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India can take lessons from the global food crisis. From being world’s third largest producer of wheat, India now may become the world’s largest importer.
India is slowly shifting its priorities from growing staple foods to vegetables and...
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General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Cerberus Capital Management LP have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to a...
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I had promised myself not to write more than one blog a day but my anger is making me break my promise. This morning I was going through the terms subject to which...
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Will it go down? Rumors are flying thick & fast about ICICI a leading private bank in India of which I am an old shareholder. This morning I got an SMS from them...
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Asia’s financial system is little affected by the U.S. sub-prime mortgage problems that have triggered a global crisis, and the region overall will enjoy robust...
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President Bush says world’s wealthiest industrial countries will work together to attack the credit crisis spreading around the globe.
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* Saturday: Despite desperate efforts to kick-start activity in the stalled markets, and re-instill investor confidence, Japan’s Nikkei continues to bear the blows of...
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There is a tendency in the Philippines to ape what US authorities are doing with their financial markets. The tendency is to pattern the Philippine financial system to...
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Living in Chile, I have seen the US economic crisis in a number of ways. The closest I have been to it is in the community I live in, Puerto Natales, Chile. Puerto...
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Foreign investments in the Philippines bounced back in July but total capital from abroad remained thin compared to inflows last year due to the global economic...
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Philippine share prices on Friday fell by triple digits as nervous investors dumped stocks in favor of cash amid the global uncertainty, analysts said. The property...
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said her government will spend more to stimulate the economy and protect growth as the world braces for the worst financial...
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The Philippine stock market will still be reeling from the effects of the global financial crisis next week, unless some major development occurs over the weekend,...
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Qwest Communications International Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract with a union representing about 20,000 employees.
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Financial officials from the world’s wealthiest industrial countries are pledging decisive action to deal with the biggest upheavals to hit the global financial...
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Julie McCarthy’s description of a 100,000 acre soy farm in Brazil seems to symbolize peace, progress, and economic development: trends for a new Latin America. From...
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Published reports say General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM.
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The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should...
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Selected quotes on actions taken by the Group of Seven major industrial countries on Friday to combat the worldwide financial crisis:
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Finance officials from the world’s top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.
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Text of G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors’ plan of action, as provided by the Treasury Department:
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Former UN head Kofi Annan has called for a “green revolution” to solve the food crisis threatening Africa.
“A genuinely African green revolution...
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China could lease overseas farming land to beat rising food prices, according to reports from Beijing.
Soaring grain prices have encouraged the ministry of agriculture...
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Until a few months ago, Booncherd Leekasem would never have been caught astride a muddy tractor or squelching through buffalo dung in a rice paddy. As a headman of Khao...
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Fred Grieder has been farming for 30 years on 1,500 acres near Bloomington, in central Illinois. That has meant 30 years of long days plowing, planting, fertilizing and...
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Food riots which have struck several impoverished countries could spread with shortages and high prices set to continue for some time, the head of the United Nation’s...
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If Firefly had its way, then probably the whole world would be powered by solar energy under one giant roof. The Brighton based company provides renewable energy based...
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Oil shock of another kind. Rising demand for fuel to meet global demands for mobility is encroaching up the production of edible oils.
Conversion into bio-fuels has...
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With a world wide drive to reduce the green house gases, it is expected that there might be a change in lifestyle. However, that doesn’t seem to apply to the...
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In a shocking finding it has been revealed that a renewable energy source designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is contributing more to global warming than fossil...
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Several million tonnes of arable soil is lost to erosion annually. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revealed that programmes of land stewardship and conservation...
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Illegal logging is mowing down the tropical forests of the Southeast Asian country. Astoundingly, the estimated loss of 72 percent of its original frontier forest is...
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ConocoPhillips, the third-largest U.S. oil company and the world’s biggest meat producer Tyson Foods announced that they are teaming up to produce diesel fuel for...
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that a U.S. tariff on Brazilian ethanol does not make sense. He further said that he will complain about it to...
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The price of oil is increasing day by day for which there is a very pressing need to carve out alternatives to gasoline. To boost bio-fuel production scientists are...
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Scientists have predicted that 2007 will be the warmest year yet, but does it really mean anything to a common person? Are we really concerned and prepared? No, not...
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The Energy Security through Renewable Fuels law in Washington State passed its final legislative hurdle and it is now ready for the governor’s signature. By Nov....
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With a perfect home — fallen logs on the forest floor, the Shiitake mushrooms will no more be sold as a delicacy in the produce section of your local supermarket....
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The herbal craze has dramatically engulfed the cosmetic market across the world. To fuel the craze, consumers can soon enjoy soap, shampoos and many other products...
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Name the greenest of all the fuels by which cars are currently driven. Guessed a few? But, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) definition of them will entirely change...
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