Mekong nations to form OPEC-style rice cartel: Thai PM
BANGKOK, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - Thailand's prime minister said Wednesday his country had agreed in principle to form a rice price-fixing cartel with Myanmar, …
BANGKOK, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - Thailand's prime minister said Wednesday his country had agreed in principle to form a rice price-fixing cartel with Myanmar, …
April 30, 2008 (AFP) - The dollar was little changed in Asian trade on Wednesday as investors sat on their hands ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate …
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday released 40 million dollars in emergency aid for the World Food Program (WFP) to help deal with …
April 30, 2008 (AFP) - Record-breaking Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan said Wednesday he plans to team up with Indian counterpart Anil Kumble to coach …
April 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank has tightened reserve money targets as 12-month inflation hit a new high of 25.0 percent in the capital …
April 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank will continue to maintain tight monetary policy to cope with the current economic turmoil, uncertainty …
April 28, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's pioneer Unicode Sinhala news portal, Vimasuma.com and the Central Bank has teamed up to produce a series of …
April 30, 2008 (LBO) – The Federal Reserve money printing that has fired a commodity bubble causing malnutrition and food riots in poor countries is …
April 29, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's benchmark 3-month Treasury bills fell 16 basis points to 18. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA …
April 29, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top business chamber is hosting a forum to provide deeper understanding of exchange rate and interest rate hedging amidst …
April 29, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks closed lower Tuesday with investor sentiment gloomy owing to war jitters and a fall in the price of heavyweight John …
April 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main private sector retirement fund has made billions real losses in in 2007 as the state used the monetary system to …
April 28, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan finance companies should reduce maturity mis-matches between their assets and liabilities an official said. When …
April 29, 2008 (AFP) - Three men were arrested in London and Wales Tuesday as part of a long-term police investigation into the Tamil Tigers guerrillas in Sri …
FRANKFURT, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - An internal probe at German industrial group Siemens has found that almost all its sectors of activity were subject to active …
CEBU, Philippines, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday urged fellow Filipinos to boil rice with yams or to eat cheaper cereals to avoid …
FRANKFURT, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - German insurer Allianz said Tuesday that its first quarter net profit will slump to a third of what it was in the …
MUMBAI, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - India's central bank on Tuesday held key interest rates steady but hiked the percentage of cash banks must hold in reserve to …
GENEVA, April 28, 2008 (AFP) - The food crisis is bringing about a role reversal in the World Trade Organization: traditionally liberal major food exporters …
BEIJING, April 28, 2008 (AFP) - China is loosing some of its attractiveness to foreign investors as rising costs are forcing some US manufacturing firms to …