American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets, when available USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Dan Reed, USA TODAY Now that air travelers are warming to the idea of paying extra for service amenities, is going to ask them to pay to stay warm in the air. | Beginning May 1, coach passengers on American's domestic flights that last mor...
Gold falls in bad year for marriage China Daily | 'Unlucky' time for tying the knot may take shine off jewelry sales | The recent decline in the price of gold may extend on a firmer dollar but the falling price may not spur jewelry buying as Chinese couples avoid weddings in 2010. | Bullion slumped to $1,066.30 an ounce last Friday, a three-mon...
Asia pacific markets Business Report | Submit your comment | Stocks dropped yesterday, dragging the MSCI Asia Pacific index 10 percent below last month's peak, as electronics makers posted losses and European finance ministers failed to announce detailed plans to tackle budget de...
Russia lends $300 mn to Sri Lanka for arms Samachaar Moscow: Russia will provide a loan of $300 million to Sri Lanka to help the island nation procure military equipment and technology to strengthen its armed forces. | Russia has agreed to give $300 million loan in ten years to buy armaments and dual-p...
After Lying Low in Boom, No Bust for New York's Real Estate Royalty The New York Times | At the height of the boom, the Dursts, the Rudins, the Roses, the LeFraks and other members of New York’s royal real estate families were treated like slow-moving dinosaurs on the verge of extinction. Raymond McCrea Jones/The New York Times |...
China's XCMG posts soaring business revenue in 2009 China Daily | BEIJING: XCMG Construction Machinery CO Ltd (XCMG), China's largest construction machinery maker, said Tuesday its business revenue in 2009 surged 30.3 percent year on year to nearly 20.7 billion yuan ($3 billion). | In its annual report of 2009 to...
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India aims to double trade with Arab world The Hindu | Special Correspondent | - PHOTO: S. SUBRAMANIUM | EXIT TIMING: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma (right) with FICCI President Rajan Bharti Mittal (centre) and ...
Lexus hybrid steered into Toyota's suspect-brake recall The Times | The recall crisis at Toyota has spread to the Lexus, the carmaker's luxury marque, as its hybrid model is set to join the third-generation Prius on recall because of brake-system...
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity Asia Times | By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digita...
China's CIC gives breakdown of U.S. equity stakes The Guardian * China sovereign fund CIC lists U.S. equity investments * Financials, miners, exchange-traded funds dominate * Chairman says CIC will manage more funds by itself BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China Investment Corp, the country's $300 billion sovereign ...
Rising ore import costs to lift domestic prices -CISA The Guardian * High stocks, rising costs pressure steel mills * Rising demand for steel plates a bright spot BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Climbing import prices for iron ore will put upward pressure on domestic ore prices, which could hurt Chinese steel mills facin...
JGBs edge up on Nikkei, 30-year auction eyed The Guardian TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds edged up on Tuesday after worries over the worsening fiscal health of some European countries hurt shares and lifted U.S. Treasuries. * But activity was subdued as many investors retreated to the sid...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Vanke, Agile Property and Poly, are believed to be in...
Khursheed: Sonia is Indian like Bahadur Shah Zafar The Hindu | Vidya Subrahmaniam | NEW DELHI: When did the idea of India begin? What role did the Mughal Empire play in the development of the modern idea of India? What were the contributions of Babur ki Aulad (progeny of Babur)? | These questions were discussed, debated and elaborated upon on Monday at a seminar that took a critical look at Salman Khursheed'...
