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Sugar. (ps1)
Commodities   Mumbai   Photos   Sugar   Trading  
 The Times of India 
Sugar trade asks FMC to ban futures trading
|                 MUMBAI: The Bombay Sugar Merchants Association, has urged the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) to impose a ban on sugar futures following... (photo: WN / patricia)
Rice
Export   Food   India   Photos   Rice  
 The Times of India 
India may join top rice producing nations soon
|                 NEW DELHI: The state-run agency - Food Corporation of India - will buy record quantities of rice from farmers after a good harvest, a top... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
 Like it or not, it is our own Oil..  The Times of India 
Opec may not support Saudi move to trim supply
|                 LONDON: Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, may come under pressure from within Opec ranks to reduce supplies to prevent a furt... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Crude   Market   Opec   Photos   Saudi  
COAL - FUEL - CARBON DIOXIDE  Hong Kong Standard 
Datang calls for price hike to pay its coal bill

Power generator Datang International Power (0991) reckons it needs a tariff hike of 0.05 yuan (5.7 HK cents) per kilowatt hour to fully offset the rise in coal costs - and that is if domestic coal pri... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Economy   Energy   Markets   Photos   Power  
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Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong Standard
Cathay flight without third pilot sparks legal action

An aircrew union is legally challenging the Director of Civil Aviation for allowing a Cathay Pacific flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong to operate with only two pilots in... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr)
Aerospace   Business   Flight   Photos   Transport  
Dubai, UAE, November 2007 Hong Kong Standard
Dubai prices destined for soft landing

Soaring house prices in Dubai are likely to peak next year before falling at least 15 percent as the Gulf emirate takes measures to weed out short-term speculators, a Reu... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Dubai   Economy   Markets   Photos   Property  
INDIA-TATA-MOTOR-NEW-INDICO-VISTA-LAUNCH The Times of India
'Marginal impact on Tata Motors' share price'

| 28 Aug 2008, 0042 hrs IST, Sumali Moitra,TNN             KOLKATA: Will the Singur stand-off severely hit Tata Motors' share prices? | Anal... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Auto   Economy   Kolkata   Markets   Photos  
INR Indian Rupee historical banknotes The Times of India
Rupee stronger at 43.71/72 vs dollar

|                 MUMBAI: Heavy central bank intervention stopped the rupee from crossing the 44-per-dollar mark on Wednesday... (photo: WN)
Dollar   Economy   Mumbai   Photos   Rupee  
FILIPINOS -FACTORY WORKERS - ROAD - PHILIPPINES Journal Online
New investors visa to create jobs
By: Lee Ann L. Pattugalan THE Bureau of Immigration yesterday said at least 100,000 new jobs will be created as a result of the proposed new indefinite stay visa for fore... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Immigration   Investments   Jobs   Photos   Visa  
  PHILIPPINES - NATIVE GOODS  - ACCESSORIES                             Manila Bulletin
Handicraft makers focus on design for high-end market
Domestic handicraft companies are targeting the high-end market as they focus on product design and craftsmanship as well as creativity and innovation to be more competit... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Companies   Competitive   Domestic   Market   Photos  
PHILIPPINES - PUBLIC UTILITY JEEPNEY - PUJ - TRANSPORT Manila Bulletin
Another P1/liter fuel price rollback set
Another round of P1.00 per liter rollback which is due for implementation this weekend. | A major oil firm indicated that further price cuts are still possible given that... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Fuel   Implementation   Photos   Prices   Rollback  
Slum Area - Coastal Barangay - Poverty - Davao City - Philippines The Manila Times
'Pro-rich' growth to worsen poverty in RP
By Darwin G. Amojelar Reporter | A pro-rich economic policy will aggravate poverty and raise the number of poor Filipinos to 31.2 million by 2020, according to an Asian D... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Economy   Filipino   Photos   Poverty   Research  
KLdy1 - Mar08 - mining - extracting resources from earth - valueable minerals. (dy1) The Manila Times
Mining for national industrialization
| The mining industry is important to a country's economic development being a source of raw materials necessary for industrialization. With its abundant mineral resource... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Development   Industry   Mining   Philippines   Photos  
Transco - National Transmission Corporation - Energy - Davao City - Philippines The Philippine Star
ERC okays Meralco purchase of P230.8-M TransCo assets
| The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved Manila Electric Co.'s purchase of P230.80 million worth of sub-transmission assets (STAs) of the National Transmissi... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Assets   Energy   Meralco   Philippines   Photos  


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