Archive for April 21st, 2008

Nikkei exceeds 13,500 mark

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher Monday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 220.10 points, or 1.63 percent, from Friday to 13,696.55. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange w ...

ADB loans reach record high in 2007

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved loans worth of 10.1 billion U.S. dollars to assist the region's development, the highest amount in the bank's 41 year history, it said in a report Monday. "Our annual loan approvals grew fro ...

OPEC chief: oil prices would go higher

Monday, April 21st, 2008

OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah el al-Badri said Sunday oil prices would likely go higher and that the group was ready to raise production if the price pressure was due to a shortage of supply -- something he doubted. "Oil prices, t ...

Mexican leftists to reinforce protest against oil privatization

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Mexican leftist legislators Sunday vowed to reinforce their protests against President Felipe Calderon's energy reform bill. In a statement issued by the Coordinating Commission to Defend Mexico's Oil, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, t ...

Report: 80 pct of Vietnamese can’t afford flats

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Some 80 percent of Vietnam's population cannot buy flats due to high prices, local newspaper Young People on Monday quoted some local experts as reporting. Main reason for the high prices are state monopoly in land-use right market ...

Nikkei exceeds 13,500 mark

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher Monday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 220.10 points, or 1.63 percent, from Friday to 13,696.55. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange w ...

S Korean president: U.S. to ratify FTA with Seoul within this year

Monday, April 21st, 2008

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday he is confident that the U.S. Congress will ratify the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. Lee, who is visiting J ...

ADB loans reach record high in 2007

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved loans worth of 10.1 billion U.S. dollars to assist the region's development, the highest amount in the bank's 41 year history, it said in a report Monday. "Our annual loan approvals grew fro ...