Archive for May 1st, 2008

Myanmar to cultivate more paddy in 2008-09

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Myanmar has planned to expand cultivation of paddy in the present fiscal year of 2008-09, which started in April, to produce rice sufficient for the country's people in the wake of growing population, a leading local weekly, the Yangon Time ...

Philippine official: rice price to go down

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

A Philippine official said on Thursday prices of rice will go down in the coming weeks as newly-harvested palay from Central and Northern Luzon start to come into market, local television network GMA News reported. An official of th ...

Asia’s economic growth to remain fast with momentum from China, India

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

With the enormous momentum from China and India, Asian economies will still grow at a relatively fast pace in the next two years, according to a report issued Wednesday by Standard & Poor's. The recession in the U.S. economy for the ...

Brazil: Investment rating shows economic stability

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The investment rating granted by rating firm Standard & Poor's shows Brazil's economic stability and will increase the flow of foreign investment, Brazilian Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said Wednesday. "It certainly is ...

Fed under mounting pressure after interest cut

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The U.S. Federal Reserve has remained under enormous pressure over future economic adjustment after it cut interest rates on Wednesday to the lowest point in nearly four years to reverse a potential economic recession. FALTERING ECO ...

Fuel prices rise in Brazil for first time since 2005

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega on Wednesday announced a rise of 10 percent in the price of gasoline and 15 percent of the diesel fuel produced by state-owned oil company Petrobras, the first such price hike since2005. The ...

Siemens Q2 profit down on charges

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Siemens AG, Europe's largest engineering company, said second-quarter profit dropped after a review of orders led to charges at the power and transport units. Net income in the three months through March fell to 384 million euros fr ...

Eurozone unemployment rate remains low at 7.1% in March

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The unemployment rate in the eurozone remained at a record low of 7.1 percent in March, the European Union (EU) statistics bureau Eurostat said Wednesday. According to revised figures from Eurostat, the figure remained unchanged from ...