row
- Hong Kong group buys AIG's Taiwan unit for 2.15 billion dollars
- German investor confidence falls amid fragile recovery signs (Roundup)
- Singapore's OCBC bank in talks with ING, while DBS is out (Roundup)
- OPEC raises oil demand outlook for 2010
- German investor confidence posts surprise fall
- Dutch export volume drops further
- EU's Almunia in Latvia for bail-out talks
- Property, stocks increase China's billionaires to 130
- Singapore's OCBC bank in acquisition talks with ING
- Tokyo stocks rise on expected recovery, gains abroad (Roundup)
- Singapore prime minister warns of dampened growth, unemployment
- Cambodian garment exports depressed on back of global crisis
- Tokyo stocks rise on expected recovery, gains abroad
Monday 12 October 2009
- Mixed stocks in holiday trading
- Cuban cigar exports not at risk, official says
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- EU countries want 300 million euros for dairy farmers (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Economics Nobel winner Williamson builds bridges with social sciences
- Russian billionare sparks media revolution in London (News Feature)
- EU countries want 300 million euros for dairy farmers (1st Lead)
- PROFILE: Ostrom becomes first woman to win economics Nobel
- Dutch central bank takes control of DSB Bank (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: German investor confidence to rise as report season opens
- European ministers ponder quick measures for dairy farmers
- Ostrom, Williamson share Nobel economics prize (Williamson) available (Roundup)
- India's Sensex gains on industrial growth data
- Mercedes-Benz sales rise 52 per cent in China
- Ostrom, Williamson share Nobel economics prize (2nd Lead)
- German railways to replace 1,200 axles on high-speed trains
- Dutch central bank takes control of DSB Bank (2nd Lead)
- Ostrom, Williamson, share Nobel economics prize (1st Lead)
- Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics since 1980
- OECD jobless rate climbs to 8.6 per cent in August
- Elinor Ostrom, Oliver Williamson, share Nobel economics prize (Urgent)
- Britain to sell of government assets to cut debt mountain
- Lufthansa reintroduces inflight online connections
- India's industrial output grows 10.4 per cent in August (Roundup)
- Volkswagen sets new sales records in China
- Jordan's trade gap narrows 23.5 per cent in eight months
- Court bid to place DSB Bank under central bank control (1st Lead)
- Study: Informal labour creates "poverty traps"
- India's industrial output grows 10.4 per cent in August
- Dutch DSB Bank denies it is on brink of bankruptcy
- Piraeus port workers launch new strike over Chinese takeover
- Why did Seoul change to favour free trade with China? (News Feature)
- (eca023): Singapore court cuts jail terms for former Mitsui Oil managers
- Singapore court cuts jail terms for former Mitsui Oil managers
- Air New Zealand might ditch IBM over computer disaster
- Singapore economic contraction lowered with recession over (Roundup)
- Mexico closes state energy company
- Half of Hong Kong's foreign maids face sacking over minimum wage
- Singapore raises growth forecast as economy emerges from recession
Sunday 11 October 2009
- Taiwan's Acer denies plan to open notebook plant in Brazil
Saturday 10 October 2009
- Germany grants Jordan a further 12 million euros in aid
- German state guarantees for Opel are ready for approval
- Big Asian presence marks world's top food fair
- Anuga food fair in Cologne features unusual eatables (Feature)
Friday 09 October 2009
- Dow hits 2009 high
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Taipei to lure Macau tourists with steaming beef noodles
- EU to extend anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese, Vietnamese shoes
- Car audio giant to ramp up production in Hungary
- GM's Opel future raised in German coalition talks (Roundup)
- EU, Arab world seek cooperation on green energy
- Arab bourses seen affected by third quarter results, oil prices
- India's Tata Motors raises 750 million dollars to repay Jaguar debt
- Spain criticizes Opel rescue plan as "unconvincing"
- Shanghai stocks soar nearly 5 per cent after eight-day break
- Global oil demand to rise more quickly than foreseen: agency
- Piraeus port workers strike over Chinese takeover
- South Korea keeps key interest rate at record low
- Falling yen, rising commodities prices push up Tokyo stocks (Roundup)
- German exports post surprise 1.8 per cent drop in August
- Japan machinery orders rise less than expected
- Tokyo stocks up on rising commodity prices
Thursday 08 October 2009
- US stocks up as earning season begins
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Gazprom does not rule out new gas cuts for Western Europe
- IBM in antitrust probe over mainframe computers
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- European central banks keep rates on hold (2nd Roundup)
- US files trade dispute over EU poultry import laws
- Italy's top banker rejects economic fallout from politics (Extra)
- ECB signals it is in no rush to hike rates (Roundup)
- EU decision on Opel state aid to take "weeks", commissioner says
- ECB holds rates at historic low amid weak economy (2nd Lead)
- Czech jobless rate climbs to 8.6 per cent in September
- Brussels calls for additional 200-million-euro loan to Serbia
- ECB holds rates at historic low (1st Lead)
- ECB leaves rates on hold at 1 per cent (Urgent)
- Swiss Bankers Association warns of overregulated tax enforcement
- Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged
- German industrial production jumps 1.7 per cent in August
- IMF wants steps, not promises from Serbia, central bank head warns
- Norway's state pension fund queries VW takeover of Porsche
- UN economist for Asia urges region to generate own growth engines
- Tui Travel buys share in Germany's Air Berlin budget airline
- Tokyo stocks rise slightly on optimism about world economy (Roundup)
- Japan's stocks continue on rise
- Surprise fall in unemployment signals economic improvement
- US deficit triples to record high: 1.4 trillion dollars
- Australian bank found guilty of multi-million dollar tax evasion
- ECB meets against as concerns set in about strong euro
Wednesday 07 October 2009
- Argentina to allow IMF evaluations
- US stocks mixed ahead of earnings reports
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Telefonica launches bid for Brazil's GVT
- Austria seeks quick EU measures on milk, hosts Vienna meeting
- SAS Group and Finland's Finnair flew fewer passengers in September
- Latvian central bank blasts government over budget plans Europe's devaluation nightmare (Extra)
- Jaguar Land Rover secures Bank of India loan as funding grows
- EU eyes excessive deficits in Germany and eight others (Roundup)
- German factory orders post bigger-than-forecast rise (Roundup)
- EU fines power transformers cartel (Roundup)
- EU welcomes Microsoft's offer of internet browser choice
- Latvia budget could be Europe's devaluation nightmare (News Feature)
- Hong Kong shares track Wall Street gains to rally 2 per cent
- Taiwan's exports fall 12.7 per cent in September
- EU reprimands Germany and eight others for excessive deficits
- German factory orders post bigger-than-forecast rise
- Russian tax authorities raid Austrian building outfit offices
- EU fines power transformers cartel
- Estonian deflation helps euro adoption target
- World Bank-IMF meetings end with call for reform
- Gold hits record high on inflation fears
- EU economy contracted worse-than-expected 0.3 per cent in Q2
- Julius Baer to acquire ING's Swiss private bank
- Tokyo stocks up 1.1 per cent (Roundup)
- Japan's foreign reserves at new record in September
- Amazon to launch global Kindle version
- Philippine stocks up nearly 3 per cent
- Nikkei up on strengthened commodity shares
Tuesday 06 October 2009
- US stocks continue rise amidst worldwide rally
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Dollar continues slide on oil-market currency report (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Vietnamese Buddhist leader calls for boycott of Chinese goods
- Google's Android gets boost from Verizon
- EU confirms anti-trust raids on pharma firms
- Sri Lankan stocks close at new all-time high
- France Telecom workers strike after wave of suicides
- ANALYSIS: Finance ministry at centre of German coalition wrangling
- China is bright spot for German premium car exports
- Jordan says offer from French nuclear giant Areva's "encouraging"
- Swedish government prepared to guarantee Saab loan
- Vietnam rice exports up 40 per cent
- Bargain hunting sends Japanese stocks up despite higher yen (Roundup)
- Novartis begins shipment of swine flu vaccine to US
- Sacked Cathay Pacific pilots sue airline over job losses
- Philippine shares rise more than 2 per cent on US markets gains
- Australia first to put brakes on lifting economy
- Chinese golden holiday brings a boost to Hong Kong's economy
- Philippine inflation rate rises to 0.7 in September
- Tokyo gains limited by strong yen
- PREVIEW: European central banks in no rush to hike rates
- US government clamps down on blogger reviews
Monday 05 October 2009
- New Zealand companies over recession blues, says think tank
- US stocks up in advance of earnings season
- Private investors lose shares in nationalized German bank
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Czech Senate approves austerity package for 2010
- Swedish Prime Minister calls on Latvia to honour bail-out deal
- Ministers squabble over funds and votes in World Bank (Roundup)
- Ministers squabble over funds and votes in World Bank (1st Lead)
- UN telecommunications conference opens with warnings on slowdown
- Taiwan's consumer price index drops 0.86 per cent in September
- Divisions emerge over more funds for World Bank
- European retail sales fall in August
- Shares fall sharply in Seoul
- Singapore's Capitaland plans to list its shopping mall business
- Taiwan's Yonho soy milk restaurant to open branches in Europe
- BMW announces 2.2-billion-rand investment in South Africa
- Tokyo stocks close down in Monday trading (Roundup)
- Norway's Telenor and Russia's Altimo announce joint venture
- Tokyo stocks start week with mixed trading
- Zombieland's horror comedy rules weekend box office
- New Zealand watchdog cracks anti-competitive credit card scheme
Sunday 04 October 2009
- "G-innovations": Major powers jockey for influence (Feature)
- IMF gets monitoring role; will develop "exit strategies" (Roundup)
- IMF's Strauss-Kahn says crisis could be over in a year (Extra)
- IMF gets monitoring role; will develop "exit strategies" (2nd Lead)
- IMF to develop "exit strategies" for state help by April (Extra)
- Finance ministers aim to bolster recovery, boost IMF role (1st Lead)
- World finance ministers look to safeguard recovery, boost IMF role
- Asia leads recovery, but painful transition ahead
- World Bank: Climate change hits poor in Africa, South Asia hardest
Saturday 03 October 2009
- G7 holds fast on government support for world economy (Roundup)
- G7 holds fast on government support for world economy (3rd Lead)
- G7 holds fast on government support for world economy (2nd Lead)
- G7 holds fast on government support for economy (Extra)
- Deutsche Bank chief expects banks to cut back on bonuses (Roundup)
- G7 considers future in shadow of G20 (1st Lead)
- Central bank to keep UBS troubled assets
- Deutsche Bank chief expects banks to cut back on bonuses
- Poor countries want greater say in IMF and World Bank voting
- German investors cast doubt on Zimbabwe progress
- Crisis not over for much of emerging Europe, says World Bank
- IMF: Europe faces many years of weak growth after crisis (Roundup)
- IMF: European economies face many years of weak growth after crisis
- G7 finance ministers meet in shadow of larger G20
Friday 02 October 2009
- Major US indices lose ground after bad report on jobs
- US unemployment rate highest since 1983 (2nd Roundup)
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Poland to regain control of national insurer
- US unemployment rate highest since 1983 (Roundup)
- EU eyes carbon tax to combat climate change (Roundup)
- US unemployment rate rises again (1st Lead)
- US unemployment rate rises again
- New car registrations in Germany up 21 per cent in September
- Arab bourses mixed after Muslim holiday
- Buzek supports relaxed Maastricht criteria for Eastern Europe
- IMF and World Bank see major threats to global recovery (Roundup)
- Kraft seeks new Vegemite name after iSnack2.0 crashes (News Feature)
- World Bank head seeks more funds for developing countries (Roundup)
- Job losses cast shadow on global recovery, says IMF's Strauss-Kahn
- Madrid holds its breath and hopes for Olympic win - and a party
- Poland leads dissent at EU finance meeting on climate change costs
- Hong Kong shares slump to three-week low after National Day break
- Brussels challenges airlines over trans-Atlantic pricing
- Zoellick: Developing countries need money to weather uncertain 2010
- Tokyo stocks down on strong yen, weak job data (Roundup)
- France's EDF wants to sell its British electricity distributor
- Thailand Open (Results)
- Tokyo stocks fall 2.4 per cent in morning trading
Thursday 01 October 2009
- Wall Street retreats on manufacturing, labour reports
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- European bank stress test "reassuring", EU says (Roundup)
- (eca235): Cisco to buy Norway's Tandberg
- Cisco to buy Norway's Tandberg for 3.7 billion dollars
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- EU bank "stress test" points to 400-billion-euro losses (Extra)
- EU finance ministers debate post-recession exit strategies (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: World recovery has begun, but don't expect an easy ride
- Germany faces EU reprimand for excessive deficit (Roundup)
- No devaluation, says Latvian central banker (Roundup)
- Singapore tycoon reaches agreement with Citi over hefty losses
- Japanese car part maker lays of 730 in Hungary
- EU was right to cap roaming charges, lawyer says (Roundup)
- No devaluation, says Latvian central banker Eds. Adds comment from EU representative Flores, updates unemployment figure (1st Lead)
- IMF sees global rebound, but slower-than-usual recovery (2nd Roundup)
- EU officials: Crisis has halved eurozone's potential growth rate
- (eca138): Germany faces EU reprimand for excessive deficit
- Germany faces EU reprimand for excessive deficit
- Unions warn of British job losses after Opel deal
- Latin America's recovery from crisis is within reach, says IMF
- New tender expected for Croatia's shipyards
- "Innocent victim" Africa is on the road to recovery, says IMF
- IMF: Middle East recovering from oil shocks, financial crisis
- European unemployment climbs again in August (Roundup)
- Daimler moves to strengthen position in key Russian truck market
- EU was right to cap mobile phone roaming charges, lawyer says
- Protester throws show at IMF chief (Extra)
- European unemployment climbs again in August
- IMF sees global rebound, but slower-than-usual recovery (Roundup)
- Devaluation not an option, insists Latvian central bank governor
- EU finance ministers debate post-recession exit strategies
- Vietnam mining boss resigns over illegal coal exports
- Europe faces sluggish recovery in 2010, warns IMF
- IMF: Emerging Asia leads the world back into growth
- IMF sees global rebound, revises forecasts (2nd Lead)
- German retail sales post surprise drop
- Tokyo stocks down on stronger yen (Roundup)
- IMF sees global rebound, revises forecasts (1st Lead)
- Vietnam tourism industry still hurting
- IMF: World out of recession (Urgent)
- GM loses Saturn buyer, plans to eliminate brand
- 400 richest Americans lose 300 billion dollars
- Japan business sentiment rises, but companies reluctant on spending
- 130 garments factories closed down in Cambodia this year
- New Zealand abandons regional free-trade goal
- Tokyo stocks fall 1.4 per cent in morning trading
Wednesday 30 September 2009
- Wall Street dips on conflicting economic data
- Report: Apple Tablet could "redefine print"
- (eca242): Bharti, MTN call off 24-billion-dollar deal
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Bharti, MTN call off 24-billion-dollar deal
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Latvian government ponders sale of state assets
- Egypt to accept bids for two, billion-dollar telecoms licenses
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Consortium answers queries on underwater Baltic Sea pipeline (Roundup)
- Oops for Joop!: exclamation mark is no trade mark, EU court rules
- PREVIEW: EU seeks difficult return to economic, financial solidity
- Croatia gets only two offers for six shipyards
- Application filed to Sweden for underwater Baltic Sea pipeline
- Magna to lose manufacturing orders from Chrysler
- US economy contracted by 0.7 per cent, recession easing (Roundup)
- US economy contracted by 0.7 per cent in second quarter
- Jordan gets 17 million euros in economic aid from EU
- German unemployment posts surprise fall (2nd Roundup)
- ECB set to hold rates as consumer prices slide (Roundup)
- Sensex hits highest level in 16 months
- German unemployment posts surprise fall (Roundup)
- Lufthansa flights delayed due to computer glitch
- Eurozone consumer prices deeper into negative territory (1st Lead)
- Berlusconi: Italy may renew car industry incentives
- IMF sees global finance stabilizing, lower bank losses (Roundup)
- Kraft to craft new Vegemite name after iSnack2.0 bombs
- Toyota recalls millions of cars
- German unemployment posts surprise fall (1st Lead)
- Air India pilots call off strike
- Last-minute buying leads Japan stocks to gains (Roundup)
- PREVIEW: Levski Sofia-Lazio, Roma-Cska Sofia, Valencia-Genoa
- Israel bombs three smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza
- IMF sees global finance stabilizing, cuts banks' losses forecasts
- Pressure on for Australian rate hike
- Singapore Airlines starts A380 superjumbo service to Melbourne
- Vietnam's economy remains on rebound course
- Industrial production in Japan rises for sixth month
- Hong Kong tourist arrivals fall by more than 3 per cent in 2009
- Eurozone consumer prices to remain in negative territory
- Tokyo stocks rise slightly in morning trading
- BACKGROUND: Communist China's rise to global economic power
- German unemployment tipped to rise despite pickup in economy
- PREVIEW: Strengthened IMF meets to consider global economy's future
Tuesday 29 September 2009
- US stocks fall despite housing gains
- Frattini: No push for Italy's Draghi to head European Central Bank
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Main German shipbuilder to sell parts of three dockyards
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- SPD set for leadership changes after election debacle (Roundup)
- Panasonic can buy Sanyo if they sell battery plants, EU says
- US consumer confidence falls unexpectedly in September
- EU to claw back 200 million euros in misspent farming funds
- Successor of debt-ridden state carrier Olympic begins new routes
- Polish government approves 2010 budget
- Air India cancels more than 40 flights as pilots strike (2nd Roundup)
- Air India cancels more than 40 flights as pilots strike statement (Roundup)
- Putin gives the go-ahead for a nuclear plant in Kaliningrad
- India's nuclear plans big opportunity for global players: Singh
- Mining magnate brands fellow Australians racists
- Jordan awards South Korean firm contract in power plant project
- Swedish banks pay big bonuses despite losses
- Europe economic confidence hits one year high
- Deflation worries seize Japan after record fall in consumer prices
- "Exceptional" 507-carat diamond recovered in South Africa
- Hong Kong stocks rebound after falling to near three-week lows
- Air India cancels dozens of flights as more pilots strike
- Tokyo stocks rise on weakening yen, Wall Street gains (Roundup)
- Passengers lift at Australian carrier Qantas
- Singapore wealth fund recovers after losses in financial crisis
- Tokyo stocks rise on weakening yen and Wall Street gains
Monday 28 September 2009
- Jordan gets over 411 million dollars in aid from US
- Gap founder dies from cancer aged 81
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Xerox to buy Affiliated Computer in 6.4-billion-dollar deal
- Election boosts the German stock market (Roundup)
- Zoellick sees US dollar's influence waning as global economy shifts
- Swedish premier open to uranium mining
- Apple touts two billion iPhone downloads
- Erdogan plans more airports for Istanbul
- British government to extend car scrappage scheme
- Hungary's central bank cuts base rate to 7.5 per cent
- South African Airways reports "surprise" profit
- ANALYSIS: Merkel could face pressure to launch tough economic reforms
- German consumer prices dip in September
- EU eyes health warnings for MP3 players
- EU to permit liner shipping consortia for another five years
- Tourists coming back to Singapore, but hotels still suffering
- Banks and telecoms lead fall as Hong Kong stocks lose 2 per cent
- Shanghai stocks plunge by nearly 3 per cent
- Shanghai stocks plunge by nearly 3 per cent
- UN: Food prospects in Africa are good but policies must improve
- Vietnam industrial output rises but fails to match previous growth
- Election boost for German stock market
- Tokyo stocks down 2.5 per cent due to rising yen (Roundup)
- Tokyo stocks fall in morning trading due to strengthening yen
- Central banker warns Australians of higher interest rates
Sunday 27 September 2009
- Report: Saab sale wobbles as Norwegian financier sets a deadline
- Pilots' strike hits Air India
- China launches formal anti-dumping probe into US poultry imports
Saturday 26 September 2009
- Bangkok airport to get special police force
- PREVIEW: Newfoundland gears up for unexpected Gaddafi visit
Friday 25 September 2009
- G20 hauls world economy back from the brink, Obama says (Extra)
- Stocks slide for third day
- G20 leaders commit to closer cooperation, joint monitoring (Extra)
- World leaders commit to future G20, financial reforms (2nd Roundup)
- G20 must be used to tackle economic woes, says China's Hu (Extra)
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- G20 future represents major victory for emerging powers (Feature)
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Spain: G20 considers holding summit of labour ministers (Extra)
- World leaders commit to future G20, curbing bank bonuses (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Leaders commit to future G20, curbing bank bonuses (2nd Lead)
- Report: Chinese group linked to Volvo Cars
- Rival news agency in talks to take over AP's German service
- Experts raise Austrian growth forecast to 1 per cent for 2010
- G20 summit begins with commitment to replace G7 (1st Lead)
- WTO to consider Brazil-US orange juice dispute
- EU agency approves two H1N1 vaccines (Roundup)
- Norway's largest bank announces rights issue
- France out of recession, official figures show (Roundup)
- SNB: Swiss franc still "safe haven" currency
- H1N1 vaccine receives EU body's "positive opinion", says Novartis
- German consumer confidence rises on economic optimism (Roundup)
- France out of recession, official figures show (1st Lead)
- France out of recession, official figures show (Urgent)
- Australia set to curb Chinese mining investments
- British Airways to charge passengers for advance seat-booking
- German consumer confidence rises on economic optimism
- Tokyo stocks down 2.6 per cent on Nomura sales (Roundup)
- Ford to build third plant in China
- Report: G20 to permanently supplant G7 on economics
- Bangkok Airways to lose Siem Reap-Phnom Penh route
- Myanmar issues largest kyat currency denomination
- Tokyo stocks fall almost 3 per cent in morning trading
Thursday 24 September 2009
- Stocks tumble amid conflicting economic news
- Geithner expects agreement on financial reforms at G20 summit
- Police disperse protestors with tear gas in Pittsburgh
- Twitter to get 100 million dollars in financing
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Dutch economy in worse state than previously thought, report says
- International stock market quotations
- Germany moves to reassure EU over Opel rescue plan (2nd Roundup)
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Zapatero, Calderon, Kirchner agree on positions before G20
- Key central banks to extend dollar, Swiss franc liquidity
- ANALYSIS: German economic optimism faces post-election test
- Taiwan holds invention show to highlight its innovative side
- Germany moves to reassure EU over Opel rescue plan (Roundup)
- Visa, Mastercard, banks fined for price fixing in Hungary
- General Motors partners Reva to build Indian electric vehicles
- Airport stakeholder Hochtief said to plan flotation
- Switzerland moves to rid itself of tax haven status
- Merkel: G20 a "milestone" on road to financial regulation
- German business confidence rises as election looms (Roundup)
- Hong Kong stocks fall more than 2 per cent as debut stock plummets
- EU ministers discuss controversial Opel rescue plan
- Austrian Airlines stops using slogan tainted by Nazis
- German business confidence rises as election looms (1st Lead)
- Clothing giant H&M third quarter profits up, plans expansion
- Tokyo stocks rise on upbeat expectations for US economy (Roundup)
- Japan logs trade surplus in August, exports shrink
- Tokyo stocks rise on upbeat expectations for US economy
- German business confidence to rise as nation gears up for election
Wednesday 23 September 2009
- US stocks drop after Fed holds interest rates near zero
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- US Fed sees recovery as interest rates kept at 0 per cent (Roundup)
- US Fed keeps interest rates steady near 0 per cent (1st Lead)
- US Fed keeps interest rates steady near 0 per cent (Urgent)
- Geithner urges Congress to overhaul financial regulation
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- IBM takes on Microsoft in Africa with Linux netbook package
- Norwegian central bank holds rate at 1.25 per cent
- Unicredit chief executive denies German unit up for sale
- Hungarian retail sales plummet as tax hike, recession bite
- Report: Switzerland to get off OECD "grey list" of tax havens
- EU proposes financial watchdog network ahead of G20 summit (Roundup)
- Siemens to sue if ex-directors do not pay damages
- GM workers protest against possible job cuts in Europe
- EU proposes pack of financial watchdogs ahead of G20 summit
- IMF says Cambodia's economy will contract 2.75 per cent this year
- Taiwan's export orders fall 12 per cent in August
- China backs loans, gives tax breaks to small firms
- Polish industrial orders drop 32.3 per cent
- Eurozone factory orders jump more than forecast in July
- EU approves Sony's takeover of Seiko Epson flat-screen unit
- Philippine shares rise 2 per cent
- World's biggest dairy exporter posts bullish annual result
- End of internet as we know it? New fed rules spark debate (Feature)
- New Zealand economy edges out of recession
Tuesday 22 September 2009
- US benchmark stock indices close higher
- Austria removed from OECD "grey list" of tax havens
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Iraqi Kurdish government suspends Norwegian oil contract
- African Development Bank asks G20 for resources to fight crisis
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Debt-ridden Taiwan high-speed rail picks new chairman
- PREVIEW: Europe determined to drive forward market reforms at G20
- IMF: Low interest rates not main cause of financial crisis (Roundup)
- European banks hide key information from customers, EU says
- IMF: Low interest rates were not main cause of financial crisis
- Swiss upgrades economic forecast, warns on unemployment
- German auto industry eyes Indian market
- Sri Lanka's economic revival better than expected, says IMF
- Minister: Palestinians to seek WTO membership
- South Korean firm makes bid to buy part of Hynix
- Five Greek insurance companies have licenses suspended
- Taiwan jobless rate hits new record in August
- Asian Development Bank upgrades region's growth forecasts
- Falling readership forces closure of Far Eastern Economic Review
- Development bank predicts Cambodian economy to shrink this year
- (eca169): Depp may ditch Pirates after Disney ousts studio chief
- Farmers' price hike boosts New Zealand recovery hopes
Monday 21 September 2009
- US stocks fall after reaching record highs last week
- AIG's ability to repay government loans "unclear," report says
- Netflix hands out million-dollar prize for improving movie tips
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Depp may ditch Pirates after Disney ousts studio chief
- US economic index climbs for fifth straight month (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Dell to buy Perot Systems for 3.9 billion dollars
- US economic index climbs for fifth straight month
- IMF: Clear exit plan from financial bail-outs, but don't leave yet
- Brussels publishes Intel emails in anti-trust case (Roundup)
- UN: Drought spells grim outlook for crops in East Africa
- European Commission publishes Intel emails in anti-trust case
- Former German Citibank unit renamed Targobank
- (eca62): Santander to sell shares of its Brazilian unit
- Dutch house prices continue to drop
- Santander to sell shares of its Brazilian unit
Sunday 20 September 2009
- Lufthansa reported to plan job cuts
- Taiwan government to take over loss-making high-speed rail
- No business without "guanxi" in China (Feature)
Saturday 19 September 2009
- Report: Suzuki expecting Volkswagen buy-in soon
- Dairy farmers dump token load of milk in Rhine river
- Spanish auto workers protest possible job cuts at Opel
- Russia's Sberbank insists on technology transfers with Opel sale
- Chief economist says China will achieve 8 per cent growth target
- Government job cuts won't be enough for IMF, says central banker
- Taiwan company shuts down Chinese-language newspaper in Europe
- IMF okays sale of gold reserves
Friday 18 September 2009
- US stocks end up for the week
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Report: US considering strict controls on bank salaries
- Creditor files bankruptcy suit against buyer of Pirate Bay site
- Arab stocks buoyed by global recovery news, oil prices
- Former Morgan Stanley executive jailed for insider trading
- Financial shares take Japan stocks lower ahead of holidays (Roundup)
- Financial shares take Japanese stocks lower ahead of holidays
- Fonterra dairy giant asks farmers for more capital to expand
Thursday 17 September 2009
- Panic over but Australians still keen on cash
- US stocks retreat amid concerns over economic recovery
- EU leaders approve G20 summit strategy (Urgent)
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- IMF head sees dawn of global recovery
- FedEx first-quarter profits down 53 per cent
- American Airlines parent raises 2.9 billion dollars, adds flights
- Taiwan's air passenger, cargo traffic slipped further in 2008
- Swiss central bank keeps monetary policy, revises up GDP forecast
- Despite crisis, Airbus sees rosy future for aviation industry
- Investors urge Zimbabwe to scrap mines expropriation proposal
- Merkel opens IAA car show, warns of Asian market dominance (Roundup)
- Fall in Singapore's major exports eases in August
- Russian airline Aeroflot to cut 6,000 jobs
- Kouchner wants tax on financial transactions
- Merkel opens IAA car show, warns of Asian market dominance from Sept 17-27; epa pics available (1st Lead)
- Hong Kong's jobless rate holds steady for third month running
- International Car Show opens with focus on electric motors
- Portfolio of Singapore's Temasek Holdings climbs 32 per cent
- Shanghai stocks jump 2 per cent to one-month high
- Thai exports hit annual high in August
- Bank of Japan leaves rates unchanged, sees signs of recovery
- US manufacturing, commodity prices send Tokyo stocks up (Roundup)
- SIDEBAR: Call centre brings jobs to troubled Philippine city
- Business hangs tough in strife-torn southern Philippine city (Feature)
- Jewellery among world's priciest to go on show at Hong Kong fair
- Rise in US manufacturing, commodity prices sends Tokyo stocks up
Wednesday 16 September 2009
- Oracle sales swoon as businesses tighten belts
- US stocks continue hitting 2009 highs
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Archbishop of Canterbury calls for "repentance" from bankers
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Irish parliament debates setting up bad bank amid protests (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Zoellick: Recovery underway, but poor being left behind
- British financial regulator warning over penny share selling
- British unemployment reaches a 14-year high
- US inflation edges up slightly during August (Roundup)
- Ireland's parliament debates setting up bad bank amid protests
- German cabinet clears way for offshore wind farms
- Inflation edges up slightly in US during August
- Filipino remittances hit nearly 10 billion dollars in seven months
- Taiwan Mobile to acquire Carlyle's cable TV business in Taiwan
- Turnover in Swiss retail sector continued rise in July
- Analysts: Swiss interest rates to stay low
- Expert: Japan-Germany business ties becoming more dynamic
- Unemployment to rise even as recession ends, OECD says (Roundup)
- Unemployment to rise even as recession ends, OECD says
- Hong Kong shares surge 2.5 per cent to highest level of year
- Vietnamese porters rally to save three-wheelers at China border
- Taiwan tourism on the rise despite multiple crises
- Tokyo stocks end mixed as investors lock in profits (Roundup)
- Australian stocks follow Wall Street up
- Facebook grows and turns a profit
- Tokyo stocks rise on jump in US retail sales
Tuesday 15 September 2009
- Adobe buys Omniture for 1.8 billion dollars
- US stocks gain on Bernanke optimism, retail sales
- Study: Europe overtakes North America as world's richest region
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Governments must plan exit from financial sector, IMF says
- Bernanke: US recession "very likely" over (Roundup)
- Spain hits out at German role in Opel deal (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Reports: Citigroup seeks to shrink government's share
- Bernanke: US recession "very likely" over
- Zapatero increasingly under fire over Spain's economic crisis
- German government meets with European Opel stakeholder states
- Brussels extends probe into alleged illegal state aid to ING
- Swatch subsidiary comes under anti-trust investigation (Roundup)
- China urges G20 to agree to equal voice for developing nations
- German investor confidence rises in September
- Germany's Continental tyres opens Bangkok office
- Asian Development Bank provides fiscal stimulus loan to Vietnam
- Swiss industry sees no signs of recovery
- Ssangyong to cancel shares as part of rescue plan
- Swatch subsidiary comes under anti-trust investigation
- Japan stocks end mixed on earnings, yen worries (Roundup)
- Australian phone giant Telstra faces breakup
- Philippine unemployment rate inches up to 7.6 per cent in July
- Singapore's labour market stabilizes in second quarter
- One-bedroom Hong Kong flat sells for record 3.16 million US dollars
- Tokyo stocks mixed as selling picks up after initial gains
Monday 14 September 2009
- US stocks gain, Obama says need for bail-outs easing
- Intel announces reorganization
- Judge throws out Bank of America settlement over Merrill bonuses
- Yahoo to sell stake 150-million-dollar stake in Alibaba.com
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Lula predicts strong economic growth for Brazil in 2010
- Obama: Need for financial bail-outs easing, reforms needed (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Obama says need for financial bail-outs easing, urges reforms
- Sprint shares rise on report of Deutsche Telekom buyout
- Study: No "widespread" trade restrictions in recent months (Roundup)
- Eli Lilly to cut 5,500 jobs
- Magna plans to axe 10,500 Opel jobs in Europe (Roundup)
- Nordic banks say they won't quit Latvia
- EU sounds unemployment warning ahead of economic recovery (Roundup)
- Revenue per container down at Singapore's NOL
- FOR RELEASE AT 2201 GMT Carmakers brake emissions for the climate red light
- China requests WTO talks on US tyre tariffs (Roundup)
- Berlin to host meeting of European states with Opel plants
- Germany approves nearly 1,800 wind turbines in offshore seas
- Study: No "widespread" trade restrictions in recent months (1st Lead)
- Report: No "widespread" trade restrictions in recent months
- Bulgarian prices fall in economic recession
- Taiwan's Formosa Plastic to build deepwater port in Vietnam
- French government wants France Telecom to act on suicides
- Swiss producer and import price index rises, first since last year
- French give Sarkozy low grades on handling of crisis
- EU sounds unemployment warning ahead of economic recovery
- Sarkozy to walk out of G20 if executive bonuses are not capped
- Libya to acquire up to 10 per cent of brickmaker Wienerberger
- Japanese stocks drop on stronger yen (Roundup)
- China denies retaliation against US tyre tariffs
- Expatriates flee Hong Kong owing million of dollars in taxes
- Hong Kong gamblers bet more than 100 million dollars on horses
- Japanese stocks lose ground in early trading
- Taiwan islands to hold referendum on building casinos
Sunday 13 September 2009
- IATA: Air traffic in Mideast grows by 8.2 per cent in seven months
- Taiwan's export decline largest among four Asian dragons
- India's Jet Airways pilots end strike
- PREVIEW: Carmakers let the good times roll at upbeat Frankfurt show
Saturday 12 September 2009
- Austrian dairy farmers join European strike
- Jordan signs nuclear study deal with Belgium's Tractebel
- Indian airline strike enters fifth day (Roundup)
- No direct Austrian subsidies for Opel, but guarantees possible
- Report: Greater job losses feared at German Opel plants
- Indian airline strike enters fifth day
- US imposes tariff on Chinese tyres (Roundup)
- US imposes tariff on Chinese tyres
- BACKGROUND: Timeline of dramatic autumn after Lehman downfall
- BACKGROUND: Primary causes of the financial crisis
- One year on, lessons to be learned from Lehman collapse (Feature)
Friday 11 September 2009
- US stocks end week lower after five days of gains
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Microsoft-Yahoo deal draws antitrust probe
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Volkswagen to invest 4 billion euros in China
- Arab stocks upbeat on positive global sentiment
- Hurdles remain before closure of Opel deal (Roundup)
- (eca084): Shares in Russian carmaker continue upward on Opel news
- Shares in russian car-maker continue upward on Opel news
- Tough negotiations loom after Opel deal
- Spanish union threatens protests if Opel cuts jobs
- Ukraine central bank official quits, alleges corruption
- Mandelson: British Vauxhall plants not in danger
- Tokyo stocks dip on lower GDP growth, stronger yen (Roundup)
- Striking pilots, management of Indian airline to meet
- Japanese government revises GDP growth (Roundup)
- Clouds of pollution in Hong Kong seen as smoke signals of recovery
- Motorola introduces Android phone
- Tokyo stocks dip on stronger yen, lower growth forecast
- Revised data: Japanese economy grew 2.3 per cent in second quarter
Thursday 10 September 2009
- Morgan Stanley chief to step aside
- US stocks improve for fifth straight day
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- GM to sell off a majority stake in Opel subsidiary (Roundup)
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- GM to sell off 55 per cent of its Opel subsidiary (5th Lead)
- US poverty rate hits 11-year-high
- EU eyes 300 million euros to decommission Bulgarian nuclear plant
- GM to sell off 55 per cent of its Opel subsidiary (4th Lead)
- PROFILE: Magna: Car supply giant with small-scale philosophy available
- GM to sell off its Opel subsidiary (3rd Lead)
- GM plans to sell off its Opel unit (Urgent)
- GM set to announce sale of majority Opel stake (2nd Lead)
- China's economy improving but still needs stimulus, premier says
- European dairy farmers call for immediate strike (Roundup)
- GM to sell off its Opel unit, Berlin sources say (Extra)
- German farm group silent on dairy-supplier strike
- Pilots' strike grounds Indian airline for third day
- Asian Development Bank approves fiscal stimulus loan to Kazakhstan
- GM set to announce the fate of its European offshoot (1st Lead)
- Report: Dairy farmers in five countries to strike
- GM to end the uncertainty surrounding its European offshoot
- British supermarket chain sees 45 per cent jump in profits
- Shares rise 2.3 per cent in Seoul
- Tokyo stocks track US gains on hopes for recovery (Roundup)
- Japanese machinery orders fall 9.3 per cent in July
- More Australian give up looking for a job
- Tokyo stocks track US gains
- OPEC satisfied with prices, keeps oil output steady (Roundup)
Wednesday 09 September 2009
- Satisfied with prices, OPEC keeps oil output steady (2nd Lead)
- OPEC keeps oil output steady (Extra)
- Official cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent
- US central bank says economy picking up in most regions (Roundup)
- US stocks gain as Fed report suggests end to recession
- Fed says US economy stabilizing, picking up in most regions
- Satisfied with prices, OPEC to keep oil output steady (1st Lead)
- GM decision on Opel's future expected Thursday
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Czech lawmakers pass plan to boost car sales
- Daimler woos Toyota as fuel-cell partner
- Hungary hopes to improve wine-making image at Budapest festival
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- (eca 130) Swiss banker causes row with French financiers sell...) and adding 3rd graf for clarification
- IFA trade show sets sales record
- OPEC delegates to keep oil output steady
- Half of Europe's electronic online shops breach consumer rules
- Bangladesh seeks more investment from Germany
- Swiss banker causes row with French financiers
- Lufthansa Group reports drop in passengers in August
- Singapore finance minister warns against double-dip in economy
- Volkswagen plan would rev up power for apartments
- Chinese group joins consortium hoping to buy stake in Saab
- EMC Corp to invest 1.5 billion dollars in India
- Budget airline SkyEurope declared bankrupt
- Croatian labour unions squabble over protests
- Flights disrupted in India as pilots' strike enters second day
- Spain expects slow road to economic recovery
- EU trade chief urges China to ease barriers
- Czech inflation slows to 0.2 per cent, lowest in six years
- Small, big cars beat the recession in China (Feature)
- Tokyo stocks down on rising yen, lower bank ratings (Roundup)
- Richemont sees luxury-goods sales slip, outlook cautious
- Hong Kong bank launches world's first 150-dollar note
- Yen rises against dollar, sending Tokyo stocks down
- World Bank: Record business reforms as world faces down crisis
Tuesday 08 September 2009
- US stocks climb on oil, gold hikes
- Brazil contributes 10 billion dollars to IMF
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- US firm to build world's largest solar plant in China
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Estonia records surplus as Baltic recessions seen at bottom Eds. Adds comment from Latvijas Krajbanka and Danske Bank analysts (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: German economic rebound bolsters Merkel's election bid
- Report: Chinese company part of Saab takeover
- Chaos at Indian airports as private airline pilots strike (Roundup)
- German economic growth gains momentum as exports jump (Roundup)
- Singapore and Australia amend tax agreement
- Estonia records surplus as Baltic recessions seen at bottom
- Swiss unemployment rises slightly in August
- OECD forecasts social benefits from world recession
- German industrial production reports surprise fall in July
- Cathay Pacific boss accuses suppliers of overcharging airlines
- Czech economy shrinks by record 5.5 per cent in second quarter
- Hong Kong share surge more than 2 per cent, led by China banks
- France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to merge British subsidiaries
- World Economic Forum ranks Switzerland most competitive economy
- German exports jump 2.3 per cent in July (1st Lead)
- McDonald's loses Malaysia trademark battle against McCurry
- Chaos at Indian airports as pilots of private airline go on strike
- Tokyo stocks see-saw but close higher, helped by China gains (Roundup)
- German exports exceed expectations, jump 2.3 per cent in July
- Vietnam workers strike over lapsed insurance
- PREVIEW: OPEC expected to leave output levels unchanged
- Japan's current account surplus down 19.4 per cent in July
- Tokyo stocks down on stronger yen
- New Zealand currency at odds with weak growth prospects rates (Roundup)
- Treasury claims New Zealand's recession may be over
Monday 07 September 2009
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Migrant remittances to fall 5-8 per cent in 2009, says UNCTAD
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- IMF extends time limit for Hungary to draw on rescue loan
- Swedish Ministry: Koeniggsegg takeover of Saab looking "promising"
- World Bank to loan Jordan 300 million dollars
- Taiwan's consumer price index drops 0.81 per cent in August
- Swiss housing sector shows declines in Q2
- EU criticises planned US travel charge
- Poland's 2010 deficit forecast at 12.6 billion euros
- Sensex closes at 15-month high on positive global cues
- Lego bricks build up a profit
- Abu Dhabi to buy Singapore chip-maker Chartered Semiconductor
- Estonian records price fall for fourth straight month
- Thai shares up 2.12 per cent on Wall Street gains
- Malaysian court to decide in McDonald's-versus-McCurry battle
- Lower yen, Wall Street rises send Tokyo stocks up (Roundup)
- Australian job market brighter
- New Zealand dairy giant backs off public listing
- Japanese stocks higher in early trading
Sunday 06 September 2009
- Springer interest in Britain's ailing Independent newspaper: report
- Source: WTO approves state loans to Airbus
Saturday 05 September 2009
- G20 agree to continue stimulus spending to aid recovery (Roundup)
- G20 agree to continue stimulus spending to aid recovery (3rd Lead)
- G20 to continue driving recovery with government spending (2nd Lead)
- Malta dismissed "sensational" German reports on tax haven
- Senior South Africa taxi official gunned down
- Brown warns G20 against hasty rollback of stimulus plans (1st Lead)
- G20 ministers meet amid divisions over bonuses
Friday 04 September 2009
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Doha trade talks to resume after year-long impasse (Roundup)
- Officials start review of confidential WTO report on Airbus
- IMF offers Zimbabwe loan, but finance minister says no (Roundup)
- IMF offer loan for Zimbabwe, but minister warns it is unaffordable
- Lithuanian energy company to be liquidated (Roundup)
- Judge postpones Microsoft Word ban
- Ryanair to raise charges for check-in luggage by 50 per cent
- Dozens injured in brawl over Ukrainian brandy factory ownership
- Crowds ogle newest electronics at Berlin's IFA fair
- Arab markets volatile on world economy woes, fluctuating oil prices
- With deadlock broken, Doha talks to resume, India says (1st Lead)
- At 9.7 per cent, US unemployment rate highest in 26 years (Roundup)
- US unemployment rises to 9.7 per cent
- Spanish princess' sister to manage Barcelona's Asia relations
- PREVIEW: G20 to weigh exiting stimulus plans and bank bonus rules
- Deadlock in WTO talks broken, India says
- Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves hit record high in August
- Lithuanian energy company to be liquidated
- Japanese industry reducing investments
- IMF-head warns against return to "business as usual" mentality
- Hong Kong shares surge in biggest one-day gain in six weeks
- Tokyo stocks fall ahead of US unemployment report (Roundup)
- Philippine inflation rate slows to 0.1 per cent in August
- Asian high fliers lie low as private jets go on show in Hong Kong
- Tokyo stocks fall ahead of US unemployment report
Thursday 03 September 2009
- US stocks rally as retailers post gains
- Report: YouTube in Hollywood talks on movie rentals
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Europe steps up call for crackdown on bankers' bonuses
- DeLonghi forecasts big espresso growth among Germans
- ECB raises growth and inflation forecasts (Roundup)
- ECB raises growth forecasts, but keeps rates on hold (2nd Lead)
- Fiat to source auto parts worth 1 billion dollars from India
- Opel's future still open as GM mulls new investment plans (Roundup)
- Ukraine promises no "Christmas jokes" on gas deliveries
- ECB rates on hold, higher growth forecasts expected (1st Lead)
- ECB leaves rates on hold at 1 per cent (Urgent)
- Lufthansa completes takeover of Austrian Airlines (Roundup)
- Singapore Airlines delays delivery of Airbus superjumbo A380
- Trade ministers hold talks in New Delhi for a 2010 deal
- Lufthansa completes takeover of Austrian Airlines (1st Lead)
- Opel's future remains open as GM weighs new investment plans
- Norway pension fund drops Israeli company over link to barrier
- Lithuania has energy options besides Russia, says prime minister
- Merkel ally steps down as Thuringia state premier
- Axel Springer buys majority stake in StepStone
- Chinese stocks jump after government assurance on share prices
- OECD sees earlier-than-expected economic recovery
- Sweden's Central Bank to keep interest rate at 0.25 per cent
- French jobless rate climbs to 9.1 per cent in second quarter
- Britain warns against "early exit" from spending strategy
- France to impose carbon tax in 2010
- Lufthansa to complete takeover of Austrian Airlines
- Tokyo stocks close down on strengthening yen (Roundup)
- South Korean economy grows faster than expected at 2.6 per cent
- Macau's casinos take a record 1.41 billion US dollars in August
- Tokyo stocks fall as yen strengthens
- ECB set to raise growth forecasts but keep rates on hold
Wednesday 02 September 2009
- US stocks fall as Fed forecasts slow recovery
- US central bank sees economic recovery in coming months
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Zimbabwe cost of living eases as local produce returns to shelves
- PREVIEW: G20 to consider steps to exit crisis stimulus plans
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Austrian instead of Turkish firms to build dam in Bulgaria
- EU finance ministers agree to curb bankers' bonuses (Roundup)
- Rudd, Merkel want new global financial market rules
- Taiwan oil firm signs deal to produce biofuels in Indonesia
- Green technology to rule at this month's Frankfurt car show
- OECD: Iceland could benefit from the euro, better bank supervision
- China's stability promotes global recovery, World Bank says
- BP announces discovery of "giant" oil field in Gulf of Mexico
- German car-buyers' scheme runs out of cash
- Liechtenstein and Germany sign tax deal
- Australia's economy defies global gloom
- Ukraine President Yushchenko gives OK to Russia gas deal
- Europe on recovery path as consumer spending picks up (Roundup)
- China plans Asia's largest ski resort in far west
- EU finance ministers declare war on bankers' bonuses
- Europe on the path to recovery from recession
- Dutch plan new windpark far out in North Sea
- Tokyo stocks decline on strengthening yen (Roundup)
- Singapore's economy expected to shrink less than earlier predicted
- Nepal tourism looking up following slump
- China's market reforms "slowing down," EU business group says
- Sony plans to come out with 3-D TV next year, newspaper says
- Fall on Wall Street, rise in yen send Tokyo stocks sharply down
- China grants Bangkok Bank yuan-clearinghouse license
Tuesday 01 September 2009
- Bank shares drive Wall Street lower
- Gmail outage challenges Google engineers
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Increase in manufacturing a sign of improving economy, Obama says
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Cash-for-clunkers programme boosts US car sales in August
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- eBay announces deal to sell Skype
- Austrian passes law to leave tax-haven status behind
- IMF relaxes lending conditions for Serbia, wants reforms Eds, adds quotes, details on IMF returning in October (Roundup)
- Thousands stranded as SkyEurope files for bankruptcy (Roundup)
- Slovakia-owned budget airline stops British flights
- IMF relaxes lending conditions for Serbia
- Indian national Suri to head Nokia Siemens joint venture
- Telefonica and Portugal Telecom sell stakes in Morocco's Meditel
- European unemployment rose in June despite recession abating (Roundup)
- Jobs market holds up as German election nears (Roundup)
- India's exports decline for 10th month in a row
- Zimbabwe government demands 50 per cent of all diamond investment
- Budget carrier SkyEurope ends flights, files for bankruptcy
- Eurozone unemployment hits ten-year high
- Minister: Confidential client data not necessarily from Swiss banks
- European Central Bank makes money from crisis
- Jobs market holds up as German election nears (1st Lead)
- South Korean market shares rise 2 per cent
- German retail sales rise in July as consumers gain confidence
- Unemployment falls as German election enters crucial stage
- Brown urges action on bonuses but cool on Franco-German proposals
- Swiss GDP falls 0.3 per cent in second quarter
- Tokyo stocks rise on lower yen (Roundup)
- Singapore's DBS Group appoints Citi's Piyush Gupta as CEO
- Tokyo stocks rise on lower yen
- Unemployment set to rise as German election enters crucial stage
- Hong Kong sees visitor numbers plunge by more than 12 per cent
- Boeing executive quits after Dreamliner delays
Monday 31 August 2009
- Budget carrier SkyEurope stops flying, files for bankruptcy
- US stocks close lower after worldwide decline
- US files for disclosure of 4,500 Swiss accounts
- Attention Editors
- Prague airport threatens end to SkyEurope flights over unpaid fees
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Disney captures Spider-Man's Marvel for 4 billion dollars
- Swiss "unaware" of client data transfer to France (Roundup)
- WTO: Brazil may impose 295 million in trade sanctions on US
- The lights go out for inefficient bulbs
- PREVIEW: Tepid growth, low inflation keeps the lid on European rates
- State aid to Opel cannot be linked to German jobs, EU says
- We are going! South Africans hop aboard new public transport system
- Swiss say unaware of client data transfer to France (1st Lead)
- Germany expects surge in Brazilian orders as world cup takes shape
- Report: 40 per cent of Croatia's arable land unfarmed
- No Swiss confirmation on handover of banking data to France
- Recession leads to media giant Bertelsmann posting first-half loss
- China's stimulus fails to boost South-East Asia, analysts say
- European consumer prices gain ground in August
- Builder Strabag boosts profits by 29 per cent in second quarter
- Chinese stocks plummet by 7 per cent
- Nordea buys regional Danish banking group
- India's economy grows 6.1 per cent showing slight recovery
- ADB, Japan boost preschool access among Mongolia's poor
- Stronger yen erases early gains on Tokyo market (Roundup)
- Taiwan, China launch regular cross-strait flights (1st Lead)
- Stronger yen erases early gains at Tokyo market
- Japan's industrial output up 1.9 per cent in July
- Taiwan, China launch regular cross-strait flights
- Romance recession-proof in Hong Kong where weddings cost dear
Sunday 30 August 2009
- Bangladesh to open more overseas missions to boost labour export
- Taiwan, China to launch regular cross-strait flights Monday (Roundup)
- Jordan to sign deal with Estonian firm for oil shale exploitation
- Taiwan, China to launch regular cross-strait flights Monday
Saturday 29 August 2009
- Thai air conditioner makers worry about Chinese imports
Friday 28 August 2009
- US stocks decline despite upbeat tech forecasts
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- German finance minister wants markets to bear cost of crisis (Roundup)
- Brussels clears Lufthansa-Austrian takeover deal (2nd Roundup)
- Icelandic parliament approves compensation for foreign bank savers
- Poland's GDP up 1.1 per cent, beating expectations (Roundup)
- Arab stocks rebound on global recovery signs, rising oil prices
- "Worst is over" for Spain's economy, Zapatero says
- German finance minister wants markets to bear cost of crisis
- Brussels clears Lufthansa-Austrian takeover deal (Roundup)
- British economy continues to shrink in second quarter
- European economic confidence hits 10-month high (Roundup)
- China Unicom confirms iPhone deal with Apple
- Spain lags behind rest of EU in recovering from crisis (News Feature)
- Brussels clears Lufthansa-Austrian deal (1st Lead)
- Brussels clears Lufthansa-Austrian deal (Urgent)
- European economic mood brightens on growth hopes, survey shows
- Toyota to close first auto plant
- Latvian Prime Minister welcomes fresh IMF cash injection
- Tourism down 6 per cent in Asia-Pacific in first half of 2009
- Poland's GDP up 1.1 per cent, beating expectations
- Merkel calls for end to uncertainty over GM's European arm
- Decline in Spanish consumer prices slows
- Report: Uganda's oil reserves could reach six billion barrels
- Serbia signs 100-million-dollar arms deal with Iraq
- Tokyo stocks up on Wall Street rise (Roundup)
- Austria's biggest steel maker phases out short working hours
- Vietnam exports to Germany fall in first half of 2009
- Japan's jobless rate breaks post-war record (Roundup)
- Tokyo stocks up on Wall Street rise, gains capped by stronger yen
- European pressure on greedy bankers mounts (News Feature)
- Japanese jobless rate breaks post-war record
Thursday 27 August 2009
- Dell profit drops 23 per cent but beats expectations
- US stocks gain on GDP report, oil rise
- IMF agrees to give Latvia next tranche of bail-out cash
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Former Stanford CFO pleads guilty in fraud scheme
- Austria's Volksbank to slash 700 jobs in Eastern Europe
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Software group to go ahead and buy Pirate Bay site (Roundup)
- Estonian economy to contract by 14.5 per cent, says government
- Belarus President Lukashenko admits fixing vote result downward
- Denmark trims lending rate to 1.35 per cent
- Shopworkers' union pickets German embassy in Lithuania
- German inflation posts unexpected rise
- Croatian farmers protest over prices of wheat
- US recession easing: GDP unchanged at 1-per-cent drop (Roundup)
- US GDP estimate unchanged at 1 per cent contraction
- Choppy ride for software group that wants Pirate Bay site
- IATA: Demand for air travel, freight improving, but revenues down
- Britain's financial regulator backs tax to curb bonus payments
- Liechtenstein's banks report profits despite outflows
- German consumer confidence hits 15-month high (2nd Roundup)
- China Unicom set to announce iPhone deal, report says
- Nokia to offer mobile financial service, creates new unit
- Belgium's Fortis posts profit after bank sale
- Spain's economic decline slows
- India announces new trade policy to reverse declining exports
- US rules SAP must pay 138.6-million-dollar fine
- (eca 041): Aer Lingus deep in the red in first half of 2009
- Volvo truck deliveries halved in July
- Swiss Baloise reports upbeat first half
- Glencore reports plunge in revenues, income
- Aer Lingus deep in the red in first half of 2009
- German consumer confidence hits 15-month high (Roundup)
- Credit Agricole racks up strong gains in second quarter
- Tokyo stocks down on profit-taking, stronger yen (Roundup)
- German consumer confidence rises on economic optimism
- Philippine economy grows 1.5 per cent in second quarter of 2009
- Tokyo markets fall on profit-taking
Wednesday 26 August 2009
- Choppy session for US markets despite positive housing report
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- African countries seek reparations in Austria over Madoff case
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Austria to loosen banking secrecy rules
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Merkel says GM still plans to sell Opel
- Czech Airlines slips into red; doubts grow about privatization
- Polish national bank keeps interest rate steady amidst inflation
- Nissan to temporarily sack 2,000 people in Spain
- German import prices plunge as energy costs fall
- Swiss Life first half profits slump, job cuts announced
- Vienna doubles trade-in fund for old bikes as applicants line up
- Liechtenstein and Luxembourg sign double taxation deal
- Estonian central bank warns on budget deficit
- German business confidence rises to one year high (Roundup)
- French banks report losses: Natixis stock still rises
- Singapore's factory output jumps 12.4 per cent in July
- Siemens boost business in China with metal company acqiuisitions
- Heineken reports positive half-year results after cost-cutting
- German business confidence rises more than forecast (1st Lead)
- US becomes largest foreign investor in Vietnam
- Tokyo stocks bounce back on Wall Street's overnight gains (Roundup)
- Reports: Toyota to cut production capacity by 220,000 units
- Tokyo stocks bounce back on Wall Street's overnight gains
- Japan's trade surplus triples in July to 4 billion dollars
- Edison's revenge as Germans rush to buy up last light bulbs (Feature)
- German business confidence set to rise, analysts forecast
Tuesday 25 August 2009
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- France to act on bonuses paid to bankers
- Obama reappoints Bernanke as Fed chief (2nd Roundup)
- London Stock Exchange quotations
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- PROFILE: Bernanke: The face of the US financial crisis
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Opel crisis talks yield no results for troubled carmaker (2nd Roundup)
- Yahoo to buy Arabic internet portal Maktoob
- Siemens banned in Bangladesh for World Bank-financed projects
- White House projects 9-trillion-dollar deficit over 10 years
- Greenpeace: Tuna could be fished to extinction by 2048
- IMF: Belarus's economy improving, but foreign reserves short
- Battle over Opel carmaker's future enters new round (Roundup)
- US consumer confidence rises in August
- Obama reappoints Bernanke as Fed chief (Roundup)
- Battle over Opel carmaker's future enters new round (3rd Lead)
- Polish retail sales rise
- Former Pirate Bay internet provider suspects sabotage
- Battle over Opel carmaker's future intensifies (2nd Lead)
- Obama reappoints Bernanke as Fed chief (1st Lead)
- Obama reappoints Bernanke as Fed chief (Urgent)
- Wanted: New economic growth model for China (News Feature)
- GM still aiming for Opel sale - to RHJI (Extra)
- Recession hits Air Berlin's second-quarter earnings
- General Motors wants to keep Opel (1st Lead)
- Indian opposition leader attacks party top brass
- Fall in tourist arrivals eases off in Singapore
- New Zealand government extends bank retail deposit guarantee
- Singapore's Temasek issues new charter as overseas investment rises
- Report: General Motors wants to keep Opel
- European Investment Bank says Saab loan decision delayed
- China's premier warns against dangers for economy
- Germany exits recession on government stimulus measures (Roundup)
- Economic crisis leaves Germany with gaping budget deficit
- Tokyo stocks edge down on profit-taking (Roundup)
- Trade visitors to Hong Kong drop by 9 per cent as recession bites
- Tokyo stocks edge down on profit-taking
- Reports: President Obama to reappoint Fed chief Bernanke
- Cash-for-clunkers ends in US after month-long run
Monday 24 August 2009
- Oil up, banks down as Wall Street moves in all directions
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Reader's Digest files for bankruptcy
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Facebook plans to boost staff by 50 per cent
- Mad rush for deals as cash-for-clunkers ends in US
- India to host talks on reviving Doha trade talks
- Bangladesh awards exploration rights in three offshore gas blocks
- China Mobile, Taiwan's HTC to jointly develop smartphones in China
- Study: Countries expected to raise highest income tax rates
- Berlin wants Opel talks with GM as political tensions rise (Roundup)
- Recession causes declines in trans-Alpine cargo traffic, say Swiss
- Swedish minister says corruption undermines aid
- India's Sensex rises 2.5 per cent on global rally
- IMF checking Serbia's compliance with standby loan
- Berlin to hold Opel talks with GM as political tensions mount
- Taiwan's export orders fall 8.77 per cent in July
- ADB approves 500-million-dollar loan for Philippines
- Singapore shares soar 2.65 per cent
- Taiwan jobless rate rose to over 6 per cent in July
- Eurozone industrial new orders jump more than forecast
- Sulzer downbeat on expectations for 2009
- Taiwan stocks close 2.76 per cent higher
- Nikkei up 3 per cent on hopes of economic recovery (Roundup)
- Australian stocks follow Wall Street up
- Philippine stocks soars 5.11 per cent
- Thai economy could grow 3.5 per cent in 2009, think tank says
- Nikkei up 3 per cent on hopes of economic recovery, stable politics
Sunday 23 August 2009
- First-ever Japanese fashion show opens in Yangon
Saturday 22 August 2009
- White House turns gloomier on long-term budget deficit - reports
- China Mobile picks Taiwan firm to supply electronic readers
- Spain's BBVA bank gets US help in Guaranty Bank takeover (Roundup)
- Spain's BBVA bank gets US help in Guaranty Bank takeover
Friday 21 August 2009
- Report: GM executives, board, split over Opel fate
- US stocks cap strong week as oil tops highest price of 2009
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Mozambique: 2009 exports fall 36 per cent due to financial crisis
- Ex-UBS banker and informant gets 40 months in prison (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Former UBS banker sentenced to 40 months in prison by US
- Bernanke: World "beginning to emerge" from recession
- Trading halted in software group that wants Pirate Bay site
- Arab stocks slip on profit taking, retreat of global markets
- China says economy to expand 8.5 per cent in third quarter
- Spanish tourism declines by 10 per cent
- Frankfurt airport clears court hurdle in expansion drive
- Economic gloom in Europe lifts, surveys show
- VW shares jump in wake of share probe during Porsche takeover bid
- Drought-hit India will import food to meet shortage
- Nobel laureate encourages Asia to decouple from West
- Global economic downturn hits conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk
- Vietnam farmers stimulus package stalled over red tape
- Stronger yen drags Tokyo stocks down (Roundup)
- Parents in slump-hit Hong Kong refuse to cut spending on children
- Stronger yen drags Tokyo stocks down
Thursday 20 August 2009
- US stocks gain on possible AIG repayment, economic indicators
- Cash-for-clunkers scheme sputters to sudden halt (Roundup)
- Cash-for-clunkers comes to sudden end
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- US charges Swiss bank executive and lawyer with aiding tax evasion
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- UBS shares up after deal, government profits on bank exit (Roundup)
- Germany's Steigenberger hotel chain sold to Eygpt's Travco
- Prosecutors raid Porsche offices in share probe (Roundup)
- Prosecutors raid Porsche offices in share probe
- US economic index climbs for fourth straight month (Roundup)
- US economic index climbs for fourth straight month
- Swiss government says made 1b dollar profit on exit from UBS (Extra)
- Taiwan travel agency to send tourists to North Korea
- Egypt signs 30 million dollar oil agreements with US Apache Corp
- Bundesbank predicts German Q3 economic rebound
- German Finance Minister defends Hypo Real Estate rescue
- Giant miner Rio Tinto's profit slides
- German governments place tough restrictions on GM in Opel deal
- UBS shares up after US deal - government exit from bank (1st Lead)
- Taiwan's economy shrinks 7.54 per cent in second quarter
- Deutsche Bahn's profit hit by economic downturn
- Vienna Airport profits fall 44 per cent in second quarter
- China stocks recover ground
- India's Bharti, South Africa's MTN extend merger talks
- Fresh top-level GM talks scheduled with Opel-bidder Magna
- Swiss exports, including watches, show modest decline
- Saab no longer under bankruptcy protection
- UBS shares up following deal with US, government exit from bank
- Holcim sales and profits plunge with construction decline
- Steelmaker voestalpine makes quarterly loss as demand stays weak
- Tokyo stocks up on US market's overnight rise (Roundup)
- Royal Ahold presents positive second-quarter results
- Harry Potter-style ads to run in US magazine
- Thailand opens third investment-luring office in China
- Tokyo stocks up on US market's overnight rise
Wednesday 19 August 2009
- US stocks gain after jump in energy shares
- MySpace to acquire social music startup iLike
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Merkel advisor defends 100-billion-euro HRE rescue at inquiry
- UBS to give US data on 4,450 accounts as deal reached (Roundup)
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Ukraine halts freight trains to Slovakia over radiation fears
- UBS says Swiss-US deal resolves "pressing issue" (Extra)
- IRS calls UBS deal "big victory" for United States (Extra)
- Swiss bankers group welcomes deal with US (Extra)
- Swiss-US sign deal on UBS, to see handover of client data (2nd Lead)
- Swiss-US sign deal on UBS, to see handover of client data (1st Lead)
- URGENT Swiss-US sign deal on UBS, hand over of client data
- EU anti-trust fines exceeded 10 billion euros in 2004-09 (Roundup)
- Details expected on Swiss-US deal on UBS
- EU anti-trust fines exceeded 10 billion euros in 2004-09
- Germany sets out action plan to promote electric cars (Roundup)
- Australia's Macquarie to buy US fund manager Delaware Investments
- Electric cars focus of German government action plan
- Indonesian shares fall 2.53 per cent
- German producer prices post biggest fall in 60 years
- China markets pulled down by declines in resource stocks
- Hong Kong signs trade deals to help develop southern China
- Thailand's exports down 25.7 per cent in July
- Japan market down on Shanghai market decline (Roundup)
- Japan market ends morning lower on Shanghai market falls
- Toyota to get lithium-ion batteries for hybrids from Sanyo
Tuesday 18 August 2009
- GM boosts production to meet cash-for-clunkers demand
- US stocks gain on retail earnings, financials
- Volkswagen workers in Mexico on strike
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
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- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Popular Reader's Digest magazine files for bankruptcy
- HRE inquiry told banks were unaware of problems
- Warsaw hoping for Qatari state involvement in threatened shipyards
- WTO appellate court rejects US appeal on anti-dumping
- EU says member states should share tax data to fight VAT fraud
- Serbian economic outlook deteriorates, IMF expert says
- GM, Konigsegg ink Saab deal but financing questions remain (Roundup)
- Turkey and Qatar discuss energy cooperation, possible pipeline
- Orange gets contract to introduce Third Generation service in Jordan
- Debt-hit Schaeffler group secures bank finance
- Australia signs multibillion-dollar LNG deal with China
- Exploding iPhones are "isolated cases", Apple tells the EU
- Jordan's income from tourism up 2.3 per cent
- German investor confidence surged in August (Roundup)
- Recovery hopes rise as Hong Kong jobless total holds steady
- Singapore's Temasek has no deadline to find new chief executive
- Consortium inks deal with GM to purchase Saab (1st Lead)
- German investor confidence soars in August
- Indonesian shares fall 2.09 per cent
- Australia accuses Emirates airlines of price fixing
- Schindler reports 17-per-cent drop in orders
- Jordan's oil shale deal with Shell comes into force
- OPEC oil price falls by 3.10 dollars
- Brickmaker Wienerberger to close more plants
- Bangkok's hotels suffer lowest occupancy rates since 1997 crisis
- Swedish consortium close to purchase of Saab: report
- Tokyo stocks up on bargain-hunting (Roundup)
- Higher costs expected in Cambodia stretch of Trans-Asia Railway
- ANALYSIS: Australia's economy discharges itself from hospital
- Tokyo stocks down after Wall Street plunge
Monday 17 August 2009
- US markets follow global sell-off on fresh economic fears
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
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- ANALYSIS: An economic recovery takes shape, but how long, how strong?
- Bulgaria steps up labour controls
- Air China increases stake in Cathay Pacific to 30 per cent
- Indian shares drop more than 4 per cent on global cues (Roundup)
- Bulgaria plunges deeper into recession
- Banks start issuing chequebooks again
- Fall in shipping volume eases at Singapore's Neptune Lines
- Chinese shares drop more than 5 per cent on pessimistic outlook
- Thai shares tumble 3.4 per cent on US worries
- Foreign investment plummets 36 per cent in China (Roundup)
- Indian shares drop more than 3 per cent on global cues
- Singapore shares drop 3.25 per cent
- Sony Ericsson to change mangement, board chairman
- Hong Kong stocks fall sharply on economic recovery worries
- Japan's economy grows for first time in five quarters (Roundup)
- India gears up to tackle worst drought in two decades (News Feature)
- Swedish banking group Swedbank to issue new share offer
- Remittances hit record-high 1.5 billion dollars in June
- China reports weaker foreign trade in July
- Nikkei lose 3 per cent despite economy uptick (Roundup)
- Singapore's key exports fell the least in ten months in July
- Philippine shares shed 2.7 per cent
- Airport traffic in Hong Kong shows signs of recovery
- Report: Fiat 500 to be built in Mexico for US market
- China reaches iron ore price deal with Fortescue
- Tokyo stocks down on Wall Street losses despite economy uptick
- Japan's economy grows first time in five quarters (1st Lead)
- Japan's economy grows first time in five quarters (Urgent)
Sunday 16 August 2009
- Singapore prime minister says financial "eye of storm" has passed
- Australia's biggest cotton producer up for sale
Saturday 15 August 2009
- Low-cost airline forced to bus passengers to another country
- Protesting steelworkers confront police in central China
- Report: Swedish consortium interested in Volvo Cars
- China signs investment agreement with ASEAN
- (eca 001): US begins going after UBS clients
- US beings going after UBS clients
Friday 14 August 2009
- US stock decline pushes indices lower for the week
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
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- International stock market quotations
- Qatar takes stake in VW-Porsche group (2nd Roundup)
- PROFILE: Qatar's Porsche investor emir is Gulf's most modern monarch
- Russian investor to buy troubled German shipyard
- Qatar takes stake in VW-Porsche group (Roundup)
- Travellers suffer delays in Kenya as strike hits airport
- US consumer prices unchanged in July
- Energy group Vattenfall not to bid for bigger stake in Polish group
- Arab stocks upbeat over improving global indicators
- Porsche shares surge as VW aims to be world number one carmaker
- Britain announces loan for Airbus A350
- Boeing admits Dreamliner fuselage problems, stops work in Italy
- Finnish carrier Finnair to cut 200 jobs
- Drink provisions for farm workers rile Muslims in Italy
- Share prices boost Norwegian state oil fund
- Eurozone inflation revised down to minus 0.7 per cent (Roundup)
- Swatch sales down in first half, outlook upbeat
- Eurozone inflation revised down to minus 0.7 per cent
- Profit down, shares up, for Australian builder Leighton
- Recession drives steelmaker ThyssenKrupp into quarterly loss
- Spain's recession slows down
- South Korea's trade deficit with Japan snowballs
- Nikkei hits 10-month high on US market's gains (Roundup)
- Disney to expand theme park with more rides
- Former Samsung chief found guilty over bond deal
- Nikkei hits 10-month high on US market's gains
Thursday 13 August 2009
- US stocks post gains on back of financials
- HRE shareholders rally against government squeeze-out
- Wal-Mart in black, but still cutting costs
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- GM seeking aid pledge from EU governments (2nd Roundup)
- Porsche, VW supervisory boards agree to merger (2nd Roundup)
- GM seeking aid pledge from EU governments (Extra)
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- Iceland's central bank keeps interest rate at 12 per cent
- Ford to boost production as "cash-for-clunkers" brings in buyers
- VW supervisory board agrees to fusion with Porsche (Roundup)
- Denmark trims lending rate to 1.45 per cent
- Opel saga a step closer to end as Magna finalizes bid (Roundup)
- US retail sales post surprise fall in July
- Opel saga a step closer to end as Magna finalizes bid (2nd Lead)
- VW supervisory board agrees to fusion with Porsche (1st Lead)
- VW supervisory board agrees to fusion with Porsche (Urgent)
- Taiwan to supply fighter engine cases for US jets
- Europe still in recession, but worst maybe over (Roundup)
- Magna says deal reached with GM on Opel bid (1st Lead)
- Magna says all issues cleared with GM in Opel bid (Urgent)
- Europe still in recession, Q2 estimates show (2nd Lead)
- German luxury fashion house Escada goes bankrupt
- India signs partial free-trade pact with ASEAN (Roundup)
- Swiss figures show first negative investment income since 1947
- India signs partial free-trade pact with ASEAN
- EU regulators clear GM components acquisitions
- Indonesian shares surge 2.09 per cent
- Production resumed at Ssangyong Motor after strike
- Europe still in recession, Q2 estimates show (1st Lead)
- Europe still in recession, Q2 estimates show (Urgent)
- Germany and France climb out of recession as Q2 growth rises
- Quarterly GDP boost indicates end of German recession (Roundup)
- Vietnam weighs inflation risk of further stimulus
- China Southern Airlines opens subsidiary in Taiwan
- Australian stocks follow Wall Street up
- France climbs out of recession with surprise second quarter growth
- German economy emerges from recession (1st Lead)
- Tokyo stocks rise on positive assessment of US economy (Roundup)
- ***** German economy grows by 0.3 per cent in 2nd quarter (Urgent)
- Little Laos proves largely immune to global crisis (Feature)
- Tokyo stocks rise on positive assessment of US economy
- SingTel profits up 7.7 per cent in first quarter
Wednesday 12 August 2009
- US stocks rally on Fed outlook
- WTO panel says China not complying on audiovisual products (Roundup)
- US Fed sees recovery as interest rates kept at 0 per cent (Roundup)
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- WTO panel says China not complying on audiovisual products
- US Fed keeps interest rates steady near 0 per cent (1st Lead)
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- US Fed keeps interest rates steady near 0 per cent
- Swiss, US agree to deal on UBS (Roundup)
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- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Report: Brazil reduces its holdings of US Treasury titles
- Microsoft teams up with Nokia
- German car parts group Continental resolves power wrangle
- Danish-owned wind blade factories in Britain closed after protests
- Taiwan urgently repairs undersea cables damaged during typhoon
- Swiss, US agree to deal on UBS (1st Lead)
- Russia planning cash-for-old-cars scheme
- Swiss, US agree to deal on UBS (Urgent)
- German computer-game market blasts through as trade fair approaches
- Norwegian central bank keeps lead rate at 1.25 per cent
- British unemployment at 14-year high; economy "fragile" (Roundup)
- SAS airline remains in the red after weak quarter (Roundup)
- China: Rio arrests "isolated," part of corruption clampdown (Roundup)
- Escada paves way for bankruptcy
- E.ON posts better half-year results, cites new markets (Roundup)
- Estonian recession "reaches bottom;" 16.6 per cent drop in 2Q
- Singapore's SingTel expands mobile customer base by 33 per cent
- Australian bank shows remarkable resilience
- Energy group sees rising world oil demand, production
- Hong Kong stocks fall 3 per cent in investor sell-off
- Miner BHP Billiton's golden run over
- Indonesian shares fall 2.16 per cent
- British unemployment up to highest level since mid-1990s
- European industrial production falls in June
- EON posts better-than-expected results for first half
- Britain's Lloyds Bank sells asset management arm of HBOS
- Nestle reports small dip in sales
- Profit surges at Kia Motors in second quarter
- SAS airline remains in the red after weak quarter
- ING posts modest second quarter profits, but disappoints analysts
- Tokyo market dips on Wall Street's overnight losses (Roundup)
- Chinese official: Rio Tinto mining arrests "isolated case" (2nd Lead)
- Tokyo market dips on Wall Street's overnight losses
- China arrests Australian mining executive, three others (1st Lead)
- China formally arrests Australian mining executive, three others
Tuesday 11 August 2009
- Microsoft, Nokia to announce alliance Wednesday
- Madoff's former finance chief admits to role in fraud
- US stock sell-off led by financial firms
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
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- GM says Volt will guzzle just 1 litre per 100 kilometres (Roundup)
- Hungary "set to meet its 3.8 per cent budget deficit target"
- GM says plug-in Volt will guzzle just 1 litre per 100 kilometres
- Compromise expected in Continental power struggle
- China rejects EU charges of unfair trade in aluminium wheels
- Jaguar secures private funds after "onerous" state offer (Roundup)
- British government welcomes private finance for Jaguar Land Rover
- China's exports continue to decrease
- Tokyo stocks close stronger on rising business confidence (Roundup)
- China's consumer prices down, retail sales up in July
- Adecco reports loss, shrinking revenues in second quarter
- Singapore's GDP jumps 20.7 per cent in second quarter (Roundup)
- China mulls bid for Australian coal miner
- South Korea keeps key interest rate unchanged at 2 per cent
- Hong Kong tourist numbers down as economic woes bite
- Keyword is "weak" as Bank of Japan holds benchmark rate steady
- Tokyo stocks rise slightly in morning trading
- Singapore's GDP jumps 20.7 per cent in second quarter
Monday 10 August 2009
- US stocks down after last week's rally
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
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- GM and eBay? US carmaker looks to auction site to revive sales
- Conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk to phase out Danish shipyard
- Taiwan allows Chinese tourists to use Chinese credit card in Taiwan
- Croatia's President Mesic challenges crisis tax
- Brochure of Sicily as Mafia's "cradle" angers locals
- Recession worsens as top banker quits in Latvia
- New ferry line links South Korea with neighbours
- Chinese banks rebound as Hong Kong stocks close near 12-month high
- Crisis shifts balance of economic power to Asia, WTO economist says
- Tokyo stocks rise on positive economic figures (Roundup)
- South Korea posts manufacturing output gain in second quarter
- Toy museum proposed to showcase Hong Kong's role in global industry
- Philippine stocks surge more than 2 per cent
- ASEAN visa exemptions cost Cambodia 14.1 million US dollars
- Tokyo stocks rise on positive economic data
- Japanese machinery orders rise in June
Sunday 09 August 2009
- French advertising firm Publicis buys Microsoft agency
- Taiwan ex-vice president sets condition for signing China pact
- Serbia doing too little for IMF loan, central bank chief warns
- Report: Some US carmakers running out of small cars for clunkers
Saturday 08 August 2009
- Singapore premier warns of more job losses in 2009
- GM plans to return to stock market in 2010
Friday 07 August 2009
- Nortel head Zafirovski to step down
- Jobless report boosts US stocks
- Ford to cut more than half of suppliers
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Merck, Schering-Plough stockholders approve merger (Roundup)
- US job losses slowed in July by 6.7 million STED reached that figure (Roundup)
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- Merck stockholders approve Schering-Plough acquisition
- RHJI improves bid for Opel as GM and Magna set to meet
- Another quarter of losses for Magna as it bids for Opel (Roundup)
- US job losses slowed in July (1st Lead)
- US unemployment dips to 9.4 per cent
- Judge delays hearing in UBS case in US
- US insurer AIG posts first profit since 2007
- June surge in exports seen as sign of German recovery (Roundup)
- Taiwan's exports fall 24.4 per cent in July
- European central banks: Annual gold sales capped at 400 tons
- RBS back in the black as bad debts rise (Roundup)
- Another quarter of losses for Magna as it bids for Opel
- Italy's economy shrinks 0.5 per cent in second quarter
- German industrial production levels off in June
- Singapore shares end 2 per cent lower
- Nationalized German bank HRE posts billion-euro loss
- Hong Kong stocks fall 2.5 per cent on China liquidity fears
- Insurer Allianz reports higher profits, warns against overconfidence
- German exports surge in June (2nd Lead)
- German exports post slight gain in June (1st Lead)
- Estonian consumer prices drop for third consecutive month
- US unemployment, poor earnings reports spook Tokyo investors (Roundup)
- RBS makes 25 million dollar profit as bad debts rise
- Australia's stimulated economy feeling frisky (News Feature)
- US Senate approves extra cash for clunkers
- Philippine stocks down more than 2 per cent on Wall Street fall
- India-Korea trade pact to help India-based carmakers (News Feature)
- Boomtown Washington: US capital a bright spot in crisis (Feature)
- US unemployment, poor earnings reports spook investors in Tokyo
- Singapore's DBS Bank posts 15-per-cent fall in quarterly profit
- German exports post strong gain in June, analysts forecast
Thursday 06 August 2009
- Stocks fall ahead of unemployment figures
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
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- AIG ex-chief to pay millions in fraud investigation
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- ECB chief expresses concern on taxing Italian gold reserves (Extra)
- Europe's rates on hold as economic hopes emerge (2nd Roundup)
- GM denies speculation that Magna has won Opel bid
- Rates on hold as ECB faces up to new challenges (Roundup)
- Czech central bank cuts key interest rate to record low
- Rates on hold as ECB faces up to new challenges (2nd Lead)
- Rates on hold as ECB faces up to new challenges (1st Lead)
- Trial starts in 320-million-euro damage case against HRE
- ECB leaves rates on hold at 1 per cent (Urgent)
- Bank of England boosts money supply but leaves rates unchanged
- "Cash for bangers" scheme boosts British car sales in July
- German factory orders surge as foreign demand grows
- Commerzbank reports fourth consecutive quarterly loss
- Environment services group Veolia profits down 55 per cent
- Deutsche Telekom second-quarter profits up 32 per cent
- Zurich Financial Services: second quarter profit down
- Indian bank employees strike for higher wages
- Striking workers at South Korean carmaker end occupation
- Britain's ITV broadcaster posts steep losses
- Singapore trade minister: Too early to see sustained recovery
- Bargain hunting sends Tokyo stocks up (Roundup)
- South Korea and India to sign bilateral trade agreement
- Vietnamese prime minister says stimulus package is working
- Job market holds steady in Australia
- Rates expected to stay on hold as ECB faces up to new challenges
- Bargain hunting sends Tokyo stocks up
- Unemployment increases in New Zealand to 6 per cent
- Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines posts quarterly loss
Wednesday 05 August 2009
- Cisco profit drops 46 per cent
- Stocks drop on service industry losses, job downturn
- Murdoch's News Corp in the red with ad revenue plunge
- GM's new chairman expects profits "sooner" than thought
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Chief of Austrian oil group OMV faces insider trading charges
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Taiwan's consumer price index marks sharpest fall in 40 years
- Lloyds Bank hit by toxic debts from emergency takeover (Roundup)
- German government agrees measures to fight tax evasion
- Japanese carmakers, electricity providers to promote electric cars
- Deutsche Boerse shares slump after profits fall 34 per cent
- 50 injured as South Korean police raid plant to end strike
- Brussels approves German support for green products
- Thai manufacturing output down 16.5 per cent in first half of 2009
- Societe Generale posts net profit; figures down from 08 levels
- Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves hit record high in July
- Novartis makes early shipment of seasonal flu shots to US
- ANALYSIS: GM playing for time with Opel bids
- Indonesian central bank cuts key rate for ninth straight month
- Philippine inflation rate slows to 0.2 per cent in July
- Singapore's UOB Bank posts slump in profit, gives rosy outlook
- Austria's OMV's Q2 profits down 79 per cent
- Swiss Re reports 358-million-dollar second quarter loss
- Lloyds Bank reports losses in first six months of 2009
- Tokyo shares dip on carmaker earnings, profit taking (Roundup)
- Cambodia expects garment exports to drop 30 per cent in 2009
- Microsoft to hire 400 Yahoo workers
- Tokyo shares dip on carmaker earnings, profit taking
Tuesday 04 August 2009
- Housing numbers push up US stock markets
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- General Electric pays fine in accounting fraud charge
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Ruth Madoff must report spending over 100 dollars
- German government subsidy boosts car sales
- Italian A2A to become minority owner of Montenegro power company
- Report: Kaupthing plundered by shareholders before collapse
- BNP Paribas reports higher Q2 earnings
- PREVIEW: Rates on hold as ECB faces up to new challenges
- Toyota reports first-quarter loss
- Austrian Airlines sees continued losses, but hope in Lufthansa deal
- Employment situation still grave in China, senior official says
- UBS reports 1.32-billion-dollar quarterly loss (2nd Roundup)
- Norway's StatoilHydro registers smaller profits for Q2
- Hard disk maker Seagate to close Singapore plant by end of 2010
- Earnings reports, commodities help Tokyo stocks to rise (Roundup)
- BMW reports 76 per cent slump in second quarter earnings
- UBS reports 1.32-billion-dollar quarterly loss (Roundup)
- South Korean police raid Ssangyong Motor factory to end strike
- Fragrance maker Givaudan reports decline in sales
- Britain's Northern Rock reports heavy losses in first half of 2009
- UBS reports 1.32-billion-dollar quarterly loss (1st Lead)
- Munich Re posts 12 per cent jump in second-quarter earnings
- UBS reports 1.32-billion-dollar quarterly loss on outflows
- Vietnam rice exports up sharply in first seven months
- Civil servants accused of surfing porn sites instead of working
- Earnings reports help Tokyo stocks to rise
Monday 03 August 2009
- GM buyouts fall short of goal, layoffs likely
- Wall Street rallies on financials, commodities
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- US car sales getting a boost
- Bank of America pays 33-million-dollar fine for misleading bonuses
- Company earnings drive main European stock markets to 2009 high
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Google boss resigns from Apple board
- Latvian industrial output down while political tensions rise
- Czech power giant CEZ launches tender to expand nuclear plant
- Bulgaria plans to adopt euro in 2012-2013, Sofia says
- British banking giants report profits as bad debts rise (Roundup)
- Thai shares up 2.79 per cent
- Indian exports fall by 27.7 per cent in June
- HSBC profits down as bad debt charges soar (Extra)
- Singapore's OCBC Bank posts profit rise of 10 per cent
- Indian private airlines call off strike
- Taiwan's tourist figures up due to influx of Chinese visitors
- German retail sales post unexpected fall in June
- Barclays reports profit in first half of 2009
- Bharti, MTN extend merger talks by a month
- Tokyo stocks mixed on earings reports (Roundup)
- Germany's Metro shakes off economic crisis by reporting profit
- Indonesian forecasts 5-per-cent economic growth for 2010
- Half-year profit at Korean banks plummet on bad-loan provisions
- Vietnamese exports rising but still fragile
- Hong Kong retailers see drop in business after plastic-bag levy
- Hong Kong diners choose chicken over caviar as downturn takes toll
- After mixed earnings reports, Tokyo stocks trade the same way
Sunday 02 August 2009
- Ssangyong Motor may face insolvency as labour talk collapse
Saturday 01 August 2009
- Jordan Phosphates posts 95-million-dollar in half-year profits
- German-based Catholic bank admits it made "investment errors"
- No state aid for Opel-Bidder RHJI, say media reports
- South Korea posts 5-billion-dollar trade surplus in July
- THAI and Airbus agree to delay A380 delivery
- Holidaying bankers ask: Is this the end of the crisis? (News Feature)
Friday 31 July 2009
- US stocks mixed on better-than-expected GDP figures
- Honda recalls 440,000 cars over airbag defect
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- US lawmakers approve extra cash for clunkers others (Roundup)
- EU greenlights Lufthansa expansion (Roundup)
- US economy shrinks 1 per cent in second quarter (3rd Roundup)
- US lawmakers approve extra "cash for clunkers" cash (Extra)
- EU gives preliminary approval to Austrian Airlines takeover (2nd Lead)
- Ukraine wins promise of 1.7-billion-dollar gas loan (Roundup)
- Obama "guardedly optimistic" after GDP figures (Extra)
- Ukraine wins promise of 1.7-billion-dollar gas loan (1st Lead)
- EU gives preliminary approval to Austrian Airlines takeover (1st Lead)
- Four nations place Eurofighter order
- Takeover to stop tailspin at Austrian Airlines (News Feature)
- EU gives preliminary approval to Austrian Airlines takeover
- International stock market quotations
- US cash-for-clunkers runs through money in week; expansion planned
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Commerzbank sells Reuschel bank to insurer
- Swiss, US say agreement reached on UBS banking case (Roundup)
- US economy shrinks 1 per cent in second quarter (2nd Roundup)
- South African municipal strike ends with 15-per-cent pay hike
- India's private airlines to go on strike August 18 (Roundup)
- Insolvent carrier SkyEurope finds new investor
- US economy shrinks 1 per cent in second quarter (Roundup)
- Swiss, US reached agreements on UBS case (2nd Lead)
- Swiss, US reached agreements on UBS case (1st Lead)
- India's private airlines to go on nationwide strike August 18
- Swiss, US reached agreements on UBS case (Urgent)
- Claims on EU's retraining fund soar as unemployment jumps (Extra)
- US economy shrinks 1 per cent in second quarter (1st Lead)
- Holcim to sell stake in Panama, Caribbean (Roundup)
- US economy shrinks 1 per cent in second quarter (Urgent)
- Continental CEO seems headed for exit in power struggle
- Arab stocks rally on rising oil prices, gains of global bourses
- Cash-strapped carrier Air India plans to cancel Boeing order
- Audi posts drop in profit as luxury car sales fall
- Croatian parliament approves emergency economic measures
- China files WTO complaint against EU over fasteners
- Europe's deflation threat grows as unemployment rises (Roundup)
- Deal done on Ukrainian gas loan, EU sources say
- British Airways slides further into red in first quarter latest conversion rate (Roundup)
- (eca 088) Eurozone unemployment jumps as world joblessness rises (Refile)