Archive for April 11th, 2008
Friday, April 11th, 2008
It's a good thing the Hawaiian island of Maui is not a big island because the average price of regular gasoline there has reached a record 4 U.S. dollars per gallon.
Wailuku is the first area in the United States tracked by AAA's Dai ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Look for the price of salmon to skyrocket after West Coast fisheries managers in the United States voted to cancel all commercial salmon fishing off the California and Oregon coasts this year.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) announced Friday the launch of the Global Delivery Platform (GDP), which will provide full end-to-end network performance monitoring.
The telecom giant said in a statement that "It is the firs ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong praised on Friday the development of the knowledge-based economy in China, saying the growing scientific and technological prowess of China is an important factor in its economic takeoff.
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Japan's wholesale prices registered a 2.2 percent increase on a year-on-year basis in fiscal 2007, the fastest pace since 1989 when the index stood at 2.6 percent, Japan's central bank said Friday.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ), in a prel ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Indian shares opened higher on Friday, with the key Sensex index up 0.92 percent shortly after opening.
Sensex rose 145.46 points, or 0.92 percent to 15,840.56.
Sensex is the common name for the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensiti ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Seong-tae warned of an economic slowdown on Thursday, saying U.S. financial market unease will pull down growth rates here and pour cold water on consumption and corporate investment, the Korea Times reporte ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Wall Street rose Thursday on a better-than-expected sales performance by discount retailers.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. reported sales increase in March and they expected sales to keep rising.
The U.S. L ...
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