Trade ministers seek way to 2010 Doha deal (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 11:55 AM PDT Reuters - Key trade ministers met on Thursday to work out how to turn political leaders' pledges to complete the Doha round trade talks by 2010 into reality. |
Fisichella gets dream drive with Ferrari (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 09:48 AM PDT Reuters - Italian Giancarlo Fisichella said he was in 'seventh heaven' on Thursday after landing a dream drive with Formula One champions Ferrari. |
Companies claim single-dose swine flu vaccine (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 12:06 PM PDT Reuters - Novartis AG said on Thursday a single dose of its swine flu vaccine might protect against the virus, raising hopes that potentially tight supplies could go further when mass immunization starts this month. |
Y.S.R. Reddy killed in helicopter crash (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 08:30 AM PDT Reuters - Y.S.R. Reddy, one of India's leading political kingmakers, was killed in a helicopter crash in stormy weather, officials said on Thursday, potentially weakening the ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh. |
Food prices to ease by year end - plan panel (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:53 AM PDT Reuters - The government sees food prices easing by year end and aggregate inflation being contained at a comfortable level, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Thursday. |
Bollywood giant Yash Chopra named top Asian filmmaker (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:26 AM PDT Reuters - Influential Bollywood director and producer Yash Chopra will be honoured as filmmaker of the year at one of Asia's biggest film events, South Korea's Pusan International Film Festival, organisers said on Thursday. |
FIFA bans Chelsea from buying players until 2011 (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 10:51 AM PDT Reuters - Chelsea have been banned by FIFA from registering new signings until January 2011 after being found guilty of inducing a player to break his contract with another club. |
Food prices rise 14.5 pct y/y, WPI falls (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:55 AM PDT Reuters - The worst dry spell in nearly four decades pushed up food prices by an annual 14.5 percent in the week to Aug. 22, adding to worries that wholesale price inflation is poised to accelerate in coming months. |
Rain boosts reservoirs, too late for farms (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - India's late monsoon revival boosted depleted hydropower and irrigation reservoirs and helped the soybean crop, but the overall farm outlook remained gloomy after three months of patchy rains and food prices are soaring. |
Indonesia quake toll at 57, many homes damaged (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 09:41 AM PDT Reuters - Indonesian villagers continued a frantic search on Thursday for people buried in the rubble, after a powerful quake killed at least 57 and destroyed thousands of homes in the hills of West Java. |
WTO's Lamy says crisis barriers hurting trade (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:27 AM PDT Reuters - The World Trade Organisation must remain vigilant about protectionism as job losses continue to mount in the wake of the global crisis, Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Thursday. |
Dalai Lama says ready to negotiate with China (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 12:31 AM PDT Reuters - The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader branded by Beijing as a separatist, said on Thursday he was ready to negotiate with China on issues concerning his homeland but wanted to see a "green light." |
India says carbon emissions to soar by 2030 (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:55 PM PDT Reuters - India's greenhouse gas emissions are expected to jump to between 4 billion tonnes and 7.3 billion tonnes in 2031 but the Asian power's rapid economic growth will be sustainable, a government-backed report said on Wednesday. |
Dalai Lama hedges on Taiwan trip's political impact (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 09:59 PM PDT Reuters - The Dalai Lama, reviled by Beijing as a separatist, has said it is too early to know whether his protest-hit Taiwan visit this week had hurt the self-ruled island's ties with rival China. |
Not enough Facebook friends? Buy them (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:21 AM PDT Reuters - Who says you can't buy friends? An Australian online marketing company is selling friends and fans to Facebook members after offering a similar service to Twitter users. |