World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. | The fall in European shares followed a sharp downturn in Asia where markets were also rattled by weak U.S. manufacturing...
Asia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries Palm Beach Post | BANGKOK — Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. | Japan's Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.4 percent to 8,660.23 as signs of weakness in critical export markets battered some of the...
Sanral’s Alli denies claims over Wild Coast toll plan Business Day | SOUTH African National Roads Agency (Sanral) CEO Nazir Alli has vehemently denied allegations of breaching transport policy and good governance made by John Clarke, a social worker, in a complaint he has filed with the public protector about Sanral...
Ghana to set up Minerals Development Fund Ghana Business News | The Minerals Development Fund Bill will soon be passed into law, to emphasise Government’s commitment to boost infrastructure development in mining communities. | The bill makes room for the establishment of a mining community development scheme ...
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Field diversity promises higher crop yields Business Day | AN INNOVATIVE way of farming, involving the cultivation of a variety of crops in a single field to avoid using pesticides, is helping small-scale fruit farmers in the Eastern Cap...
World stocks mixed amid Greek political impasse Atlanta Journal | BANGKOK — World stocks were held in check Tuesday by a political impasse in Greece that could lead it to a destabilizing exit from the euro currency union. Shizuo Kambayash...
Asia stocks fall as Greek worries rattle investors The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday, rattled by a political impasse in Greece that could lead the debt-stricken country to a destabilizing exit from the euro cu...
Toro tipped for WA's first uranium mine Sydney Morning Herald | AAP | Western Australia could be a step closer to getting its first uranium mine. | Industry and equity market observers are tipping the state's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) will back Toro Energy's plan to construct its Wiluna mine in t...
Market Snapshot Papua New Guinea Post | COMMODITY INDICIES | New York (May 17) | Dow Jones 12598.32 -156.06 | Transport 5098.30 -162.38 | Utilities 467.31 -3.19 | Stocks 4325.35 -73.38 | London (May 17) | FT-SE 100 Share Index | 5338.38 (previous 5405.25) | Australia (May 17) | All Ordin...
Gasoline, oil prices continue to drop Knox News | Pump prices continue to fall in the Knoxville area. | The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded dropped nearly a penny overnight to $3.455 on Wednesday, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. | Prices have plunged in recent weeks. This time a month ago the average in metropolitan Knoxville was $3.76, the auto club reported. | Memph...
