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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page China National News.com http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:00:01 -0400 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:00:01 -0400 30 The elderly in the US are finding the going tough because of prices at the fuel bowser. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379087/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:27:28 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379087/cs/1/ The company which makes Airbus, EADS, was close to finalising two deals prior to the weekend. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379086/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:26:24 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379086/cs/1/ One of China’s medium-sized commercial banks, CITIC, has estimated its net profit in the first half of this year rose by more than 150 percent from a year earlier. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379085/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:25:36 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379085/cs/1/ Oil companies, which once would not even consider drilling off Florida, are now in southern US waters. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379084/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:24:24 -0400 China National News.comb http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379084/cs/1/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked questions about the European Central Bank's decision to hike interest rates by a quarter point to 4.25 percent. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379083/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:23:11 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379083/cs/1/ Sporty car manufacturer Ferrari, has said it will cut greenhouse gas emissions from its cars. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379082/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:22:15 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379082/cs/1/ A boom in international travel around the world has not included the United States. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379081/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:20:58 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379081/cs/1/ The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own address. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379080/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:19:52 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379080/cs/1/ Jumeirah Group of Dubai has signed an agreement with Pakistan's Zahdan Retail Private for the expansion of a hotel/restaurant business in Pakistan. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379079/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:13:32 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379079/cs/1/ The number of Indian tourists visiting Britain has grown by 170 percent since 1993. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379078/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:12:10 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/379078/cs/1/ South Korean police estimate 50,000 people turned out in Seoul Saturday in the latest protest against the resumption of U.S. beef imports. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378932/cs/1/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:49:24 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378932/cs/1/ Some 40 heads of state from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe gather in Paris next Sunday to launch a new agreement aimed at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and non-European nations bordering the Mediterranean. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378933/cs/1/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:54:44 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378933/cs/1/ U.S. President George Bush is traveling to Japan for a summit of leaders from the world's eight leading industrialized nations, known as the Group of Eight. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378931/cs/1/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:46:57 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378931/cs/1/ WASHINGTON - Starting tomorrow, health inspectors will halt and check the shipment of ingredients common to Mexican cuisine from Mexico to the United States, sources familiar with the salmonella pois... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15995786/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:04:48 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15995786/ IBM blue. Oddly, the once-biggest name in computing christened it Lotus Symphony, after a spectacular and expensive failure that dates back to the days of DOS. But this new IBM Lotus Symphony seems po... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15995787/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:04:46 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15995787/ Microsoft Corporation and Internet Gold have reached an agreement to have Microsoft independently operate a MSN Israel portal. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15994418/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:59:20 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15994418/ The Jaime family trucked out of Steve & Barry's yesterday toting three large, bulging bags with seven pairs of pants and 10 shirts. The cost: $250. "Sure beats the $345 we spent on a couple sh... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15995785/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:04:51 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15995785/ TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - Microsoft Corp. plans to acquire the 50.1% it doesn't already own in MSN Israel Ltd. from partner Internet Gold Ltd., the companies said on Sunday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15994417/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:10:27 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15994417/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, I... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15996795/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:17:54 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15996795/ Japan and the US have pledged to call for "swift action" on surging oil and food prices at next week's G8 summit. Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said action was needed as the problems were "ha... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15996770/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:13:46 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15996770/ The G8 leaders will have plenty to discuss in coming days These events used to be economic summits. Leaders from the world's major developed countries got together to discuss economic problems - an... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15996769/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:13:42 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15996769/ Peter Mandelson has stepped up his row with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, attacking "protectionist politicians" for putting world trade talks at risk. The next round of talks should focus on th... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15994190/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:12:02 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15994190/ MMO have emerged courtesy of the game's MySpace page. Unfortunately, this batch of pictures tells us very little about the game itself, but at least we get to see the first of the game's heroes: The ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991766/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:04:39 -0400 Wired News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991766/ What should investor A and investor B do in this choppy market? If investor A has balanced his investments across different asset classes such as equity or equity funds, fixed deposits or equivalen... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15992305/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:40:20 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15992305/ DURHAM -- The city and county of Durham expect to pay some $30 million in cash to private companies by the time economic incentive deals now on the books are completed. Officials believe that the deal... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991537/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:07:01 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991537/ The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other typ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991538/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:06:59 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991538/ Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on a sensitive Japa... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991536/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:06:58 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991536/ SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co 005480.KS, South Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil prices are hitting consum... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991534/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:55:22 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15991534/ An 'investment artist' is a popular phrase, coined by art dealers and galleries, to attract prospective clients to invest in art. What new buyers and investors need to understand is that not all ar... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15990871/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:19:13 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15990871/ Just days before the Senate will convene to give a final blessing to President Bush's secret, warrantless wiretapping program, a federal court judge ruled that his legal justification for the surveill... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15989849/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:01:09 -0400 Wired News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15989849/ WASHINGTON – The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators ar... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988983/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:04:19 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988983/ WASHINGTON – The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies. Disputes over global warming, worries about soaring oil ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988982/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:04:18 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988982/ Obama supports a broader role for government than does McCain. Both envision the Federal Housing Administration providing new, cheaper mortgages to distressed homeowners who otherwise would have diffi... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988980/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:04:14 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988980/ But Spherion Corp., the temporary staffing company where Amschwand worked, told Amschwand-Bellinger she would not receive any of the $426,000 in benefits she believed she was due. When she went to cou... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988979/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:04:13 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988979/ LAS VEGAS – Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range from... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15987935/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:04:12 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15987935/ “There are a lot of people with new wealth looking for relaxation and enjoyment,” said John Dane III, president of privately owned Trinity Yachts, the largest U.S. builder. These days, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988978/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:04:10 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15988978/ Sometimes I need to slow down and remember what it's like to walk into an adult store and see what's actually on the shelves for general consumers. I get so immersed in the up-and-coming technologies ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15986511/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:42:34 -0400 Wired News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15986511/ Stock Buzz ) said on Saturday it is suing its partners in the Russian venture TNK-BP TNBPI.RTS in London for 8.4 billion roubles ($357.3 million), money it believes should not have been paid out as ba... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15987033/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:15:20 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15987033/ NEW DELHI: Here's another casualty of soaring oil prices and inflation: Fy-in and fly-out same day is fast fading across India Inc. Till recently, many executives didn't remember the last domestic ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15985820/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:33:13 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15985820/ MUMBAI: Aamir Khan's Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na has won the first round of its much-awaited battle with Harry Baweja's Love Story 2050. The simple college-bound love story, featuring newcomer Imraan K... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15985819/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:33:12 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15985819/ European markets fell and Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors digested uneven readings on the U.S. economy and oil prices that remained near records. Japan posted its 12th straight day of los... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15983188/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:36:09 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15983188/ The profits of large U.S. companies are poised for their fourth straight year-over-year drop, with the housing market collapse and high energy prices accounting for much of the second quarter's pain. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15983189/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:27:49 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15983189/ @roc* The "go play a real guitar" schtick is tired. I play guitar, but I prefer to play Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Why? Because when I have friends over or want to play some "music" with the kids, I ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15983194/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:05:50 -0400 Wired News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15983194/ A company that developed technology capable of creating water out of thin air nearly anywhere in the world is now under contract to nourish U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq. The water-harvesting technolo... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15981707/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:56:47 -0400 Wired News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15981707/ After a bloody first six months of the year, some investors who had been holding out for a resurgent second half are now wondering what to hope for.With the Dow Jones industrial average losing 14.5 pe... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979402/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:12:04 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979402/ Microsoft Eager To Spread IDC Report Findings That Partner-to-Partner Global Activity Accounts For A $6.7 Billion International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP) Eco-System. Microsof... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979401/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:25:40 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979401/ The competition for your grocery-shopping dollar will have a fresh new option on July 16. The Fresh Market, a 2,400-square-foot upscale grocery, will open in Glenwood Square Shopping Center nearly a ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979145/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:06:16 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979145/ France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" in its internal controls that led to nearly $7.8 billion in trading losses a... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979141/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:06:13 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979141/ Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by federal immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979143/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:06:14 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979143/ BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it has agreed on terms of a $35 billion sale to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the biggest leveraged buyout ever... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15978657/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:06:10 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15978657/ Nine people, including a prominent executive who fled to France in an attempt to elude justice, were convicted Friday of criminal charges in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the 2005 collaps... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15978633/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:06:08 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15978633/ The European Commission on Friday widened its antitrust probe into the proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto Inc. by BHP Billiton Ltd., saying an initial investigation revealed concerns about higher price... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979142/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:06:07 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15979142/ , mice given resveratrol -- the first of an eagerly-anticipated class of longevity drugs -- enjoyed dramatically improved health, even when they started taking the drug late in life. Resveratrol didn... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15978428/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:49:40 -0400 Wired News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15978428/ The latest labor action follows a two-hour walk off on Wednesday by unionized employees at Hyundai Motor and other South Korean car makers, in a move aimed at having the government scrap a U.S. beef i... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15977813/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:49:30 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15977813/ The Canadian Press July 4, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (down 133.18 ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15974625/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:21:13 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15974625/ Long Island Expressway has dropped to unprecedented low levels for this time of year, state officials said yesterday, citing the rising cost of fuel. The state Department of Transportation report... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15975946/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:45:19 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15975946/ MUMBAI: Microsoft may consider cutting the price of its gaming console Xbox 360 in India after price cuts in Australia and New Zealand. The software giant slashed prices of all console models by $7... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15974624/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:42:02 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15974624/ BANKOK: Oil prices remained near record highs above $145 a barrel in Asia after Saudi Arabia's oil minister suggested his country doesn't plan to boost production. Light, sweet crude for August... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973625/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:56:57 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973625/ BEIJING: China's foreign exchange administrators are worried about the sudden increase in the foreign inflows that cannot be explained in terms of trade surplus, equity investments or foreign direc... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973624/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:56:59 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973624/ GENEVA: July is "the moment of truth" for a long-sought global trade pact, the failure of which would erode economic growth, sour diplomatic ties and hurt poor countries, the World Trade Organisati... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973626/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:56:55 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973626/ SAPPORO: Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973627/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:56:52 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15973627/ The Declaration of Independence is signed. It will take 117 years before someone gets around to saying, "Hey, maybe we should preserve this thing." The http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972971/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:47:05 -0400 Wired News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972971/ MUMBAI: Hindustan Unilever executive director (sales & customer development) Sanjiv Kakkar has been appointed chairman, Unilever Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (RUB), with effect from the month of... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972411/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:12:45 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972411/ PARIS (Reuters) - France's Banking Commission on Friday fined Societe Generale 4 million euros ($6.3 million) for serious breaches in internal controls revealed by the French bank's 4.9 billion euro r... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972168/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:36:05 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972168/ OEH (http://www.orient-express.com) will release its second quarter earnings on Wednesday August 6, 2008 after the market closes and will host a conference call on Thursday August 7, 2008 at 10.00 a... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15971953/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:33:25 -0400 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15971953/ The price of oil fell back on Friday, on hopes Iran would react positively to proposals to resolve a dispute over its nuclear development programme. However, prices stayed near the highs of more th... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972153/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:30:25 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15972153/ Louise Watt July 4, 2008 - 11:04 a.m. LONDON (AP) - European markets fell and Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors digested uneven readings on the U.S. economy and oil prices that remaine... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967703/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:03:17 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967703/ July 4, 2008 · Before Bill Gates became a household name, he went to Harvard. His sophomore year, he was assigned a complicated mathematics problem, which — no surprise — he solved.... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967797/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:19:18 -0400 NPR http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967797/ Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish yesterday after a tame reading on employment but another record high for the price of oil. Stocks had their third dismal week in a r... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967799/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:29:00 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967799/ ) said in a filing late Thursday it'll book third-quarter after-tax earnings of $1.6 billion on the sale of interests in a natural gas transport business in northern Germany. The transaction, comple... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967783/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:35:36 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967783/ From the people who brought you the Escape, the Edge and the Freestyle/Taurus X comes the Ford Flex, which either will prove that there's always room for one more sport utility vehicle in a Ford show... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969490/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:28:59 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969490/ A stepped-up statewide effort to crack down on unemployment-benefits fraud has ensnared 28 Long Islanders, who are accused of receiving a total of more than $205,000 in payments illegally. Nineteen... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969488/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:29:02 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969488/ Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel Friday from record levels set a day earlier on hopes that tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program could ease and cut the chances of American or Israeli milita... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969704/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:03:26 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969704/ ) was downgraded to sell from buy at Citigroup after the U.K. retailer's warning on Wednesday. "At this early point in the current U.K. consumer down cycle, with growing input cost pressures across... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967798/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:35:20 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967798/ UBS AG , Switzerland's largest bank, said Friday it expects its second-quarter results to be "at or slightly below break-even" due to a tax credit that will offset investment losses and said it won't ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969489/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:29:00 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15969489/ recent story on the company. And even what does seem like erratic behavior on the part of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer et al points toward that inevitable conclusion.To understand why Microsoft ( http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967800/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:24:44 -0400 CNN Money http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967800/ TORONTO (Reuters) - The buyers of telecoms company BCE Inc are sticking to the agreed C$34.8-billion ($34.1 billion) purchase price and have finalized the funding for the deal to go ahead, the company... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15970371/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:39:23 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15970371/ is likely to make its final choice in the next four to five weeks on a buyer for its German retail banking unit, a person familiar with the matter said in late June. The person in June also said tha... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967782/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:37:01 -0400 Morning Star http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967782/ Pringles, the popular snack food in a tube, are not potato crisps, a High Court judge has ruled. Their packaging, "unnatural shape" and the fact that the potato content is less than 50% helped Mr J... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15970338/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:33:14 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15970338/ MUMBAI: For the bulls, Wednesday's euphoria was a short-lived one. They were hit hard on Thursday by a triple whammy of rising crude oil prices, a rate hike in Europe, and the economic data release... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967255/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:06:58 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967255/ MUMBAI: Investors may not be willing to touch equities with a barge pole, but they still appear to be open to art as an alternative asset class. Contrary to popular belief, the ongoing bearish phase... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967254/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:07:01 -0400 Times Of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967254/ Stock Buzz ) said on Friday it should be saved from another hefty loss in the second quarter by a large tax credit, giving a much-needed boost to its share price. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967467/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:03:23 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967467/ BERLIN (Reuters) - Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt said on Friday he was confident about the United States' economic fundamentals in the long term despite a current rough patch and was q... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966449/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:53 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966449/ A root and branch review of motoring taxation in the UK should be carried out by the Treasury, says motorists' organisation the RAC Foundation. The group says that freezing fuel duty would simply b... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967454/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:55:39 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967454/ LONDON (Reuters) - Oil dropped below $145 a barrel on Friday, but was still within sight of record highs reached in the previous session when traders bought into the market ahead of a holiday weekend ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966451/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:51 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966451/ All PR Newswire news BASINGSTOKE, England and PHILADELPHIA, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire Limited (LSE:SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, will announce sec... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966335/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:28:27 -0400 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966335/ Air France is holding talks on a joint venture that could lead to it offering high-speed rail travel. The airline confirmed reports it was discussing a possible tie-up with Veolia, a French utility... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966436/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:07 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966436/ BHP said on Friday it had secured a 96.5 percent increase for iron ore lumps and a 79.88 percent increase for fines from China's Baosteel (600019.SS: http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967466/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:03:21 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15967466/ Icelandic investment group Baugur - the name behind Hamleys and House of Fraser - is considering relocating to the UK. Baugur confirmed it was examining the switch plan after the recent sale of its... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966438/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:56 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966438/ The former head of one of Austria's biggest banks, Bank Fuer Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Bawag), has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years for fraud. Helmut Elsner, 73, Bawag's ex-general director, was ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966437/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:55 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966437/ TWO big things happened at Microsoft this past week. Bill Gates retired from the company after 32 years as co-founder, guiding spirit and undisputed boss. Then, following seven years as its flagship p... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966062/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:23:13 -0400 The Economist http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15966062/ Rates on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 5.92 percent from 6.04 percent. The five-year adjustable-rate mortgage fell to 5.78 percent from 5.99 percent. The rate on a one-year adjustable-rate m... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965124/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:49:52 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965124/ VIENNA (Reuters) - A Vienna court on Friday found the former head of Austrian bank BAWAG P.S.K., Helmut Elsner, guilty of breach of trust for his role in notching up at least 1.4 billion euros ($2.2 b... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965854/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965854/ At 5:23 a.m. EDT, Infineon traded 5.5 percent higher at 4.875 euros. It was the leading gainer in Frankfurt's top-30 DAX index and also outperformed the DJ Stoxx European technology index, which was u... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965853/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965853/ Stock Buzz ) plans to increase its rights issue to 400 million pounds ($794 million) after U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital pulled out of a plan to buy a stake, sending its shares lower. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965852/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965852/ Mining giant BHP Billiton has reached a deal with China's largest steelmaker to almost double iron ore prices. Under the agreement, covering contracts for one year from 1 April 2008, BHP will incre... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965834/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:51 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965834/ Growth in Asian economies may slow this year, but a recession is unlikely, according to Haruhiko Kuroda, head of the Asian Development Bank. He said the region's biggest concern was inflation, even... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965833/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:50 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15965833/ July 4, 2008 Northam Platinum Holdings, the operator of the world's deepest platinum mine, would miss previous earnings estimates because of output problems at its Merensky project, Citigroup said yes... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15963234/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:32 -0400 Business Report http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15963234/ Stock Buzz ) is considering a bid of more than 2.5 billion euros ($4 billion) for Spanish pay-TV platform Digital Plus, the Financial Times said on Friday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15964599/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:41:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15964599/ TAIPEI (Reuters) - The embattled chairman of a major Taiwan securities firm was found dead in waters close to the island on Friday morning, the firm said, startling the financial community and sending... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15964600/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:41:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15964600/