ADB raises developing Asia’s economic growth forecast for 2006-07
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Google to offer news archive going back 300 years
WASHINGTON, Sept 6, 2006 (AFP) - Internet giant Google Inc., was expected to announce Wednesday that it will offer a free archive service enabling Internet …
China wants to head off foreign reserve growth
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Cut the fiscal deficit to preserve growth : ECB
ROME, Sept 5 (AFP) - Italy must take immediate steps to improve its public finances in order to preserve its economic recovery, an Italian member of the …
Thailand’s economic growth trails Asian rivals
BANGKOK, Sept 5, 2006 (AFP) - Political turmoil and flagging exports have resulted in Thailand trailing its Asian rivals in economic growth, Fitch Ratings …
Bollywood looks abroad for special effects to spice films
MUMBAI, Sept 4, 2006 (AFP) - Bollywood is bucking a global trend of outsourcing technical film work to India by using experts from abroad to provide special …
Bangladesh shipping firms suspend use of port, halting trade
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, Sept 2, 2006 (AFP) - Bangladesh's trade shipments ground to a virtual halt Saturday as shipping firms refused to use the nation's main …
India lays out five-year roadmap to freer rupee convertibility
NEW DELHI, Sept 2, 2006 (AFP) - India should make the rupee more freely convertible over the next five years to realise the country's "maximum" economic …
Saving Pluto: The fightback begins
PARIS, Sept 1, 2006 (AFP) - Only a week after Pluto was stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet of the Solar System, rebel astronomers have launched a …
IMF board agrees to give bigger say to developing countries
TOKYO, Sept 1, 2006 (AFP) - The IMF executive board has agreed to far-reaching reform of the institution to give more influence to dynamic developing economies …
Indian TV viewers to pay 11 cents a channel each month
NEW DELHI, Sept 1, 2006 (AFP) - Millions of Indian television viewers will pay a maximum five rupees (11 cents) a month for each pay channel under a new system …
Ford wants to sell Aston Martin
DEARBORN, Michigan, Aug 31, 2006 (AFP) - Troubled US auto giant Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it was looking to sell its British sports marque Aston Martin. …
Feeling peckish? British council bans biscuits to beat the birds
LONDON, Aug 30, 2006 (AFP) - They are an integral part of British tea-time, but councillors in one city are having to forgo biscuits with their daily cuppa to …
Asian workers missing out on stellar growth: ILO
BUSAN, South Korea, Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) - Asian workers are missing out on the region's stellar growth, facing longer hours and lower pay than elsewhere and …
Japanese bank raises ‘interest’ over global warming
KUMAMOTO, Japan, Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) - A Japanese bank is doing its bit to raise interest over global warming, in more ways than one.buy amoxicillin generic buy …
Malaysia calls for “toilet revolution”
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - Malaysia's deputy premier has called for a "toilet revolution" in the country, saying dirty facilities frighten away …
WSJ to team up with new Indian business newspaper
NEW DELHI, Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - The Wall Street Journal said Friday some of its pages will appear in a business newspaper soon to be launched in India by the …
Indian Hindus, Muslims find miracles, but some sceptical
NEW DELHI, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - Barbara Rao, an American software designer of Indian descent, relies on reason in her job, but, like tens of thousands of other …
The planetary A-list: will Pluto make the cut?
PRAGUE, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - Suspense was deeper than a black hole Thursday as the world's top astronomers prepared to announce whether lonely, little Pluto -- …
Marlboro Lights to go up in smoke?
WASHINGTON, Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - They are the world's best-selling cigarettes, a fashion prop for celebrities, an icon of marketing and the preferred smoke of …