Oil below $72 in Asia amid economy doubts Newsday | February 9, 2010 CHUN HAN WONG (Associated Press Writer) | (AP) — Oil prices lingered below $72 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors remained uncertain about the strength of global economic growth and demand for crude. | Benchmark crude for March delivery was down 16 cents at $71.73 a bar...
Family Vaults Women to Leadership in Asia Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | BANGKOK -- "I am not a woman prime minister," Indira Gandhi liked to say during her many years as India's leader. "I am a prime minister." | But the question, here in Asia, is whether there really is such a thing as a woman prime minister. | More women have reached the pinnacle of power in Asia in...
Asian shares struggle, euro wins respite Indian Express | Asian share markets struggled to hold firmer ground on Tuesday but won some respite from recent losses, while the euro rose tentatively as investors took a break from selling it off over fiscal concerns in the euro zone. | The MSCI index of Asian s...
Oil below $72 in Asia amid economy doubts Breitbart | FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2010 file photo, Jason Kilpatrick of Wholesale Fuel... | SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices lingered below $72 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors remained uncertain about the strength of global economic growth and demand for crud...
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Debt fears hammer euro in Asia Inquirer | TOKYO – The euro slid to a fresh eight-month low in Asia on Friday as investors dumped the currency owing to growing fears about Europe's sovereign debt problems. | The euro drop...
Asia rice prices fall as supply rises, demand thins Malaya | BANGKOK - Asian rice prices fell on Wednesday as the world’s big producing countries started harvesting, stoking concerns of oversupply as buyers stayed on the sidelines expect...
Asia's budget airlines eye growth, high fuel costs Daily Star Lebanon | Friday, February 05, 2010 | - Powered by | SINGAPORE: Asia’s budget airlines will prosper as the region’s economic recovery takes hold and its middle class grows, but...
Police urge Asian community to identify Indian taxi driver's killer m&c | Wellington - New Zealand police investigating the murder of an Indian taxi driver in Auckland appealed Tuesday to the city's Asian communities for help in identifying the passenger who stabbed him to death in a frenzied attack. | They said inquirie...
Asia-Pacific airlines to acquire 8,000 new aircraft over next 20 years Malaya | Airlines in Asia and the Pacific will acquire some 8,000 new passenger and cargo aircraft over the next 20 years, according to European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Valued at $1.2 trillion, the requirement represents one third of predicted global ...
Defense secretary says South Asia terrorist groups build off each other's successes Star Tribune | NEW DELHI - A syndicate of terror groups is working to sow violence and destruction across South Asia, and India and Pakistan need to work together to combat the mutual threat, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. | Gates, who spoke during a visit to India, said no nation was immune from terror. | He linked Taliban militants operat...
Asia urged to 'save the tigers' Al Jazeera | The World Bank has urged China and other Asian countries to close down privately-run tiger farms, saying they are inhumane and fuel demand for body parts of the endangered big cats. | The call came at a multinational meeting in Thailand where representatives from 13 countries with wild tiger population are discussing efforts to pull the world's r...
Oil edges higher in Asian trade Inquirer | SINGAPORE – Oil rose in Asian trade Friday, but remained below $74 as concerns about demand and a strengthening US dollar kept a hold on prices. | New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, was up 15 cents to $73.79 a barrel. | London's Brent North Sea crude for March delivery gained 17 cents to $72.30. | "Even tho...
