The Manila Times Surging food prices bite across Asia | From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest, experts warn. | A billi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
The Australian News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated | Will Hutton, in The Observer, on why it is a bit premature to concede the 21st century to China or India | THE fashionable view is that the US economy is a busted flush (but) of the world's top 100 ... (photo: AP Photo / kalpana)
Independent online 'Government does not need ANC permission' | The South African government does not have to seek permission from the new ANC leadership before entering into international agreements, Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Sunda... (photo: AP) BrazilEconomyIndiaPhotosSouth Africa
Ohio Asian leaders' rice-cartel plan goes against grain | Until last week, the next oil - the crucial resource growing ever scarcer and prompting desperate behavior to ensure supplies - was water. Turns out, it's rice. | That's at least what some Asian lea... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) AsianExportGrainPhotosRice
The Times Of India Mystery Indian analyst spooks world economy | WASHINGTON: They are calling him Arjun "Spike" Murti, but his real middle name is Narayana, the supreme manifestation of the Hindu God Vishnu. | Supreme h... (photo: AP Photo / Pat Sullivan) EconomyMarketOilPhotosUS
Dawn Indian inflation hits 4-year peak | NEW DELHI, May 9: India’s annual inflation rate rose marginally to a near four-year high at 7.61 per cent on the back of rising food prices, official data released on F... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) FoodIndianInflationMarketPhotos
The Star Fashionable watches for the young | FOR the young and those young at heart, an exciting new watch boutique is in town. It was an unprecedented event for Titan Industries Limited, India's leading producer ... (photo: WN / James) BusinessFashionIndiaMalaysiaPhotos
Gulf Daily News Rice export curbs may be eased | MANILA: India said yesterday it may allow limited rice exports, a sign that a global supply crisis could start to ease, as Philippine traders held off purchases hoping ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) ExportIndiaPhilippinePhotosRice
Gulf Daily News Nissan seeks to expand sales network | TOKYO: Japan's Nissan Motor Company said yesterday it had appointed Hover Automotive India Private to develop its sales network in India, with the aim of establishing 5... (photo: public domain / ) AutomakerJapanNissanPhotosSales
