Sugar trade must be regulated The Times Of India Make no mistake, sugar, like salt, is an essential ingredient of every person's diet. Like salt, sugar must be easily available in the market and at affordable prices. But unlike salt, sugar production involves a more cumbersome process and is open to the influence of numerous factors like weather, ...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Van...
Stuck in exile Business Day Online At the stroke of midnight, a strange phone call. --Hello! --O.J., you false prophet . . . --Who are you, my enemy? | --Not your enemy, just one of your readers. --Ah! Dear Reader, you're most welcome. --Thank you. --But why do you call me a false pro...
Euro edges up, investors look to EU summit The Guardian * Traders await EU economic summit on Thursday * Investors still appear cautious about risk-taking By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The euro inched up against the dollar on Tuesday but remained within sight of an 8-½ month low hit last week,...
The Money Man: Super-economist Joseph Stiglitz on how to fix the recession The Independent | Anger doesn't sit easily on the urbane, vaguely cuddly frame of Joe Stiglitz. His beard and open-necked shirt lend him an unbuttoned air, and he has the veteran teacher's ability to put the intellectually inferior at their ease, which I am grateful...
Agile, smaller enterprises are leading a revival in the industry The Independent | The tiny improvement in Britain's gross domestic product in the final quarter of last year may be raising fears about the strength of |the economy in general, but manufacturing appears to be on a roll. Figures just released by the Chartered Institu...
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UPA Govt's wrong economic policies caused price rise, says Gadkari Newstrack India | New Delhi, Feb.8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday slammed Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government for the price rise of commodities and held its wrong economic...
Stocks trade mixed as European debt woes remain Philadelphia Daily News | STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS | The Associated Press | NEW YORK - Stocks traded mixed Monday as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting...
Arroyo launches 'super region' project in Batangas Inquirer | BATANGAS CITY, Philippines -- President Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday afternoon launched the Urban Luzon Beltway Super Region at the multipurpose gymnasium of the University of Bata...
Profits from nature The Star | There are economic benefits to saving rare species. | FORTY-nine. On a Pacific beach in Costa Rica, a researcher whispers the number after counting the slimy, round white eggs just laid by a rare leatherback turtle in a hole dug in the sand under b...
Front-runners differ on plans to fix huge budget deficit Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The two front-runners in the presidential race struck widely divergent tones when detailing their plans for putting the government's house in order during Monday's Philippine Daily Inquirer presidential debate. | Sen. Benigno Aq...
Islamic finance offers London a chance it must not miss The Times | The announcement by Thomson Reuters that it plans to launch an Islamic Finance internet portal in 2010 is a clear affirmation of the commercial significance to the global economy of the growing interest in Islamic finance and banking. It confirms t...
Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies The New York Times | Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. | During a public meeting between the president and Senate Democrats, Mr. Specter asked whether Mr. Obama would upend existing agreements with China in response to trade policie...
European stocks rally despite debt fears Houston Chronicle | LONDON - European markets rebounded Monday as investors looked past a slump in Asia and set aside worries about debt problems in countries like Greece and Portugal to buy into stocks made cheaper by last week's vicious sell-off. | Sentiment remains balanced on a knife's edge, however, with hope for a bailout for Greece weighed against fears of co...
GSIS’ assumed burden The Daily Tribune | Man at the Market | 02/09/2010 | Factually, contributions deducted from the monthly pay of every government employee, official or rank and file alike, are not enough to cover for all the benefits due them individually upon reaching retirement age, including their monthly pension. | Enabling the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to meet i...
