Article archive for category "Business"
Friday 04 July 2008
- Taiwan airline, eying China market, leases 8 jets from Embraer
- US markets closed for Independence Day
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Arab bourses sceptical over semi-annual results, geopolitics
- EU, Egypt agree on agricultural trade liberalization
- US-based DigiPen opens game school in Singapore
- Vietnam calls for power plant loans amid electricity shortage
- Nine managers get prison terms in Austrian bank trial (2nd Roundup)
- Airbus opens second delivery centre for giant A380 planes
- OPEC crude cracks 140 dollar mark
- Nine managers sentenced to prison in Austrian bank trial (Roundup)
- Factory orders fall again pointing to slowing economic growth
- Volkswagen dumps plans for small pick-up truck
- UBS hopes to avoid second-quarter loss
- New Zealand business group warns on Asian free trade pact
- (eca057) 9.5 years prison for top defendant in Austrian bank trial (Correction)
- India, China and Vietnam considered for serviced apartments
- 9.5 years prison for top defendant in Austrian bank trial (2nd Lead)
- HSBC loses 25,000 customer recordings in Hong Kong (Roundup)
- Managers found guilty in Austrian BAWAG trial (1st Lead)
- Austria's biggest banking scandal trial draws to close
- Nikkei extends losing streak to 12 days (Roundup)
- Malaysian stock market dips 2.5 per cent
- Philippines inflation rate jumps to 14-year high of 11.4 per cent
- HSBC loses recordings of 25,000 customer conversations in Hong Kong
- Tokyo stocks open lower on fears over inflation, economic slowdown
- China and Japan share first place as investment destination
Thursday 03 July 2008
- US stocks mixed amid another record day for oil
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Microsoft and Yahoo still pursue deal
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Germany declared world cheese-exporting champion
- German regulators raid major coffee importers
- Gazprom boss hints at further price increases for Europe
- ECB raises the cost money but signals rates on hold (2nd Roundup)
- More German incinerators to burn Naples refuse
- More US jobs lost but unemployment rate unchanged in June (Roundup)
- ECB hikes the cost money but signals rate on hold (Roundup)
- Austrian UniCredit branch to cut 570 jobs by 2010
- EU warms to nuclear power but not to its waste, survey says
- PREVIEW: Verdicts in Austrian banking scandal trial expected Friday
- ECB hikes rates but has "no bias" on further moves (3rd Lead)
- ECB hikes rates but has "no bias" on further moves (3rd Lead)
- More US jobs lost but unemployment rate unchanged in June
- Sarkozy announces construction of new reactor
- Brussels: Danish report confirms airline website problems
- India's Sensex tumbles 4.2 per cent on record oil prices (Roundup)
- German inventor claims success with wind-assisted freighters
- No lack of oil supplies, Saudi minister says (Extra)
- ECB hikes rates as record oil prices fuel inflation (2nd Lead)
- ..... ECB hikes rates by 25 basis points (Urgent)
- World Petroleum Council calls for ethics in oil business
- German chemical makers expect sales rise thanks to Asia demand
- Pakistan rupee dips to new low on high oil prices, weak investment
- Paulson says high oil price adds to worldwide economic slowdown
- Malaysia's stock market shuts down due to technical failure (Roundup)
- American Airlines sees massive cost pressures from fuel prices
- Thai shares fall 2.35 per cent on US jitters
- ECB set to hike as record oil prices fuel inflation (1st Lead)
- Indonesian stocks drop 3.86 per cent
- Hong Kong markets fall 2.13 per cent as negative sentiment grows
- Swedish central bank boosts key rate one-quarter point
- OPEC crude continues record-breaking climb
- IKB posts lower-than-expected loss
- New index to help average investors
- Malaysia's stock market shuts down due to technical failure
- Air New Zealand ups fares for fourth time since March
- New Zealand stock market down 2.2 per cent to three-year low
- Nikkei falls in longest losing streak in 54 years (Roundup)
- India's Sensex tumbles 4.5 per cent on level-high oil prices
- Australian stocks slump 2 per cent
- Philippines shares slide 2.01 per cent as oil prices climb
- Tokyo stocks open lower on overnight losses on Wall Street
- Los Angeles Times announces job cuts
- ECB set to hike as Trichet warns of risks inflation "exploding"
Wednesday 02 July 2008
- Taiwan Power Co to plant 1 million trees in exchange for expansion
- Surge in oil delivers another blow to US stocks
- Microsoft offers subscription version of Office
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Brazil to provide incentives for food production
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Blockbuster drops buyout bid of Circuit City
- Microsoft and Yahoo still pursue deal
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Zoellick: World reaching "danger zone" on food and fuel prices
- Australia adds spark to energy and education in Vietnam
- Bosnian airliner looks for partners
- British hauliers in London fuel cost protest
- Era of cheap oil is gone, Venezuelan expert says (Roundup)
- Daimler delivers 300 Travego coaches to Saudi Arabia
- Iraq's al-Hashemi urges Japanese firms to open branches in Iraq
- Greek shipyards must pay back 360 million dollars in aid, EU says
- EU approves Nokia's takeover of Navteq
- India's Sensex bounces back, gains 5.4 per cent
- Bank shares gain on subprime hopes
- German cabinet agrees reduced borrowing for 2009 budget (Roundup)
- South Korea revises growth predictions downwards
- EU approves aid for Samsung plant in Slovakia
- Era of cheap oil is gone, Venezuelan expert says
- Vietnam reports GDP growth of 6.5 per cent in first half of 2008
- German car sales rise despite surging petrol prices
- German retail sales set to fall
- Industrial prices surge in Europe
- Yet another record price for OPEC crude
- Hong Kong stocks plunge 1.8 per cent on more fears over economy
- Key German machinery orders slump in May
- South Korea auto workers strike to protest US beef imports
- Shares fall sharply in Seoul
- German cabinet discusses draft 2009 budget, aims at balance by 2011
- Tokyo stocks continue to fall (Roundup)
- Hong Kong airline issues profit warning as fuel prices take toll
- Asia-Pacific's direct investments in United States soar
- Hard landing feared for China's economy after Olympics (Feature)
- Thai agro-industry giant goes ahead with Sichuan investments
- Tokyo stocks open lower ahead of economic indicators' release
- Microsoft buys private search company Powerset
Tuesday 01 July 2008
- US stocks rise amid shaky US car sales
- Starbucks icing 600 US stores
- US auto sales tank on higher petrol costs
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- World Bank gives go ahead to new climate funds (Roundup)
- IMF: Food-fuel surge puts poor countries at "tipping point" (Roundup)
- Era of cheap energy is over, oil experts say (News Feature)
- Argentine president links food speculators to finance crisis
- World Bank gives go ahead to new climate funds
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- IMF: Food-fuel price surge puts poor countries at "tipping point"
- UN: Clean energy gets record world investment
- OPEC calls for peace with Iran to settle oil prices (Roundup)
- Taiwan airlines to hike air fare again over rising fuel price
- OPEC boss: Prices will ease with stable dollar, Iran peace (Extra)
- Token strikes target Lufthansa at German airports (Roundup)
- PREVIEW: Europe on course to higher rates as inflation fears grow
- Iraq announces progress in talks with foreign firms over oil deals
- Oil market to ease, tighten again in 2013, IEA predicts (1st Lead)
- Oil prices, political uncertainty pull down Indian shares
- Demand, not speculation, is driving oil prices, agency says
- Merkel: German agriculture won't bear costs of any WTO Doha deal
- Japanese toy company shuts down Malaysian operations, 950 jobless
- Steinbrueck warns about interest rate hike fallout
- Low-cost airline to begin operations in Ukraine
- Total to sign service contract in Iraq
- New price hikes shock Bulgarians
- German unemployment falls more than forecast (Roundup)
- China shares lose 3 per cent on record oil prices
- Germany, US hope for Doha breakthrough at Geneva WTO talks
- Deutsche Post triumphs in billion-euro Brussels row
- South Korean carriers to offer foreign mobile brands
- Thailand's inflation jumps 8.9 per cent
- Kuwait gearing up for possible oil route closure by Iran
- Germany's DAX marks 20th birthday with declines across the board
- Singapore's wage gap acute among older and lower-skilled workers
- Bangladesh raises fuel prices to offset losses
- German unemployment posts bigger-than-forecast fall (1st Lead)
- OPEC crude price passes 136-dollar mark
- German unemployment falls in June
- Singapore Airlines signs sale and leaseback deal
- Token strikes target Lufthansa at German airports
- Dutch government raises taxes on diesel, petrol
- Tokyo stocks end lower on worries over businesses (Roundup)
- Hong Kong visitor numbers surge 9 per cent in first half of 2008
- Windows XP expires
- Tokyo stocks open higher on better-than-expected Tankan survey
- Asia's exhibition industry forecast to slow
- EBay to appeal French counterfeit ruling
Monday 30 June 2008
- US stocks little changed on final day of terrible month
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Yahoo lobbies against Icahn takeover
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Anheuser-Busch slashing jobs after rejecting InBev takeover try
- Causes of high oil prices remain unclear at Madrid congress (Roundup)
- Oil supplies are plentiful, Qatar says
- Eurozone inflation surges to 4 per cent ahead of ECB meeting (Roundup)
- EU launches out-of-court settlement procedure for cartel companies
- Calls for new energy model at Madrid petroleum congress (1st Lead)
- Spain blames high oil prices on speculators (Extra)
- Asian IT managers favour technology reducing capital expenditures
- Pakistani rupee falls as market awaits central bank meeting
- Top oil companies look for new reserves (Extra)
- OPEC crude price soars above 135 dollars
- Shell interested in working in Iraq
- Australian Fairfax Media laying off journalists in New Zealand
- Eurozone inflation surges to record height of 4 per cent
- Singapore's first Water Week sees deals worth more than 270 million
- Survey says South Korean newspaper readership is falling
- Traffic chaos expected as French lorry drivers protest petrol prices
- Stocks end lower in Tokyo ahead of business sentiment survey (Roundup)
- Taiwan awaits Chinese tourists with mixed feelings (News Feature)
- Rising Hong Kong rents force consulates to relocate
- Tokyo stocks open higher on bargain-hunting
- Hong Kong tax systems seen as fairest
- Taiwan banks start trading in Chinese currency
Sunday 29 June 2008
- Half of Taiwanese professionals want to work in China
- Egypt's Mubarak opens Africa's NEPAD summit amid criticism
- Alarm over oil prices as experts meet in Madrid (News Feature)
Saturday 28 June 2008
- LEADALL: Zimbabwe elections prompt international condemnation
- Economists: Boost productivity ten-fold per carbon unit
- German finance minister urges ECB to be cautious on rate hike
- SIA takes delivery of fifth A380
- Auctioneer eBay shelves controversial PayPal policy
- G8 leaders meet as spectre of stagflation grows
- Thailand's Saha Group goes solar
- Indian tourists boost Singapore's visitor arrivals
Friday 27 June 2008
- US stocks drop as oil price continues record climb
- Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on charity
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- German inflation hits 15-year record of 3.3 per cent in June
- Europe hangs up fixed-line phones for mobile and web-based calls
- Arab stock markets cautious as investors eye half-year results
- India's Sensex tanks 4.3 per cent on oil prices, inflation (Roundup)
- Minister urges German firm to halt banknote deliveries to Zimbabwe
- South Korean businesses welcome North's nuclear progress (Feature)
- Record oil prices puts pressure on markets worldwide
- China stocks plunge on oil prices, world losses
- OPEC crude price moves back up above 130 dollars
- EU targets steel-industry suppliers in antitrust probe
- Travel agents urged to boycott Emirates airline over fees
- Australia again rejects nuclear power
- Taiwan stocks lose 3.4 per cent after Wall Street fall (Roundup)
- Australian stocks rally after early slump (Roundup)
- Nikkei loses 2 per cent on Wall Street's overnight falls (Roundup)
- India's Sensex tanks 4.4 per cent on rising oil prices
- New Zealand stock market falls more than 2 per cent (Roundup)
- Philippine stocks down 2.19 per cent
- Cup runneth over in Hong Kong's wine hub plan
- Number of millionaires surges in Asia
- Japan's industrial output up 2.9 per cent in May
- Japan's key CPI up 1.5 per cent in May
- Nikkei loses more than 2 per cent on Wall Street's overnight falls
- Palm continues losses in shadows of Blackberry, iPhone
- New Zealand stock market falls more than 2 per cent
- Australian stocks slump 2.8 per cent
- Taiwan stocks plunge nearly 4 per cent over Wall Street fall
- Record pump prices put brakes on Singapore's budget car sales
- New Zealand economy contracts 0.3 per cent in first quarter
Thursday 26 June 2008
- US stocks plummet as oil hits 140 dollars per barrel (Roundup)
- Gates set for Microsoft retirement
- Oil hits 140 dollars per barrel for first time
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Airlines agree to pay 500 million dollars in price-fixing fines
- Poland presents EU with shipyard plan (Roundup)
- Mexico at political stalemate over waning oil wealth (Feature)
- In photos: 'Spain EADS A400m Roll out'
- Nobel Prize-winning economist Leonid Hurwicz dies at age 90
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Volkswagen unveils hybrid-car prototype that comes with plug
- Poland pleads with EU for more time in shipyards row - in vain
- US first-quarter growth revised up to 1 per cent (Roundup)
- OPEC crude price drops from record high
- VW reports record deliveries despite rising petrol prices
- Austria's Magna Steyr to build Porsche's Boxsters
- Taiwan raises key interest rate to rein in inflation
- German-Arab forum opens amid oil price fears
- Eurostat: Average EU tax burden hit 39.9 per cent in 2006
- Italy's UniCredit to cut 9,000 jobs in Western Europe (Roundup)
- Germany's Axel Springer news publishers to enter Indian market
- Inflation may drive Vietnam's tourism target down
- Italy's UniCredit to cut 9,000 jobs
- Report: Climate change threatens millions of jobs in Australia
- Taiwan eases restrictions on economic ties with China
- Japan's top carmakers see domestic sales fall in May
- Tokyo stocks end lower ahead of economic reports (Roundup)
- Japan to import 5,000 tons of butter to tackle shortage
- Hyundai chairman babysits instead of being imprisoned
- Report: Beer giant Anheuser-Busch to reject InBev takeover offer
- Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street's overnight rises
- Worker badly burned in Singapore shipyard accident
Wednesday 25 June 2008
- Oracle posts 27-per-cent higher profit
- New Zealand consumer confidence at 17-year low
- Fed keeps US interest rates steady at 2 per cent (2nd Roundup)
- US stocks rise as Fed halts interest rate cuts
- Ex-stock-exchange chief wins appeals victory over mammoth pay
- Mexico bans imports of poultry products from US state of Arkansas
- MasterCard, American Express settle for 1.8 billion dollars
- Monsanto harvests 42 per cent more earnings
- California sues mortgage giant Countrywide
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Fed keeps US interest rates steady at 2 per cent (Roundup)
- UniCredit plans Italy and Germany layoffs, newspaper says
- Report says Siemens to cut 15,000 white collar jobs
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Fed keeps US interest rates steady at 2 per cent (1st Lead)
- Fed keeps US interest rates steady (Urgent)
- Exxon Valdez damages drastically cut by Supreme Court (2nd Roundup)
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- ECB head-office plans stumble, hunt for builder called off
- International stock market quotations
- EU approves News Corp's takeover of Germany's Premiere
- Exxon Valdez damages drastically cut by Supreme Court (Roundup)
- 30 billion dollars a year to feed world up to 2050 - FAO chief
- Exxon Valdez damages drastically cut by Supreme Court (1st Lead)
- Polish stock exchange eyes buy-in to Ukraine market
- Exxon Valdez damages thrown out by Supreme Court
- Belgian beer giant InBev confirms interest in Anheuser-Busch
- Barclays turns to wealthy investors for cash injection (Roundup)
- Poland losing tourists to strong currency
- Prospects of eurozone rate hike grow
- Volvo to cut 1,200 jobs in Sweden amid reports Ford plans to sell
- News agency dpa offers new products to counter sales slip
- Poland hikes rates as inflation fears grow
- Pakistan stocks rise on stability measures
- Dutch bank president gives an inflation warning
- Siemens' boss says company too white, too German, too male
- OPEC crude price sets yet another record
- Barclays says wealthy investors ready to inject cash
- Tokyo stocks end lower ahead of US Fed policy meeting (Roundup)
- South Korean steelmaker looking to import coal from North Korea
- India provides 84 million dollars in loans to Myanmar projects
- Japan's trade surplus down 7.6 per cent in May
- Nikkei hits seven-week low ahead of US Fed's interest rate decision
- Time bomb of poverty ticks on in Morocco (Feature)
Tuesday 24 June 2008
- US stocks down on weaker consumer confidence, housing prices
- Delta and Northwest clear merger hurdle with pilot deal
- Whale-related visits earn Latin America 280 million dollars a year
- Confusion clouds possible Yahoo-Microsoft talks
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Saudi Arabia to build industrial zone inside prison
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Consumer confidence drops to new low
- Germany bans Kurdish satellite broadcaster Roj TV
- German exodus of skilled workers picks up speed
- Qatar to sell stake in Doha exchange to NYSE Euronext
- EU says climate plans will not reduce oil imports
- Government will announce new mobile operator this year
- Jollibee to launch 100 Taiwan noodle restaurants in China
- Sue price-fixers more, EU tells citizens
- Vietnam spending cuts may not be enough to stop inflation
- Slovakia keeps rates on hold for 14th month
- Nokia in complete takeover of Symbian
- Pakistan stocks roar to largest gains in history
- Ireland in first recession since 1983, research institute says
- Kuwait to raise oil output by 300,000 bpd next year
- ANALYSIS: German economic mood darkens on inflation fears
- Spain revises growth forecast downwards as crisis sets in
- OPEC crude price jumps above 130 dollars
- German consumer confidence slumps on inflation fears
- Tokyo stocks open flat before US Fed policy meeting (Roundup)
- Taiwan bosses most concerned among those in Asia over brain drain
- Gates' new future will be people, not bytes (Feature)
- FACTBOX: Microsoft at a glance
- PROFILE: Bill Gates: The nerd who ruled the world available
- TIMELINE: The rise of Microsoft
- PREVIEW: Challenges await for Microsoft after Bill Gates available
- Stocks open flat in Tokyo ahead of US Fed's monetary policy meeting
- Study: 2 billion PCs by 2014
Monday 23 June 2008
- Whaling commission maintains moratorium on hunting
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Reports: Citigroup and Goldman Sachs to slash jobs
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Illegal tuna fishing persists, despite ban
- German business sets out growth and jobs plan
- EU freezes Iranian bank's assets in uranium row
- Chinese airlines lure Taiwanese with China-based stopovers
- Kuwaiti bank to finance sale of Iraqi mobile phone firm
- Hungary unexpectedly leaves rates on hold
- Taiwan's jobless rate in May inches up to 3.84 per cent
- Vietnam market stabilizes on lower inflation, trade deficit data
- Vodafone fights 2-billion-dollar Indian tax claim
- Shanghai shares drop another 2.5 per cent
- Pakistan stocks fall to 15-month low on foreign selling
- OPEC crude price slightly lower at end of last week
- German business confidence slumps sharply (Roundup)
- German business confidence slumps more than expected
- Taiwan's China Airlines and China Southern Airlines sign pact
- India to sign gas pipeline deal with Iran
- Philippine shares drop 3.07 per cent on Wall Street woes
- Foreigners to pay market price for petrol in Malaysia
- Tokyo stocks end lower on Wall Street declines (Roundup)
- Afghanistan to get Pakistani wheat despite Karzai threats
- ASEAN coal equities forecast to rally
- Tokyo stocks open lower on Wall Street's declines
Sunday 22 June 2008
- World's biggest solar plant goes on stream in Germany
- Saudi king launches energy initiative to help world poor (Roundup)
- Britain urges oil states to invest billions in nuclear power (Extra)
- Saudi king launches energy initiative to help world poor (3rd Lead)
- Jordan's external debt down 38.6 per cent in first quarter
- Saudi king launches energy initiative to help world poor (Extra)
- OPEC to decide output level in September (2nd Lead)
- Kuwait to pump more oil if market needs it (1st Lead)
- Saudis to host crisis oil summit
- Islamic militants free Christians abducted in north-west Pakistan
- Young Singapore adults sinking deeper into debt
Saturday 21 June 2008
- (eca032): Rising inflation triggers foreign fund flight out of Asian shares
- Rising inflation triggers foreign fund flight out of Asian shares
Friday 20 June 2008
- Wall Street dips lower with higher oil prices
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Yahoo shares drop over exodus and reorganization plans
- Saudi Arabia wants to stabilise price of oil
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- IMF raises US growth forecast, hedges bets on recession (Roundup)
- Arab bourses upbeat over semi-annual results, oil prices
- ANALYSIS: Surging Central European inflation fuels rate pressures
- IMF raises US growth forecast, hedges bets on recession
- German company links up with Indian reinsurer GIC Re
- Vienna stock exchange to take over Slovenian exchange
- Ukraine's Yushchenko vetoes tariff bill for WTO violations
- China announces large rises in fuel prices (2nd Roundup)
- VW sales slump despite strong China, Brazil markets
- Indian government in a bind as inflation hits 13-year high (Roundup)
- Economic sentiment tipped to slump as rate hike looms
- Thai shares jump 3.6 per cent despite anti-government protests
- Indian government in a bind as inflation hits 13-year high
- Chinese petrol far below global levels even after price hike (Feature)
- Surging German factory prices add to interest rate pressures
- Cattle rustling may cripple Cambodian rice harvest say farmers
- China announces large rises in fuel prices (Roundup)
- OPEC crude price slightly up towards end of the week
- French economy predicted to slow down significantly
- Nikkei falls below 14,000 due to US economic concerns (Roundup)
- China announces large rises in fuel prices
- Singapore building consultancies win more deals from China, India
- Vietnam to increase rice exports to 4.5 million tons this year
- Venezuela to nationalize cement firms
- Malaysia stops seafood export to EU after ban threat
- Tokyo stocks open lower on lingering US credit concerns
- After lending spree, Baltics feel the pinch (Feature)
- Banks in four South-East Asian countries face volatile times
Thursday 19 June 2008
- Wall Street rebounds after big dip in oil prices
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- Bear Stearns execs join 400 charged with mortgage fraud (Roundup)
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Germany fights dreaded beetle after import on China trees
- Former Bear Stearns fund managers arrested over mortgage crisis
- GM suspends work on SUVs, trucks amidst fuel price surge
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- (eca 167): US economic indicator edges up for second month
- US economic indicator edges up for third straight month
- PREVIEW: Saudi-hosted oil summit overshadowed by uncertainties
- Hong Kong weekly to hit market in Taiwan
- UN conference calls for urgent action on African food insecurity
- Imperial Tobacco announces major shake-up after Spanish merger
- Asia stocks slump on Wall Street drop, oil prices
- Kerkorian boosts stake in Ford to 6.49 per cent
- Samsung, Siltronic open joint venture plant in Singapore
- Slovak jobless rate slightly up in May from April record low
- Thai shares tumble 3 per cent on oil prices, political instability
- Iceland's kronur hits new record low against euro
- China denies plans for Microsoft monopoly investigation
- Shanghai shares lose another 6.5 per cent
- Hong Kong shares slide by over 2 per cent as China stocks slump
- War threats frighten foreign investors away from Pakistan
- Court acquits former German bank chief
- OPEC crude price falls by half a dollar
- Taiwan expands travel links with China
- EADS head says company to bid again for US aerial refuellers
- World Bank raises China growth forecast to 9.8 per cent
- Singapore and Saudi Arabian airlines boost cooperation
- Singapore and Saudi Arabian airlines boost cooperation
- ANALYSIS: Pakistan's food crisis to worsen on rising fertilizer cost
- Taiwan stocks fall 2 per cent on Wall Street declines
- Tokyo stocks fall more than 2 per cent on US market's drop (Roundup)
- Foreign capital seen flowing into Asian real estate
- Tokyo stocks fall more than 2 per cent on US market's drop
- SIA, SilkAir fuel surcharges increase for third time this year
Wednesday 18 June 2008
- Boeing scores victory in contract duel with EADS (2nd Roundup)
- US stocks drop on FedEx loss, financial warnings
- US, China seek investor protections, energy cooperation available (2nd Roundup)
- Taiwan to discuss direct sea link with China
- Deputy Bank of England governor to step down - report
- Boeing scores victory in contract duel with EADS (Roundup)
- Porsche and Lower Saxony both raise Volkswagen stakes
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- US, China launch talks to protect foreign investors (Roundup)
- Boeing scores victory in tanker contract duel with EADS (1st Lead)
- Argentine Congress to debate increase in farming tariffs
- International stock market quotations
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Boeing scores victory in tanker contract duel with EADS
- Mexico freezes price of 150 food products
- US, China launch talks to protect foreign investors
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Saudi corporation to expand China ethylene investments
- New Belarus laws to tighten control over Internet
- German cabinet passes second phase of energy-climate package (Roundup)
- EU's high-tech centre to be based in Budapest
- Malta to privatize ailing shipyards
- EU to probe extension of Slovakia's postal monopoly
- US, Swiss investors buy Albanian oil refiner
- ANALYSIS: Despite debt, Croatia "not under financial collapse threat"
- Daimler to build new car factory in Hungary (Roundup)
- Lowest-priced Fiat will be well above Tato Nano level
- Deficit leads major Taiwan newspaper to lay off half its staff
- Morgan Stanley reports 50 per cent profits drop in "turbulent" Q2
- China considers anti-monopoly case against Microsoft, report says
- Kiev selling meat, flour to fight food-price inflation (News Feature)
- H&M reports double-digit profits growth in first half of year
- Japan, China reach final agreement on joint gas project
- OPEC officials rule out oil output increase ahead of crisis meeting
- German cabinet passes second phase of energy-climate package
- Belgian truckers, farmers protest against high petrol prices
- UN: Hunger could threaten 5 million in Zimbabwe by 2009
- Shanghai shares gain 5 per cent after 10-day slump
- Adidas to take Wal-Mart to court for alleged copying
- OPEC crude price continues slight downward movement
- Daimler to build new car factory in Hungary
- Tokyo stocks end higher on weaker yen (Roundup)
- High commodity prices boost motorcycle sales in Thailand
- Tokyo stocks open higher on weaker yen
- Another New Zealand finance company hit by credit squeeze
Tuesday 17 June 2008
- Electronic Arts extends offer for Take Two
- US stocks decline on fresh financial woes
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- Argentine farmers, government, exchange demands amid tension
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- International stock market quotations
- Paulson lauds improving US economic ties with China (Roundup)
- Paulson lauds improving US economic ties with China
- Biggest German TV group loses CEO Guillaume de Posch
- Goldman Sachs profits down, but above projections
- Japan's Hino Motors Ltd launches in Cambodia
- Nigeria suspends oil agency head and probes deals
- Asia's premier communications trade event showcases technology (Roundup)
- Shanghai shares close down nearly 3 per cent
- Pakistan rupee down, stocks trade weakly
- OPEC crude price slightly lower
- Key German indicator plunges more than expected (Roundup)
- Dry weather fells Australia's wheat forecast
- Key German indicator falls more than expected
- Indonesian parliament passes Islamic banking bill into law
- British inflation goes up as food and fuel prices rise
- Report: Saudis to invest 80 billion dollars to raise oil output
- Ashok Leyland invests in Germany's Albonair
- British fuel-tanker drivers end strike over pay
- Tokyo stocks close nearly flat (Roundup)
- Philippines unemployment rate inches up to 8 per cent
- Hong Kong mobile phone users walloped with surprise internet bills
- ST Electronics wins taxi contract in UAE
- Tokyo stocks open higher, gains limited due to credit concerns
- Australian setback for internet auctioneer eBay
- Taiwan's first-quarter PC shipments off 19 per cent
Monday 16 June 2008
- US stocks move little on Lehman Brothers loss
- Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
- London Stock Exchange quotations
- US Newspaper giant McClatchy to cut 10 per cent of workforce
- International stock market quotations
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations
- Spanish hauliers suspend strike, French hauliers go slow (Roundup)
- Construction workers join lorry drivers' in strike in South Korea
- Hungary rejects new EU labour guidelines
- Lehman Brothers confirms Q2 loss of 2.8 billion dollars
- (eca148): Russian shareholder attacks BP over joint oil venture
- Russian shareholder attacks BP over joint oil venture
- French stock market watchdog okays Suez-GDF merger
- Not all Spanish hauliers want strike suspended (1st Lead)
- Pakistan stocks sink 4 per cent on economic woes
- Business grow pessimistic about outlook, survey shows (Roundup)
- Mozambique opens sky to international companies
- Spanish haulers suspend their strike
- Vietnam to widen trading band as stock market recovers
- Rate hike prospects rise as inflation revised up (Roundup)
- Malaysia tightens approval of migrant work permits
- OPEC crude price near record level
- Bosch links with Samsung SDI to make lithium-ion batteries
- European inflation revised up to 3.7 per cent
- Food crisis focus of delegates at economic forum in Malaysia
- German companies grow pessimistic ahout outlook, survey shows
- Swedish media group buys pay-TV group C More Entertainment
- Barclays bank says it might turn to shareholders for cash
- Tokyo stocks end higher on weaker yen (Roundup)
- Australia to attend OPEC meeting
- AIG names new CEO after record losses
- Singapore's employment and jobless rates up in first quarter
- Philippine shares rise 2.58 per cent on bargain hunting
- New Zealand farms fetch record prices
- New Zealand to investigate oil companies (Roundup)
- Tokyo stocks open higher on weaker yen
- Asia-Pacific CEOs ahead of peers on corporate social responsibility
- Jett8 cargo airline gearing up for expansion
Sunday 15 June 2008
- New Zealand to investigate oil companies
- Postbank studies Dresdner books amid takeover talk
- Spain estimates one billion euros lost in hauliers' strike
- Survey shows 46 per cent of Germans want nuclear power
- Thai rice gurus predict long-term sellers' market (News Feature)
Saturday 14 June 2008
- Nine employees at Bayer face bribery inquiry
- Daimler mulls new factory in eastern Europe, magazines say
- Irish fishermen call on government to make their case in Brussels
- Pakistan rupee stable despite Moody warning
- Philippine motorists struggle to cope with high fuel prices (Feature)
- G8 concerned over oil, food prices, calls for analysis (Roundup)
- G8 asks IMF to analyze role of speculators in oil price hike (Extra)
- World economy threatened by oil, food prices (2nd Lead)
- Many well-off Singapore residents yet to start retirement savings
- New York Times: Saudi Arabia to increase oil production
- World economy threatened by oil, food prices (1st Lead)
- G8 finance ministers continue talks on oil, commodity prices
- Research giant Bayer to create higher-yielding rice varieties
Friday 13 June 2008
- Hungary regrets EU treaty's defeat
- Taiwan warns investors of rising inflation in Vietnam