Flying in the face of fashion Hong Kong Standard Cathay Pacific was on a trip down memory lane yesterday. Instead of moving up and down the aisles, Cathay flight attendants paraded up and down the catwalk at a Tokyo fashion show dressed in nine different historical uniforms. | //--> Monday, July 06, 2009 | Cathay Pacific was on a trip down memory ...
HP launches global campaign for ‘green’ PC use The Daily Tribune | 07/06/2009 | HP recently announced the launch of Power to Change, a campaign that encourages personal computer users around the world to make behavioral changes in support of the environment. | The campaign encourages users to download a new desktop widget that tracks the cumulative energy savings...
Oil falls below $65 on economic gloom The Guardian (Clarifies that change in fourth paragraph is from Thursday's close, adds reference to prices late on Friday) * Oil falls below $65 on weak economic outlook * Nigeria militants attack Shell and Chevron facilities * Societe Generale says oil expected ...
Hybrids help Toyota, Honda dominate Japan car sales The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 0857 hrs IST, REUTERS Text: TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in June while Honda Motor Co's rival Insight ranked fourth, helping the two hybr...
Gold inches down as dollar eyed The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 0856 hrs IST, REUTERS Text: TOKYO: Gold prices inched down on Monday as the dollar steadied against the euro, but trading was subdued following a US holiday, with traders lookin...
Oil prices dip below $65 in Asian trade The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 0853 hrs IST, AFP Text: SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended their losses in Asian trade on Monday after the latest unemployment report in the United States showed that a recovery in ...
Dollar mixed ahead of G8 summit The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 0836 hrs IST, AFP Text: TOKYO: The dollar was mixed against other major currencies in Asia on Monday as investor caution grew ahead of a summit of the Group of Eight (G8) econom...
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China won't press for new global currency at G8 China Daily | BEIJING: China has no plans to raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar at the G8 meeting this week but is willing to discuss it, a top Chinese diplomat...
North Korea moves to restrict economy Hartford Courant Reporting from Yanji, China - In the markets of Kilju, a city of 100,000 near North Korea's eastern seacoast, the ruling Korean Workers' Party has ordered the removal of Chinese-ma...
Nikkei falls 1.6 pct, shipping firms falter The Guardian TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 1.6 percent on Monday, with shipping firms such as Nippon Yusen retreating after a key gauge of freight costs dropped late last week on softer demand for goods. The Nikkei fell 154.80 points...
Nikkei dips, investors await earnings and data The Guardian * Nikkei hovers near 25-day moving average * Investors await US corporate earnings this week * Little direct impact from opposition win in local election By Masayuki Kitano TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average edged down 0.8 percent...
Stocks of ETC unit dry up as makers query value Asahi News | Hundreds of thousands of drivers who splashed out on Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) devices this year may find them all but redundant in a few months. | The transponders, needed for expressway toll discounts, have become enormously popular since ...
RBA expected to hold rates amid inflation fears The Australian | THE Reserve Bank is expected to keep the official cash rate at 3 per cent tomorrow, against a backdrop of rising unemployment but more positive forecasts that the Australian economy will avoid a deep growth contraction. | Interest rate markets are convinced that there will be no change to rates, now at a 50-year low, when the central bank meets i...
