Oil falls under $72, euro zone worries weigh The Guardian * Worries over euro zone fiscal health weigh down market * Market awaits weekly API oil inventory data due later * U.S. snowstorm, geopolitical tension offer price support By Jennifer Tan SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Oil sank below $72 a barrel on Tuesday, after rising nearly 1 percent the day befor...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Van...
How to be the research capital of the Plains The Oklahoman | Innovation and technology fuel more than half the increase in U.S. production of goods and services as measured by gross domestic product (GDP). More Info | DID YOU KNOW? It takes significant dollars, often more than $1 million per year, to push an...
Euro inches up in Asian trade Inquirer | TOKYO- The euro edged higher in Asian trade Tuesday as Europe's debt woes eased slightly, dealers said. | The euro firmed to 1.3653 dollars in Tokyo morning trade from 1.3648 in New York late Monday, and to 121.92 yen from 121.86. The dollar was fl...
Feeling the chill The Boston Globe | Four Massachusetts companies are planning to go public, but as the stock market moves into a retreat, their timing may be off. | At the beginning of the year, when the market was higher, it appeared that investors were warming up to initial public ...
Oil falls under $72, euro zone worries weigh The Guardian * Worries over euro zone fiscal health weigh down market * Market awaits weekly API oil inventory data due later * U.S. snowstorm, geopolitical tension offer price support By Jennifer Tan SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Oil sank below $72 a barrel on Tu...
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Gold climbs back above $1,070/oz as dollar slips The Guardian * Euro rebounds versus the dollar, but recovery seen fragile * SPDR gold ETF sees first inflow of 2010 * Recovery from lows below $1,050/oz cheers chartists (Updates, adds comment,...
Euro recovers vs dollar, euro zone worries remain The Guardian * Euro recovers, dollar dips but euro zone woes remain * European shares rise 0.7 percent, off 3-month lows * Investors sceptical of G7 assurance on Greece (Updates prices; changes...
CAPITAL CULTURE: First lady tackling child obesity The Guardian | NANCY BENAC | Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — By now, it is abundantly clear that Michelle Obama loves french fries. | The first lady talks about this "guilty pleasu...
Canada: no need for G7 to follow US bank plan -media The Guardian TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Group of Seven countries have their own ideas about bank regulation and do not need to follow the U.S. lead, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was quoted as saying by Japan's Asahi newspaper. A senior U.S. Treasury offic...
Liam Fox accepted £50,000 from defence firm donor The Times | A venture capitalist who helped to buy a company supplying military equipment is funding the office of Liam Fox, the Shadow Defence Secretary, with a donation of £50,000. | Jon Moulton's investment firm bought Gardner Aerospace, which makes parts f...
In search of common ground for dialogue on image China Daily | At the start of 2009, doom and gloom shrouded China as the ripple effect of global economic downturn began to be felt on its economy. So there was lot of doubt over China's ability to keep the economic engine running and running well. | The odds we...
PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Philippine National Bank (PNB) closed last year with an unaudited net income of P2.2 billion, doubling its previous year’s record of P1.1 billion, the bank said in a statement. | Strong gains in its core businesses, improvement in asset quality and higher operating efficiencies drove the banner financial performance last year, it sai...
Rose expert David Austin helps return fragrance to mass-market roses The News & Observer | Don't call me a snob, but I don't want a dozen long-stemmed red roses for Valentine's Day. Flowers thrill me, but not the ubiquitous red roses. | How did the American public get fixated on the red rose as the ultimate symbol of St. Valentine's Day, anyway? To me, the distinctive rose fragrance is as important as the visual display, but most cut r...
