Archive for May 21st, 2008

Soros expects US, UK slump

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Billionaire investor George Soros said the "acute phase" of the global credit crisis is over, and the fallout will lead to recessions in the United Kingdom and the United States. "Financial institutions have been severely damaged and we ...

Int’l cartoon and animation festival opens in Seoul

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

The 12th Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) opened here on Wednesday for a five-day run. According to the organizer, 387 animated films from 36 countries are to be presented during the event, while a library ...

U.S. wholesale prices up 0.2% in April

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

U.S. wholesale prices rose by 0.2 percent in April, down from a 1.1-percent jump in March and an increase of 0.3 percent in February, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The 0.2-percent rise in the department's producer-price ind ...

Napster in challenge to iTunes

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Napster Inc, the digital music service, yesterday opened the world's biggest MP3 download store with more than 6 million songs in a direct challenge to Apple Inc's iTunes store. The new Web-based music store will have digital songs from ...

EU to probe gov’t subsidy of France Telecom

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Regulators for the European Union on Tuesday said they would investigate whether the French government unfairly subsidized France Telecom when it assumed financing some of the company pensions. The European Commission said one of Fra ...

Oil prices top 129 dollars

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Oil prices topped 129 U.S. dollars a barrel for the first time after billionaire hedge-fund manager Boone Pickens said that oil will reach 150 dollars a barrel this year. Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose 2.11 dollars to rea ...

Soros expects US, UK slump

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Billionaire investor George Soros said the "acute phase" of the global credit crisis is over, and the fallout will lead to recessions in the United Kingdom and the United States. "Financial institutions have been severely damaged and we ...

EADS withdraws from race to purchase American defense group

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

The European Defense and Space Co. (EADS) has withdrawn from a protracted race to buy DRS Technologies, an American-based defense electronics group, the European group's chief executive officer Louis Gallois has said. "After making ...