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OPEC Ministers leave crude output unchanged
Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 (EST)
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 With prices around 60 dollars a barrel, the Ministers of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at their meeting in Vienna on Thursday decided to maintain crude production at existing levels.
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Saudi Oil Minister says no further adjustments to production necessary
Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 (EST)
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 Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi has said that the world oil market is now better balanced and that if prices are maintained at approximately the current levels, OPEC will not make any adjustments to production levels at their forthcoming meeting in March.
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Chinese mining monopoly in Africa has West worried
Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 (EST)
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The world’s largest mining companies have reportedly approached the UN and the World Bank to prevent China from freezing them out of Africa.
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Fear that airlines will not reduce emissions yet charge its customers
Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007 (EST)
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 Airlines, including firms who have lobbied aggressively against climate change legislation could net billions of euros under the greenhouse gas plan by passing costs to the consumers without any real drop in emissions, say economists studying the situation.
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UK losing out to US, Europe in tapping India’s scientific potential
Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (EST)
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Britain is in danger of losing its “special relationship” with India in the field of science because of its lackadaisical attitude, as a result of which US and other European countries are now coming forward to tap India’s scientific potential.
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For the 13the year Hong Kong leads world in economic freedom, 2007 Index Shows
Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 (EST)
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 For the 13th consecutive year, residents of Hong Kong enjoy the world's freest economy, according to the 2007 "Index of Economic Freedom" published annually by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.
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Laticrete - the glue-method of beautifying concrete jungles!
Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 (EST)
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Thanks to the buoyant Indian economy and the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, scheduled for 2010, construction activity is in full swing in and around the Capital.
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Tribunal appointed for 10-billion dollars expropriation cases involving Cyprus, Turkey
Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 (EST)
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A three-member tribunal that will decide a 10-billion dollars claim- the largest ever brought at the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Tributes -has been appointed in the case of Cypriot investment firm Libananco Holdings Company against the Republic of Turkey.
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Chinese trade surplus reached 177 billion dollars in 2006
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 (EST)
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 Chinese exports grew by over 27 percent and imports recorded a jump of 20 percent during 2006, giving the country’s economy a trade surplus of 177.47 billion US dollars in 2006.
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Ashes win boosts Aussie consumer confidence index
Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 (EST)
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 The 5-0 Ashes whitewash boosted the Australian consumer confidence index to a 17-month high in January. Country’s leading bank Westpac suggested that the superb Ashes victory contributed to the unexpectedly strong reading.
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