Rubber industry seeks fixed price band The Statesman Press Trust of India | NEW DELHI, July 4: The All India Rubber Industries Association has asked the government to fix a price band for natural rubber to check the huge rise in prices of the key raw material for rubber consuming industries. | In a letter to the finance and commerce ministries, Associ...
Japan firms may quit Indonesia over power crisis The Times Of India | JAKARTA: Several Japanese firms have threatened to pull out of Indonesia unless the government fixes electricity supplies, as power cuts have caused production and financial losses, a business association said on Saturday. Indonesia urge...
Japan firms may quit Indonesia over power crisis The Times Of India | JAKARTA: Several Japanese firms have threatened to pull out of Indonesia unless the government fixes electricity supplies, as power cuts have caused production and financial losses, a bus...
Hawaii’s warm weather attracts Canadian visitors Star Bulletin Visitor numbers from that country to the islands increased 26.8 percent last year | STORY SUMMARY » | Hawaii's visitor industry has seen a pickup in arrivals this week, particularly from international destinations like Canada, as officers and cr...
Wi-Lan adds LG to litigation list Canada Dot Com | Wi-LAN Inc., the Ottawa technology licensing company, has added LG, the Korean electronics giant, to a growing list of big industry players it is taking to court. | LG joins Motorola, Research in Motion and UTStarCom to the group of wireless handse...
Kawasaki shelves plan for robot plant The Times Of India | TOKYO: Kawasaki Heavy Industries decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capital investmen...
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CAL to sign deals with Chinese carriers Taipei Times | China Airlines Ltd (CAL, µØ¯è), the nation¡¦s largest carrier, will sign cooperation deals with China¡¦s three largest airlines to expand its routes through the country. | ¡§Code...
25 RP cities emerging as mini-Singapores Malaya | TWENTY-five Philippine cities cited by the Asian Institute of Manage-ment's Policy Center for their competitiveness are emerging as mini-Singapores. | The AIM Policy Center's 200...
Q&A: British Airways and Virgin Atlantic The Times | What is this all about? | Last year, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic admitted colluding to fix the prices of fuel surcharges, supplementary fees added to tickets to compensat...
RP to export bananas to U.S. soon Journal Online By: Cory Martinez FILIPINO banana growers would soon be able to export their hard green bananas to the American mainland following the assurance made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fast track the processing of quarantine pro...
Investments up 141% to P204.77B in January-May The Philippine Star | Combined investments approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) soared by 141 percent to P204.77 billion during the first five months of the year from P85.11 billion a year ago. | The amount is expe...
NescafÉ, Smart Buddy launch hi-tech promo The Philippine Star | NescafÉ 3in1 and Smart Communications Inc. have teamed up for a high-tech challenge like no other through the NescafÉ 3in1 Decode promo. | Just as in a treasure hunt, Smart Buddy subscribers need to find the NescafÉ 3in1 "alien" billboards deployed...
State must support local enterprise The Statesman In the wake of the debacle in the panchayat elections, the West Bengal government is set to withdraw the Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2006. Till very recently, it had embarked on a benevolent distribution of agricultural land to industrialists from...
Money in stock dips by Rs 9,055 crore in 15 days The Times Of India | MUMBAI: The interest rate tightening move by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), set in motion since April, appears to have had an impact. | For the first time since the central bank raised the cash reserve ratio (CRR) — which is the slice of deposits that banks need to park with the mon...
Kashmiri protesters clash with police Fresno Bee | SRINAGAR, India (AP) Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Indian Kashmir's main city Saturday over allegations that government forces set fire to a local Muslim shrine, officials said. | Residents allege that the popular Srinagar shrine, Jenab Sahib, was set on fire by police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force. | "There w...
