|  NEWSWEEK International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, September 15, 2008 Issue
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | NEW YORK (Map) - NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- COVER: The Biggest Experiment Ever. (Atlantic and Latin America editions) Senior Editor Fred Guterl,...
UN casts eye on GCC's farmland investment
Geneva (agencies) | Abu Dhabi finalises scheme to purchase 29,400 hectares of land in Sudan | UN trade watchdogs have launched a review to assess whether Gulf investment in overseas farmland will damage the vul...
Monetary policy flaws cause crisis
UNCTAD calls for tighter regulation to reduce volatility | Mahmood Rafique | Business Correspondent | The current international framework for monetary and exchange rate policies, which offers opportunities for ...
UNCTAD blames monetary policies for turmoil
| Mahmood Rafique I Arab News | MANAMA: The current international framework for monetary and exchange-rate policies, which offers opportunities for speculative activities, is largely to blame for the ongoing gl...
Need to know: EasyJet lifts up ... SMG buyback ... B&B resignation
| Economics | The FTSE 100 slid more than 2 per cent yesterday, for its biggest weekly drop in six years, as banks and commodity stocks fell amid global economic worries. The index was off 121.4 at 5,240.7, for...
Is oil going back under $100 a barrel? Not if Opec can help it
· Producers' cartel is ready to flex its collective muscle to keep prices high | · Group that rose in the 70s but unravelled in the 90s is influential once more | An oil rig in Los Padres National For...
UNCTAD sees slower economic growth
GENEVA, Sept. 5 (AFP) – World economic growth could slow to 1-1.5 percent in 2009, about half of the projected 2.9 percent growth for 2008, the UN trade and development body’s chief economist said. | In its...
Zurich Prepares to Assist Businesses Affected by Tropical Storm Hanna
Business Editors | SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 5, 2008--Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider in North America and globally, said today that it has activated its Catastroph...
Zurich Claims Teams Are on the Ground in the Gulf Coast Region Assisting Businesses Impacted ...
Business Editors | SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 5, 2008--Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider in North America and globally, said today more than 100 professionals and inde...
Talk that QBE is lining up UBS for RSA bid
| Bid talk sent RSA Insurance flying to the top of the blue-chip leaderboard, with the Australian insurance group QBE tipped as the potential suitor. | RSA, which has been the subject of persistent bid rumours ...
Mideast airlines profits will fall up to $200m
| Dubai: High oil prices have produced more gloomy news for the airline industry as a revised financial forecast shows that the combined profit of Middle East carriers will drop by 33 per cent ($100 million) to...
World's richest became even richer last year
| New York : The old saying holds true: The rich do get richer. | Even as world financial markets broke down last year, personal wealth around the world grew 5 per cent to $109.5 trillion, according to a global...
Atmel's CAP Customizable Microcontroller Hosts Ultra Wideband Media Access Controller
Institute of Embedded Systems, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Personalizes CAP for UWB Applications | ROUSSET, France, Sept 05, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- | Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasda...
Carlson Wagonlit wants the most out of business travel
| : With rising travel costs and the threat of prolonged economic weakness, many companies have been trimming travel budgets. But while the business travel industry has slowed sharply this year, it is still gro...
Swiss to lower tax burden for hedge funds
ZURICH, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Switzerland plans to ease the tax burden for hedge funds and private equity funds and soften regulations for investment funds in a first step to boost its standing among other financi...
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