Archive for June 1st, 2008
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Arab countries will establish "Arab Union of Free Zones" in an effort to coordinate measures and legislation among free zones to attract more investment, local daily Jordan Times reported Sunday.
The announcement was made after the ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
With the prices of fuel rising by19 percent from Saturday midnight, India's airfares look set to goup, the Hindu newspaper reported Sunday.
India's public sector oil companies raised air turbine fuel (ATF) prices from 58,387 rupees ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
The National Civil Aviation Agency, which controls commercial flights in Brazil, informed on Friday that it will authorize discounts of up to 80 percent on plane tickets to destinations within South America.
The decision will become ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Pakistan's economy will expand by less than 6 percent for the first time in five years amid double-digit inflation and ballooning budget and trade deficits, local newspaper The Nation reported Sunday.
The 3rd quarterly report for th ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
The already tattered Nepali economy now has a new challenge to confront with rising inflation, according to the Nepali central bank's statistics for the first three-quarters of the current fiscal year, which was issued here on Sunday.
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, Indian largest media group and also holding the company of the Times of India Group, on Saturday bought Virgin Radio of the United Kingdom(UK) with a total of 104 million U.S. dollars, according to The Times of I ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Japan's average retail gasoline price is projected to top 170 yen per liter as major oil wholesalers push up the product prices on Sunday with continued rise in world crude oil prices.
Japan's biggest oil distributor Nippon Oil Corp ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Kenya's initial public offering of Kenya's largest mobile service provider, Safaricom was oversubscribed by 532 percent by both local and international investors.
Finance Minister Amos Kimunya said on Friday night that local investo ...
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