Archive for March 3rd, 2008

Russian gas company to cut gas supply to Ukraine

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Russian gas giant Gazprom will cut its gas supply to Ukraine by one fourth starting Monday, after talks on resolving gas debts ended in failure, news reports said. Gazprom will cut down on gas supplied to Ukraine from 10 a.m. Moscow ...

Gazprom cuts gas supply to Ukraine

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom has cut gas supply to Ukraine by one fourth on Monday, after talks on debt disputes ended in failure, Russian media reported. Source:Xinhua ...

Nikkei plunges 4% to reach about 6 weeks low

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Japan's key Nikkei stock index plummeted about 4.5 percent Monday to close below the 13,000 mark for the first time since mid January mainly due to the yen's sudden appreciation against the U.S. dollars in the past several trading days. ...

Singapore, China ink deal on IDM technology

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Singapore and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday to promote collaborations in interactive digital media (IDM) technology research and development. The MoU will also pave the way for both countries to strengt ...

Libyan official says OPEC production to stay "as is"

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Current production levels of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will remain "as is" as OPEC continues to gauge the state of the global economy at a meeting this week in Vienna, the head of Libya's oil industry said Sunday. ...

BP expects 2 bln more barrels of Prudhoe Bay crude

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

BP says it can recover at least 2 billion more barrels of crude from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oilfield, even after taking into account the underground oil reservoir has yielded more than 11 billion barrels, far more that thought possible when f ...

S Korea’s consumer prices climb 3.6% in February

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

South Korea's consumer prices rose by 3.6 percent in February from a year earlier due to the increasing prices of crude oil, agricultural and manufactured products, the Korea National Statistical Office (NSO) said at a report on Monday. ...

Tokyo stocks plunge 4% in morning

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Tokyo stocks plunged about 4 percent Monday morning. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 545.93 points, or 4.01 percent, from Friday to 13,057.09. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Ex ...