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|  Japan Credit Rating Agency reviews RP's 'positive' rating
| After upgrading its outlook rating on the Philippines last year, the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) is reviewing its "positive" ratings in the face of mounting concerns over inflation and a slowing economy...
Queensland Gas offers $900 million for Sunshine Gas
| QUEENSLAND Gas Co has kicked off the long-awaited consolidation of Gladstone's swag of coal seam methane-to-LNG schemes, agreeing to buy Sunshine Gas in a deal worth up to $900 million. | The purchase adds to...
European regulators approve Kenwood-JVC deal
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union regulators Wednesday approved a deal between Japanese electronics companies JVC and Kenwood, saying the combination will not impede competition in European markets. | JVC, off...
Monkey Business Greets Tokyo Commuters
Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey. | A security guard spotted the monkey near ticket gates in Shibuya Station, said Norihiru Masu...
Oil prices rise ahead of inventory report
Oil prices rose above $116 a barrel Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report which was predicted to show a drop in U.S. gasoline stocks. | By the afternoon in Europe, light, sweet crude fo...
G7 pushes for more financial support for Georgia
Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | GROUP OF SEVEN REPRESENTATIVESCondoleezza Rice, U.S. secretary of stateDavid Miliband, British foreign secretaryDavid Emerson, Canadian minister o...
Oil prices rise as investors look to inventory report for signals on US demand
| Oil prices rose above $116 a barrel Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report which was predicted to show a drop in U.S. gasoline stocks. | By the afternoon in Europe, light, sweet crude ...
Oil prices rise ahead of inventory report
| Oil prices rose above $116 a barrel Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report which was predicted to show a drop in U.S. gasoline stocks. | By the afternoon in Europe, light, sweet crude ...
Asia stocks up; China soars on policy speculation
| HONG KONG—Most Asian stock markets rebounded Wednesday, led by rallies in China and Hong Kong on speculation that Beijing was planning new measures to boost the country's languishing markets. | China's ...
Water, water everywhere: Leo Lewis on Asia
| Even if the world's thirst for the dirty black stuff is eventually tamed, its craving for the clear blue stuff is on course to become a raging, insatiable monster. More agriculture, more pollution and a globa...
Toyota mulls Japan price hike amid soaring costs
| TOKYO -- | The soaring cost of steel has Toyota considering raising prices in Japan without a model makeover for the first time in three decades, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday. | Speculation has been ...
Fannie/Freddie bailouts could hinge on bond payments
| Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's success in repaying $223 billion of bonds due by the end of the quarter may determine whether they can avoid a federal bailout. | Fannie, based in Washington, has about $120 billi...
Oil steady ahead of inventory report
| - Oil prices were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline. | By...
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