Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp-business-news.html en-en Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:06:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp-business-news.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tbs-skorea-us-politics-trade-beef-0a37ea7.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_bs_kr/tbs-skorea-us-politics-trade-beef-0a37ea7 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:06:00 +0800 Tens of thousands of South Koreans marched through the streets here Saturday demanding the scrapping of US beef imports and the resignation of President Lee Myung-Bak, witnesses said. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tbs-philippines-economy-inflation-059e858.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_bs_ph/tbs-philippines-economy-inflation-059e858 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:11:00 +0800 Rising food and energy prices in the Philippines pushed its June inflation rate to 11.4 percent, the highest level in 14 years, the government said Friday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tbs-indonesia-energy-gas-company-total-1be4cf7.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_bs_id/tbs-indonesia-energy-gas-company-total-1be4cf7_1 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:10:00 +0800 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated Friday a massive new gas operation off Borneo by French giant Total, the company said. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tbs-eu-mining-company-takeover-competiti-e65dddb.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_bs_as/tbs-eu-mining-company-takeover-competiti-e65dddb_1 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:07:00 +0800 The European Commission on Friday opened an in-depth antitrust probe into mining giant BHP's hostile takeover of rival Rio Tinto over "serious doubts" the deal could stifle competition amid soaring commodities prices. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tbs-australia-asia-resources-iron-price-fc10a48.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_bs_au/tbs-australia-asia-resources-iron-price-fc10a48_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:54:00 +0800 Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton said Friday it had agreed to price hikes for its iron ore with China's Baosteel in line with the 80-97 percent increases achieved by rival Rio Tinto last week. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tbs-saarc-bangladesh-environment-warming-e65dddb.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_bs_as/tbs-saarc-bangladesh-environment-warming-e65dddb_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:39:00 +0800 South Asian environment ministers said developed countries should establish a special fund dedicated to saving them from the effects of climate change. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tbs-climate-environment-biofuels-worldba-e65dddb.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_bs_as/tbs-climate-environment-biofuels-worldba-e65dddb Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:36:00 +0800 Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tbs-india-transport-strike-558302b.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_bs_in/tbs-india-transport-strike-558302b_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:33:00 +0800 Millions of Indian truckers ended a strike early Friday after the government agreed to supply diesel at a uniform price across the country and not hike road toll taxes. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tbs-adb-economy-energy-e65dddb.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_bs_as/tbs-adb-economy-energy-e65dddb_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:53:00 +0800 Asia's emerging economies are "highly vulnerable" to skyrocketing oil prices, making inflation the number one concern for policymakers, the head of the Asian Development Bank said Friday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tbs-marshalls-energy-skorea-emergency-0a37ea7.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_bs_kr/tbs-marshalls-energy-skorea-emergency-0a37ea7_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:19:00 +0800 The tiny western Pacific island nation of the Marshall Islands has declared a state of economic emergency as soaring fuel prices threaten to shut down electricity supplies. AFP