Archive for August 2004
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Amsterdam's Web surfers could soon be liberated from their home computers and Internet cafes, with plans by a start-up firm to make their city the first European capital where laptops can hook up anywhere to
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German Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement said on Monday that a deliberately low exchange rate for the Chinese yuan was keeping prices of China's own goods artificially low but was not a sustainable policy. "In the
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Russian money supply registered a month-on-month decline for the first time in 18 months after a rise in capital flight following a mini-banking crisis in July, data showed on Monday. M2 - cash in circulation
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US housing industry economists on Monday cautioned that rapid house price gains in some areas of the country may not be sustainable. "There is an increasing risk of price declines in some of those areas,
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A four-month improvement in New Zealand business confidence ended in August as more firms said they planned to increase prices and expected higher interest rates, according to a survey issued on Tuesday. The National Bank
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The Slovak central bank kept interest rates on hold for a second month on Monday although inflation was higher than expected in July, saying price rises should ease and allow room for more cuts in
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Switzerland's economic recovery appears to be nearing its peak but markets are watching for indications that inflationary pressures are enough to convince the central bank to keep ratcheting interest rates higher. Recent leading indicator readings
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Computer giant IBM has asked Switzerland's high court to block a Gypsy rights group's attempts to sue it for allegedly helping Nazi slaughter in World War Two, lawyers said on Monday. The group accuses IBM
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South Korea's August exports will probably show a third straight month of slower annual growth, underscoring a risk of cooling shipments coinciding with sluggish domestic demand, a Reuters poll showed on Monday. The estimate came
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The US government on Monday signed agreements to provide Indonesia with 468 million dollars to develop its creaking health, education and environment sectors. The deal, - the largest single development package between the two countries
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