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China's car sales, gas consumption don't add up
A sharp rise in Chinese car sales hasn't been reflected in nationwide gasoline consumption this year, an anomaly that has some analysts scratching their heads. But Standard Chartered analysts have a theory.
New Report Shows Water Scarcity Can be Mitigated Affordably and Sustainably
Washington, D.C., November 23, 2009 — A new report released today by the 2030 Water Resources Group, Charting Our Water Future, shows that growing water scarcity can be mitigated affordably and sustainably. By providing greater...
Standard Chartered creates new Singapore & Southeast Asia role
British bank Standard Chartered today announced the appointment of Lee Boon Huat as the Regional Chief Operating Officer for Singapore and Southeast Asia. Mr Lee assumes his new role after two years as StanChart’s Regional Head...
Most global banks are still unsafe warns S&P
Standard & Poor's has given warning that nearly all of the world's big banks lack sufficient capital to cover trading and investment exposure risking further downgrades over the next 18 months unless they move swiftly to beef...
Miners dig foundations of bluechip rally
After four days of trading in the doldrums the bluechip index which shed almost 2.5pc between Monday and Friday last week was due for a bounce. And bounce it did courtesy in large part of an uptick in metal prices that fuelled...
Market Report: Dollar's slide adds sparkle to commodities
The silver producer Fresnillo was among the risers as the FTSE 100 index regained its composure, breaking a four-session losing streak. Besides Fresnillo, Lonmin and Kazakhmys stood out, climbing by 4 per cent or 67p to 1760p...
Business braces itself for Sir David Walker broadside
The combination was devastating. An over-mighty chief executive and weak non-executives provided a partnership that was a key feature of the financial crisis, allowing strategy, pay policy and risk-taking to go unchallenged in...
Glance-FTSE breaks losing streak; banks, commods surge
By David Brett LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index ended sharply higher on Monday, snapping a four-day losing streak, with commodity and banking stocks rallying after comments by a senior U.S. Federal Reserve...
India, China cut US debt holdings
24 Nov 2009, 0142 hrs IST, Gayatri Nayak & Deeptha Rajkumar, MUMBAI: The two fastest-growing economies in the world — India and China are easing up on their investments in US treasury bonds since June this year, given the...
UPDATE 2-Japan govt says BOJ asleep in deflation row
By Stanley White TOKYO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Japanese cabinet ministers increased pressure on the Bank of Japan on Tuesday to respond to deflation, with one saying that the central bank was asleep at the wheel. The government...
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