Archive for August 2004
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Iraq's southern oil exports are expected to remain reduced over the next five days as engineers work on repairing sabotaged pipelines linking oilfields to export storage tanks, an oil official said on Monday. The South
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Japan's Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust and Banking, a court spokeswoman said.
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Japan's Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust and Banking, a court spokeswoman said.
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US consumer spending rebounded sharply in July, government data showed on Monday, erasing the disappointment of June and bolstering hopes that the US economy has recovered from its recent soft spot. The dollar was a
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The German government is preparing changes to insolvency legislation intended to support so-called "true sale" securitisation of bank loans, Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said on Monday. The changes follow a decision from Germany's Federal Court,
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India and Thailand will sign a deal Monday to eliminate tariffs on 82 goods by 2006 as a first step towards a free trade agreement, an Indian commerce ministry official said. The protocol is to
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The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) top trade court on Monday rejected a US appeal against a ruling exonerating the export policies of the Canadian Wheat Board, diplomats and trade sources said. Its Appellate Body upheld
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Russian oil company Yukos said on Monday it would be able to cover only half of its $3.4 billion back tax bill by its deadline at the end of August but it would continue making
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Opec is doing all it can to stabilise the world oil market and will increase spare output capacity by about one million barrels per day (bpd) in the next few months, the president of the
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Canada's current account surplus widened in the second quarter to C$10.4 billion ($7.88 billion), from a revised C$8.25 billion in the first quarter, even though a big US acquisition by insurer Manulife led to large
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