IMF says no relief from high food prices Canada Dot Com | NEW YORK - Speculators don't appear to be to blame for the doubling of commodity prices over the past couple of years, but that doesn't mean relief from high food prices is in sight, according to a new report from the International Monetary Fund. | The IMF expects the food price surge to take long...
RCBC in talks to acquire two banks The Philippine Star | Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC), the country's fourth largest private universal bank, is reportedly negotiating to acquire two smaller banks as it continues its expansion mode. | RCBC president Lorenzo V. Tan admitted in a press briefing that the bank is in talks with a thrift bank but he de...
Man charged over pensioner murder BBC News | A man has been charged with the murder of an 89-year-old man found badly beaten in his Tyneside home. | Pensioner Harold Lindley was discovered by neighbours with serious facial injuries after being attacked in Walker Grove, Walker, on 17 April. | ...
Parliament approves 2007 budget fulfillment report Moldova | The Moldovan Parliament has approved the country's 2007 State Budget deficit in the amount of 198 million lei. The Budget revenues amounted to 14 billion lei and expenditures - 14.2 billion lei, Deputy Minister of Finance Nina Lupan said in ...
Ask an expert - Investing This is Money What do I do with a £70,000 lump sum? | This is Money | 3 July 2008 | After selecting the best annuity route I have a tax free lump sum of around £70,000 to invest for income. Presumably two cash Isas should be my first port of call. But what about r...
Travesties of justice Golf 365 Two travesties of justice in two days! It's more than any mortal man should have to suffer. | The first being the fisherman Pablo Larrazabal winning the French Open and cleaning out my betting balance, which was hard earned on Ladies Day at Royal Asc...
Class suit to force Meralco to bare dealings — solon The Daily Tribune | 06/30/2008 | The class suit filed against the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will force officials of the power firm to account for their questionable dealings considered to be unf...
Is your nest egg riding on oil? The Columbus Dispatch WASHINGTON -- All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days -- just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror. | The retirement ...
On U.S. campus, liberal professors retire International Herald Tribune | : When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing "We Shall Not Be Moved" in front of Columbia University's library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had not yet been born. | When he won tenure at the University of Wisconsin h...
Private equity money pours in, but shifts targets Globe and Mail Post the first comment Back to the blog | Money poured into private-equity funds at almost the same unprecedented rate as in the first half of 2007, showing that even after the credit crunch big investors still have a huge appetite for alternative as...
On U.S. campuses, a generational shift to moderates International Herald Tribune | : When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing "We Shall Not Be Moved" in front of Columbia University's library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had not yet been born. | When he won tenure at the University of Wisconsin h...
How to stop the Great Crash of '08 Asia Times By Spengler | The oil price has doubled in the past year because the US Federal Reserve panicked over risks to the over-leveraged financial system and flooded markets with excess liquidity. The world is willing to pay arbitrarily high prices to hedge against inflation, but the cost of inflation hedges drags down the world economy. Last week's spike...
Gold near 10-week high on oil, ETF holdings up The Times Of India | SINGAPORE: Gold was steady near its highest level in more than 10 weeks on Thursday, on inflation fears driven by record high oil, and gains in ETF holdings suggested investors were shifting their money back to bullion. But trading may be slow ahead of U.S. employment data and an intere...
