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Metrobank - Banking - Finance
Bank   Billion   Income   Philippines   Photos
 Inquirer 
Metrobank 2009 profit up 36.8%
Thu 11 Mar 2010
MANILA, Philippines—Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. grew its 2009 net profit by 36.8 percent to P6 billion over a year ago on a double-digit growth in interest income as well as fee-based and treasury... (photo: WN / sweet)
Coffee - Caffeine
Coffee   Farmers   Importation   Market   Photos
 The Himalayan 
Coffee output still not satisfactory
Thu 11 Mar 2010
KATHMANDU: Though Nepal Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB) expects a production volume of 1,000 metric tonnes of coffee in the next 10 years, the production of coffee needs to pick up pace to... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
A pedestrian passes by the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009.  Breitbart  Thu 11 Mar 2010
Tokyo stocks rebound on hopes for Japan, global economy, weaker yen+
TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the world, while exporters on the... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Business   Economy   Japan   Market   Photos
Sugar - Refined Sugar  Business Report  Thu 11 Mar 2010
Sweet dreams are made of EU sugar reforms
  African expansion to boost Illovo, Tongaat By SAMANTHA ENSLIN-PAYNE Submit your comment South African sugar producers Illovo Sugar and Tongaat Hulett have been hard at work to take advantage of... (photo: WN / sweet)
African   Equity   Photos   Product   Sugar
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Nagoya International Airport - Travelers - OFW - Japan Asahi News Thu 11 Mar 2010
61 airports fall short on passengers
Sixty-one airports across the nation failed to meet projected demand in fiscal 2008, underlining a widely held belief that many were built on the basis of overly... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Business   Consumer   Industry   Japan   Photos
repair work On Upadowa Coal Mine. October 2009 The Guardian Thu 11 Mar 2010
India to revamp mining laws, attract foreign miners
* New policy allows for transfer of mining concessions * New policy will help boost foreign investment in mining By Euan Rocha TORONTO, March 10 (Reuters) - India is in... (photo: WN / marzena)
India   Investment   Law   Mining   Photos
Indian army soldiers arrive at the site of a gun battle at Dadsar village The News International Thu 11 Mar 2010
Confronting reality
Thursday, March 11, 2010 Talat Masood With a $1.4 trillion GNP, India ranks as the world's 10th largest economy. The Indian leadership has been working along the lines of... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
China   Economy   India   Pakistan   Photos
Filipino woman eating bread Malaya Thu 11 Mar 2010
Gardenia eyeing faster growth as bread industry recovers
BY IRMA ISIP Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc. sees faster sales growth this year on the back of the recovery of the bread industry. Simplicio Umali, Jr, president and... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Bread   Gardenia   Industry   Philippines   Photos
 Barangay Elections 2007, Philippines Malaya Thu 11 Mar 2010
Polls, culture blamed for RP's corruption
MALACAÑANG yesterday blamed Filipino culture and the election season for the Philippines’ showing in the recent Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) survey on... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Corruption   Culture   Election   Philippines   Photos
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, Tuesday Sept. 23, The Star Wed 10 Mar 2010
Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II)
Nejad   Iran   Photos   Politics   Washington


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