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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke smiles Monday, May 5, 2008 after receiving the Columbia Business School award in Distinguished Leadership in Government during the 32nd annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, Monday, May 5, 2
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 Asia Times 
Fed wins space for more cuts
By Peter Morici The latest US data for first-quarter non-farm output, coming in strongly above the consensus forecasts, is good news for inflation, interest rates and stock prices.... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle)
 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with local officials in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. Al-Maliki fired a top Sunni official who had called for an international investigation into the rape allegations
Economy   Iraq   Photos   US   War
 Asia Times 
Pressure for Iraq to pay its own way
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - Growing impatience in the US Congress over the enormous costs incurred by the Iraq war, as well as the Pentagon's belief that it needs more troops in Afghanistan to fight... (photo: AP/Thaier al-Sudani, Pool)
 Wind energy; Windmill; wnhires (td1)  Asia Times 
Wind drifts out of Japan's green vision
By Dave Engler In Japan, the country that hosted the Kyoto Protocol and wrote the book on solar policy, the wind-power industry has ground almost to a halt. Among the culprits: policy, cost and... (photo: WN/Tara)
Energy   Environment   Industry   Japan   Photos
Indonesia Oil Petrol Energy SPBU Market Business Economy Price.(ai1)  The Australian 
Cashed-up emirates beckon Aussies
THE Middle East has emerged as the last great hope for Australian lawyers seeking their fortunes offshore. Flush with cash from high oil prices, the booming Gulf states have an insatiable appetite for... (photo: WN / ady )
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Hong Kong Stock Exchange International Herald Tribune
Hong Kong's key stock index dips 0.6 percent, Wall Street's losses hurt sentiment
: Hong Kong's key stock index fell its second straight session Thursday, dragged lower by an overnight loss on Wall Street that came as crude oil pushed to another... (photo: GFDL / )

Business   HongKong   Market   Photos   Stock
Tokyo DisneySea, Japan- DisneySea Aquasphere(mv2) Orlando Sentinel
Growth in media, films, parks lifts Disney 2Q profit 22 pct
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that the weak U.S. dollar kept domestic vacationers closer to home, boosting theme park revenue while growth in the... (photo: WN / mervin)
Disney   Dollar   Films   Growth   Photos
Johor,Malaysia - Palm Oil Plantations In Malaysia. (ps1) The Star
Plantations, steel stocks prop up market
KUALA LUMPUR: Plantations and steel-related counters propped up the market in early trade on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by the firmer close on Wall Street... (photo: WN / patricia)
Crude   Market   Photos   Plantations   Stock
National Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India The Times Of India
Stocks weak as crude, global cues dampen mood
MUMBAI: Stocks were little changed on Wednesday. Key indices were trading in the red, in line with the trend in other Asian markets, while the mid- and small-cap shares... (photo: GFDL / Jnpet)

Asia   Business   Mumbai   Photos   Stock
Port of Chittagong - Bangladesh - am1 Asia Times
Bangladesh turns to tainted tycoons
By Farid Ahmed DHAKA - Bangladesh's military-backed interim government hopes that a "truth commission" it plans to set up will give tainted businessmen an opportunity to... (photo: Public Domain / aruna1)
Bangladesh   Business   Market   People   Photos
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