Prices of food on way down Posted on May 17th
AUSTRALIA'S biggest grocer Woolworths said price inflation for fresh foods is easing in its supermarkets.Read more Tagged as Business News Review | No Comments » | Continue
Oil rises as Saudis snub Bush
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush's request to immediately pump more oil to lower ... Continue
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Phila. property still sells
Last year, while the housing and mortgage crises hammered Miami, Detroit, Atlanta and Las Vegas, Center City Philadelphia ... Continue
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Multifamily units buoy April housing-start report
Spurred by multifamily construction, housing starts surged 8.2 percent nationally in April from March, the Commerce Department reported ... Continue
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Saudis rebuff U.S. request to loosen oil supply
by Mark Silva RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The Saudis have agreed to only a modest boost in oil production, announced in ... Continue
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British Airways Profits Jump Despite Fuel Costs And T5 Fiasco
Was Willie Walsh right not to accept his bonus? Read more Continue
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Nationwide opens doors to long-term borrowers
Nationwide today announced a series of rate cuts that will reward homeowners who are willing to commit to long-term mortgage ... Continue
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Carlyle defies gloom with $2.5bn Booz Allen deal$
Carlyle Group has agreed its biggest buyout since the credit crunch took hold after directors of Booz Allen Hamilton, the ... Continue
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Market falls on record oil price
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday after the price of oil hit a record and consumer sentiment data ... Continue
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British Airways profits soar 45%
British Airways has reported a 45% rise in annual profits but warned that economic uncertainty and sky-high fuel costs pose ... Continue
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Abercrombie profit edges up on sales increase (AP)
The company on Friday reaffirmed that it expects earnings for the first half of its 2008 fiscal year to come ... Continue
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Surprise rebound in housing, outlook still shaky (AP)
"It is definitely too early to uncork the champagne on the long and winding road to more-healthy housing-market conditions," said ... Continue
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Market falls on concerns about the consumer (Reuters)
"The consumer is around two-thirds of the U.S. economy, so when you look at energy prices and housing prices ... Continue
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Bush Administration Readying New Air Quality Rules
The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build ... Continue
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Ex-PurchasePro Chief Found Guilty of Fraud, Obstruction
Dot-com highflier Charles E. Johnson Jr. was convicted yesterday of stock fraud and obstruction of justice after a federal court ... Continue
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Dollar ends week firmer
THE Australian dollar ended firmer today as rumours of Chinese interest in mining giant BHP Billiton boosted the commodities-driven currency.Read ... Continue
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5c petrol tax relief in pipeline
THE price of petrol could be cut, with both the Government and the Opposition proposing tax relief for motorists.The Government ... Continue
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Fed auctions $7.2B in Treasury securities
In Thursday's auction, investment firms paid an interest rate of 0.1000 percent for a slice of the securities.Read more Continue
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Spring Investment Guide
Our semiannual guide to stocks, bonds, taxes, real estate and retirement. Read more Continue
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