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Germany urges higher food import standards

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:10 BST
Germany believes China, India and the US should be forced to adopt higher environmental and health standards if they want to export food products to the European Union, says Horst Seehofer, Germany's farm minister

Doubts as Turkish IMF deal expires

Mon, 12 May 2008 07:58 BST
The end of a bn loan agreement removes an anchor for Ankara's economic and structural reform programme just as the economy appears to be heading into difficulties

UAE investors buy Pakistan farmland

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:04 BST
A large Middle East private equity company has been quietly buying farmland in Pakistan as part of plans by the United Arab Emirates to increase food security and damp inflation

Living in a world of 0 oil

Fri, 9 May 2008 19:50 BST
Another doubling in oil prices is about conceivable. It would cause serious economic disruption, global tension and currency crises for some poor nations

Bribery: the net tightens but holes remain

Fri, 9 May 2008 19:16 BST
Campaigners hope they can capitalise on pressure for greater transparency, writes Michael Peel

India extends futures trading ban

Thu, 8 May 2008 22:42 BST
Four more food commodities added to list despite warnings, including from the government-appointed market regulator, that such measures will do nothing to quell inflation

IMF warns on global inflation

Thu, 8 May 2008 21:44 BST
Global inflation has re-emerged as a major threat to the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said in a stark warning that marked an abrupt change of tone from its emphasis on the risks to growth

The dollar danger is not over yet

Thu, 8 May 2008 19:35 BST
Verbal intervention on the US currency and euro is welcome – but it is time for verbal intervention on the rupee and renminbi as well

The financial crises of capitalism

Thu, 8 May 2008 18:21 BST
The beginning of wisdom is to recognise that booms and busts have been a feature of capitalism from the start, writes Samuel Brittan

Ethical finance standards must be restored

Thu, 8 May 2008 18:08 BST
Ethics is not only acting correctly; it is also not trying to avoid regulation even if one thinks one can get away with it, writes Evelyn de Rothschild

World carbon trading value doubles

Thu, 8 May 2008 03:02 BST
A sharp rise in the number of transactions in the emissions trading market brought the value of trades to about bn last year, says the World Bank in an annual review

Europe and US unite on stronger dollar

Thu, 8 May 2008 02:01 BST
The US and Europe now have a united desire to see the dollar strengthen against the euro, senior officials have told the Financial Times

EU trade chief hits at Democrat hopefuls

Wed, 7 May 2008 23:32 BST
Peter Mandelson says the protectionist stances taken by the US presidential candidates risk taking the world trading system back by decades

US general warns on space

Wed, 7 May 2008 22:24 BST
The US general in charge of military operations in space said China's destruction last year of an orbiting satellite had dispelled the notion of space as a sanctuary and called for heightened international co-operation to share information about what was orbiting the earth

Lasting euro success requires bolder proposals

Wed, 7 May 2008 18:43 BST
The Commission is right to claim the euro is a success. It is also right to admit the euro has fallen short, say Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir
 
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Cablevision buys Newsday from Tribune for 0M

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:57:35 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. is buying the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. in a deal valued at 0 million, the companies announced Monday....

Stocks fluctuate as oil falls, dollar advances

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:14 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street fluctuated in a narrow range Monday, giving up a modest early advance as oil prices ticked lower and the dollar rose....

Sprint Nextel 1Q deficit widens on charges, customer exodus

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:05:13 GMT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. said Monday it had a larger first-quarter deficit as revenue fell, it lost more than a million subscribers and it absorbed charges for severance and other costs....

IndyMac Bancorp swings to 1st-qtr loss, sees 2008 loss

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:38:46 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- IndyMac Bancorp Inc. said Monday it swung to a loss in the first quarter as deteriorating credit markets forced the mortgage lender to lower the value of mortgage-backed securities, and warned it would not post a profitable quarter in 2008....

MBIA slides to huge 1Q loss on hefty charges

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:34:09 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) -- MBIA Inc. swung to a file=ap.php.41 billion loss during the first quarter as the bond insurer faced ongoing deterioration in the credit markets and recorded billions in write-downs....

US health secretary: Chinese Heparin shipped to US now safe

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:10:09 GMT
SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- A blood thinner manufactured in China and linked to dozens of deaths in the United States is now safe because of tighter testing and controls, a top American health official said Monday, while warning that all U.S. imports would face closer scrutiny in the future....

Oil prices retreat from last week's record high

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:41:11 GMT
LONDON (AP) -- Oil prices retreated Monday from last week's record close near 6 a barrel as the dollar strengthened against the euro and yen....

Australia's Westpac offers B for bank rival St. George

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:38:50 GMT
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Westpac Banking Corp. said Monday it has approached rival St. George Bank Ltd. with a billion takeover offer that could lead to the biggest shakeup of Australia's banking sector in years....

Toyota says new US auto plant delayed

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:57:32 GMT
TOKYO (AP) -- A senior Toyota executive said Monday that plans for a new auto assembly plant in Mississippi are being delayed by worries about slumping American auto sales and a broader U.S. economic slowdown....

China's April inflation near decade-high levels

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:57:49 GMT
BEIJING (AP) -- China's inflation rose in April to near decade-high levels, according to data released Monday, increasing pressure on Beijing to cool rapidly ascending prices and avert possible unrest ahead of the Summer Olympics....