BP rejects Sinopec bid for assets Gulf News | Shanghai: China Petroleum & Chemical Corp said BP declined an offer by the Chinese company to buy some of its assets. | "We've talked to BP on some good assets, but they won't sell," Zhang Jianhua, senior vice president of the company known as Sinopec, said in an interview in Sh...
Signs of Recovery Push European Shares Higher The New York Times | European stock markets rose Thursday after another batch of positive earnings and further evidence that Europe’s economy is recovering faster than previously expected. | The euro broke out of its recent tight trading range to strike a fresh 11-week high against the dollar. | In Europe, the F...
Signs of Recovery Push European Shares Higher The New York Times | European stock markets rose Thursday after another batch of positive earnings and further evidence that Europe’s economy is recovering faster than previously expected. | The euro broke out of its recent tight trading range to strike a fresh 1...
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For July 28 2010 Scoop Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9:00 am | Article: Scoop Daily Ratings | Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For July 28 2010 | 1: | Office of the Clerk | Income Gap—Parity with Australia; Overseas Investment Rules—Sale of Land; Economy—Rep...
Some Internet porn sites in China now accessible Herald Tribune | BEIJING - Word leaked out slowly, spread by Web-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn that once was blocked by Chinese government censors was now openly available. | "Are they no longer cracking down on pornographic websites? A lot of porn sites an...
Asia stocks rise as Apple result lifts tech sector Herald Tribune | SEOUL, South Korea - Asian stock markets mostly posted mild gains Wednesday after better-than-expected earnings from technology bellwether Apple nudged Wall Street higher. | Oil prices, meanwhile, traded below $78 a barrel after a report showed U.S...
A Look at Global Economic Developments The New York Times | Filed at 2:54 p.m. ET | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ------ | Industrial output in the 16 countries that use the euro rose for the third consecutive month in May, but the increase...
Asian Stock Markets Jump After Intel Result The New York Times | Filed at 1:22 a.m. ET | BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets jumped Wednesday, powered by better-than-expected earnings from chipmaking giant Intel Corp. and Singapore's forecast that its economy will grow a blistering 15 percent this year. | Oil pr...
European Shares Higher, Spurred by Alcoa Results The New York Times | European equity markets rose Tuesday after the aluminum company Alcoa kicked off the corporate earnings with stronger-than-expected results, though optimism was reined in by a credit rating downgrade to Portugal and fears about the Chinese property...
Google wins permission to keep website in China Herald Tribune | SAN FRANCISCO - Google won permission Friday to maintain its website in China and keep its toehold in the world's most populous nation after bowing to pressure to eliminate a virtual detour around the country's online censorship requirements. | Ent...
China renews Google license amid censorship row Herald Tribune | BEIJING - China renewed Google's license to operate a website, preserving the search giant's toehold in the most populous Internet market after it gave up an attempt to skirt Beijing's Web censorship. | Google Inc. said Friday its Internet content ...
Asia stocks gain amid respite from slowdown fears Herald Tribune | SINGAPORE - Asian stock markets rose Friday after South Korea's surprise interest rate hike and a fall in U.S. unemployment benefit claims eased the worries that Europe's debt crisis will derail the global recovery. | South Korea's central bank rai...
Out of pilots, Philippine airline grounds flights Gulf News | Manila: National air carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) had to cancel at least five flights on Saturday after several Airbus A320 pilots decamped for jobs abroad. | Among the flights cancelled was one to Hong Kong, and the others to domestic destinations. | Brain drain - the decamping of professionals, including teachers and nurses, for better job...
BP rejects Sinopec bid for assets Gulf News | Shanghai: China Petroleum & Chemical Corp said BP declined an offer by the Chinese company to buy some of its assets. | "We've talked to BP on some good assets, but they won't sell," Zhang Jianhua, senior vice president of the company known as Sinopec, said in an interview in Shanghai yesterday, without naming the ventures. | &...
