Archive for February 25th, 2008
Monday, February 25th, 2008
A senior Indonesian official has told the government to terminate PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NTT)'s mining contract following a deadlock in Friday's negotiations over its mandatory divestment program.
Simon Sembiring, director-genera ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
French retailer Carrefour expects to grow sales by a fifth to 1.58 billion ringgit (490.68 million U.S. dollars) this year in Malaysia, spurred by outlet expansion and a better performance from existing stores, local media reported on Monda ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Rising fuel prices are forcing nearly a third of New Zealand drivers to drive their car less often, according to new research released on Sunday.
Research New Zealand Director Emanuel Kalafatelis said on Sunday that because of the r ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
major Swiss bank has estimated that the growth rate for Philippine economy will slow down to 5.6 percent this year from 7.3 last year due to global economic slowdown, but will remain dynamic, reported the local newspaper Philippine Daily I ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
The U.S. may slip into stagflation with the subprime crisis, but that would have a limited impact on China, the World Bank's new chief economist and senior vice president Justin Yifu Lin said Sunday.
Lin told a seminar in Peking Uni ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Vietnam will pour one billion U.S. dollars into upgrading its broadband networks in the 2008-2009 period, according to local newspaper Saigon Liberation on Monday.
The state-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunication Group is develop ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Thailand's Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama affirmed that coup-ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra would return to the country "very soon," when asked about the date in a TV program on Monday.
Noppadon, who was former legal adviser t ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
A fire raged a major market in Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay Monday morning, witnesses said.
The fire started at about 8 a.m.(local time) and burned down the business-booming five-storey Yadanabon Market in downtown Mand ...
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