Cheap crude may hit non-oil Arab states as inflows fall
DUBAI, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - Cheaper oil prices may damage the economies of non-oil producing Arab countries because of a fall in remittances and other cash …
DUBAI, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - Cheaper oil prices may damage the economies of non-oil producing Arab countries because of a fall in remittances and other cash …
BEIJING, October 29, 2008 (AFP) - Supermarkets in Beijing stopped selling eggs from one of China's major producers on Wednesday as fears about the toxic …
SAMUT PRAKAN, October 29, 2008 (AFP) - At the Elite Thai Leather factory in Bangkok, craftsman contort tough Thai crocodile hides into any style of luxury …
JAKARTA, October 29, 2008 (AFP) - A former governor of Indonesia's central bank was sentenced to five years in jail and a relative of President Susilo Bambang …
NEW YORK, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - A frenzied buying spree sent US shares soaring Tuesday with the second-largest point gain in history for blue chips amid …
LONDON, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - Britain's central bank urged new constraints on banks Tuesday to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis, saying there needed …
WASHINGTON, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - The Federal Reserve opens a two-day meeting Tuesday widely expected to cut key interest rates further as part of an …
TOKYO, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - The euro dropped to 1.buy cytotec online buy cytotec online no prescription 2328 dollars in Asian trade on Tuesday, the lowest …
HONG KONG, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - Hundreds of senior staff at one of Asia's top brokerages, CLSA, have been asked to take a pay cut of up to 25 percent in a …
BEIJING, October 28, 2008 (AFP) - Wal-Mart said Tuesday it had pulled a major brand of eggs from its stores in China, as concerns rose that an industrial …
ANNECY, October 23, 2008 (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the creation of a French sovereign wealth fund on Thursday, promising to protect the …
SYDNEY, October 22, 2008 (AFP) - Australia is considering changing its multi-billion-dollar bank deposit guarantee scheme by charging savers who have more than …
LONDON, October 22, 2008 (AFP) - The British pound fell Wednesday to a five-year low point against the dollar after Bank of England governor Mervyn King …
SINGAPORE, October 22, 2008 (AFP) - World oil prices weakened in Asian trade Wednesday on renewed worries about energy demand in the face of slowing global …
GRENOBLE, October 22, 2008 (AFP) - French factory workers were exposed to excessive levels of radiation as they handled luminous lift buttons made using unsafe …
WASHINGTON, October 22, 2008 (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve reached deeper into the troubled financial system on Tuesday, offering up to 540 billion dollars of …
SYDNEY, October 21, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's largest mortgage fund, Challenger Howard, is set to freeze investor redemptions following a rush of withdrawals …
GENEVA, October 20, 2008 (AFP) - The number of anti-dumping probes launched by trading nations against alleged unfairly-priced imports surged 39 percent in the …
CIXI, October 21, 2008 (AFP) - Richard Fan is preparing for what may be the worst crisis of his six-year manufacturing career as the world markets that made …
WEST PALM BEACH, October 21, 2008 (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama will leave the White House trail later this week to dash to the side of his gravely ill …