Maldives get 600,000 tourists in 2008
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Governments urge calm in face of market turmoil
PARIS, Jan 22, 2008 (AFP) - Leaders in Asia and Europe appealed for calm Tuesday and called for international cooperation in the face of a galloping global …
Europe tell US to tackle the real causes of market turmoil
BRUSSELS, Jan 22, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission's top economic official, Joaquin Almunia, called Tuesday on the United States to tackle its deficits, …
Fed slashes US interest rates to 3.50 percent
WASHINGTON, Jan 22, 2008 (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve slashed its key federal funds short-term interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point to 3. …
EU warns of US recession as stocks dive
BRUSSELS, Jan 21, 2008 (AFP) - Top European finance officials sounded the alarm on Monday about a possible US recession as fears about the health of the …
Saudi shares nosedive almost 10 percent
RIYADH, Jan 22, 2008 (AFP) - The Saudi stock market, by far the largest in the Arab world, dropped sharply at the end of trading Tuesday, shedding almost the …
World shares tumble as Bush plan disappoints
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Britain’s three-wheelers driven off the road
LONDON, Jan 19, 2008 (AFP) - Britain's first fleet of tuk-tuks have been run off the roads by "archaic legislation", the owner said Saturday. online pharmacy …
India software giants wary of US slowdown
BANGALORE, India, Jan 20, 2008 (AFP) - India's major software firms say a US economic slowdown may bring more customers seeking cost savings, but analysts warn …
Carbon Disclosure Project to assess world business CO2 footprint
WASHINGTON, Jan 20, 2008 (AFP) - The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a consortium of 315 top institutional investors assessing industries about their CO2 …
ADB need to push reforms, governance and fiscal responsibility harder: study
MANILA, Jan 18, 2008 (AFP) - The Asian Development Bank admitted in an internal study released Friday that some of its loans to poor countries over the last …
Asian markets tumble on US fears, Japan finance minister calls for calm
TOKYO, Jan 18, 2008 (AFP) - Japanese share prices tumbled 2.81 percent by the end of the morning session Friday after a sharp fall on Wall Street on rising …
Indian inflation ‘jumps’ to 3.79-pct, no rate cut
NEW DELHI, Jan 18, 2008 (AFP) - India's inflation jumped nearly three-tenths of one percentage point to its highest level in four months, data showed on …
Maldives nab foreigners for prostitution
January 17, 2006 (LBO) -- Five foreigners have been arrested in the Indian Ocean Island of Maldives for allegedly offering commercial sex and having lubricants …
Kenya crisis hits tea hard
NAIROBI, Jan 17, 2008 (AFP) - Tea is a casualty of the turmoil sparked by disputed presidential elections in Kenya, with thousands of workers forced to flee …
British bank Northern Rock looking for suitors after defeating rebel shareholders
LONDON, Jan 15, 2008 (AFP) - Northern Rock, the British bank almost sunk by the global credit crunch, on Tuesday defeated most of the plans by rebel …
Record-breaking gold could hit 1,000 dollars: analysts
LONDON, Jan 15, 2008 (AFP) - The price of gold is hitting new record highs owing to the troubled US economy and a cocktail of other supportive factors, leading …
China sets 2008 inflation target at 4.6 percent
SHANGHAI, Jan 14, 2008 (AFP) - China has set an initial inflation target of 4.6 percent for 2008, up from three percent last year, state media reported Monday, …
Maldives economy slows in 2007: central bank
MALE, Jan 14, 2008 (AFP) - Economic growth in the Maldives slowed to 6. buy http://metabolicleader.com/images/homepage_extras/png/cipro.html online …
Troubled Gulf Air places US$4bn Boeing order
MANAMA, Jan 12, 2008 (AFP) - The Bahrain-based airline Gulf Air has ordered 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliners valued at around four billion dollars and taken options …