World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures my SA | BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak U.S. home sales. Investors awaited quarterly growth figures from the U.S. later in the day. | Benchmark oil hovered below $100 per barrel while the dollar was ...
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric Pakalert Press Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. | “America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achie...
National has plans but needs to be on the front foot Otago Daily Times | This was the week John Key was to have set the political agenda. | It was the Prime Minister's first full week back after the summer break, the first cabinet meeting, the week of the state of the nation speech, the first overseas visit - to Austral...
Key starts political year in defensive mode NZ Herald | This was the week John Key was to have set the political agenda. | It was the Prime Minister's first full week back after the summer break, the first Cabinet meeting, the week of the state-of-the-nation speech, the first overseas visit - to Austral...
Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade The Star | SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help. | The relief mission through perilous, ice-choked se...
Eastman Chemical to buy Solutia for $3.4 billion STL Today | Updated at 12:15 p.m. with comments from Solutia's chairman, president and CEO Jeffry Quinn. | Specialty chemical company Eastman Chemical Co. is buying Town and Country-based Solutia Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3.4 billion. | Th...
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Dubai's GDP forecast to grow 4.1% in first quarter Gulf News | Dubai: Dubai's GDP is expected to grow 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, according to the Dubai Economic Outlook 2011 report released by the Dubai Economic Council ...
Asian stocks rise on hopes of Greek debt deal The State | BANGKOK - Asian stock markets mostly rose Tuesday, shrugging off tough negotiations between Greece and its creditors amid expectations a deal to cut the country's debt mountain w...
Trust in government has 'suffered a severe breakdown' BBC News Public trust in government has suffered a severe breakdown across the world, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer. | Governments have been blamed for the financial and politica...
China Ex-Im Bank lends $41M for Bahamas project Fresno Bee | NASSAU, Bahamas -- China's state-owned Export-Import Bank has agreed to finance a new port and a bridge in the Bahamas, the second major infrastructure project backed in recent months by the Chinese in the island nation. | The Chinese bank will pro...
Bahamas to build bridge, new port in Abaco with $41M loan from Chinese gov't bank Star Tribune | NASSAU, Bahamas - China's state-owned Export-Import Bank has agreed to finance a new port and a bridge in the Bahamas, the second major infrastructure project backed in recent months by the Chinese in the island nation. | The Chinese bank will prov...
Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, January 27 Novosti | Nezavisimaya Gazeta | Government Considers Leasing Far Eastern Croplands to Foreign Investors | Russia may lease millions of hectares of idle cropland in the Far East to foreign agribusinesses as a contribution to international food security during...
World stocks gain on Fed's low rate pledge The Charlotte Observer | BANGKOK World stock markets were mostly higher Thursday after the U.S. central bank pledged to keep interest rates low until late 2014 to nurture the country's stubbornly slow economic recovery. | Benchmark oil hovered below $100 per barrel while the dollar fell against the euro and the yen. | European shares were higher in early trading. Britain...
