Hotel prices in the UK and Europe remain low TravelDailyNews | From February to March 2010, the average price of hotels in Europe stayed constant at 93 pounds. Compared to March 2009's average of 100 pounds a night, this represents a seven percent drop. Prices in 34 of the top 50 European cities also decreased in comparison to last year. In contrast, prices i...
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A look at global economic developments Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | The Associated Press | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ,,, | BEIJING , China's exports surged in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could hel...
Europe gets safety standards for electric, hybrid cars m&c | Geneva - The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe announced Wednesday a common standards for electric and hybrid cars, which Brussels has hailed as a 'landmark decision.' | Electric vehicles operate at very high voltages - generally in the...
Swiss Re puts Chile quake insurance cost at $4-7BN Houston Chronicle | GENEVA - Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Wednesday that the strong earthquake in Chile last month will cost the insurance industry $4-7 billion, an estimate shared by its Germany-based rival Munich Re AG. | Swiss Re said it is common practice for proper...
Swiss Re puts Chile quake insurance cost at $4-7BN Newsvine | GENEVA — Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Wednesday that the strong earthquake in Chile last month will cost the insurance industry $4-7 billion, an estimate shared by its Germany-based rival Munich Re AG. | Swiss Re said it is common practice for ...
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Global price changes in the first half of 2009 TravelDailyNews | Hotel.com's 2009 Hotel Price Index shows hotel prices in the U.S. fell 14 percent during the last half of 2009 compared to rates in the same time period in 2008. In fact, a hotel...
Libya issues warning on trade ties with USA The Star | TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. envoy on Wednesday to warn that ties will suffer if Washington does not apologise for caustic comments a U.S. offic...
Peugeot and Mitsubishi Motors Call Off Talks on Tie-Up The New York Times | PARIS - The French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroën and Mitsubishi Motors of Japan said Wednesday that they will not enter into a capital tie-up but will continue seeking ways to coo...
China Plans New Trade Office as Global Disputes Grow: Sources ABC News By George Chen and Jonathan Lynn | March 10, 2010 | BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) - China is setting up a new agency to help streamline its trade negotiating bureaucracy as the world's third-largest economy faces a growing number of commercial disputes. |...
China plans new trade office as global disputes grow -sources The Guardian By George Chen and Jonathan Lynn BEIJING/GENEVA, March 10 (Reuters) - China is setting up a new agency to help streamline its trade negotiating bureaucracy as the world's third-largest economy faces a growing number of commercial disputes. The new Ch...
Curbing Derivatives Might Hurt, Not Help, Greece The New York Times | Filed at 12:25 a.m. ET | NEW YORK (AP) -- Derivatives have become a dirty word. | The complex financial products helped blow up the U.S. housing market. They all but sank AIG. Now European officials want to crack down on a derivative called a credi...
LHC to shut down for a year to address safety concerns BBC News | A director at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva has told BBC News that some mistakes were made in construction. | Dr Steve Myers said these faults will delay the machine reaching its full potential for two years. | The atom smasher will reach world record power later this month at 7 trillion electron volts (TeV). | But the machine must close at...
Vice premier's Switzerland trip fruitful China Daily | BEIJING: Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang's fruitful trip to Switzerland and his attendance at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) have contributed to strengthening cooperation, mutual trust, mutual benefit and joint exploration of ways for post-crisis development, Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister He Yafei said Friday. | The vice-for...