Aug
20
Capello springs surprise with Terry choice
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
England coach Fabio Capello may cut a figure of stone-faced Italian solidity - but is showing a knack for springing surprises and his choice of John Terry as captain is another.
Aug
20
Shevchenko on verge of Milan move
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko is close to securing a return to AC Milan, according to one of their directors.
Aug
20
Cisse close to Sunderland switch
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Marseille say they have negotiated an “agreement in principle” for former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse to join Sunderland on a season-long loan.
Aug
20
Teenage victim sues Joey Barton
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Newcastle United footballer Joey Barton is being sued for damages by a teenage boy he attacked during a night out.
Aug
20
Fifa probes Man City’s Elano deal
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Manchester City face a probe by Fifa after Shakhtar Donetsk lodged a complaint about a payment they say they are owed for the sale of Elano.
Aug
20
MADRID, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Young midfielder Ander Iturraspe said on Wednesday that he aims to take his chances to force his way into the first team of the Basque outfit.
Aug
20
Wall Street tumbles amid disappointing economic data
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Wall Street continued to decline Tuesday, after the U.S. government reported worse-than-expected wholesale inflation and as investors worried that financial firms may post more losses.
Aug
20
Venezuela to ask OPEC to reduce oil production
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
CARACAS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Venezuela will propose oil output cuts at the September meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in case oil prices continue decreasing, Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday.
Aug
20
Crude oil rebounds on falling dollar
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Crude oil surged back above 116 U.S. dollars a barrel Tuesday after the dollar fell against the euro on a weaker U.S. economic report.
Aug
20
Mexican cement plant Cemex confirms Venezuelan expropriation
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Mexican cement group Cemex confirmed Tuesday that the Venezuelan government had taken control of the company’s partnership operations in Venezuela.
Aug
20
BEIJING, Aug. 20 — Wall Street fell sharply for a second straight session yesterday after a hefty jump in wholesale inflation and a drop in new home construction gave investors more reason to believe an economic recovery is far off. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 130 points.
Aug
20
Dollar falls against major currencies
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — The dollar fell against major currencies on Tuesday as oil prices rebounded and U.S. stocks fell amid weak economic data and financial worries.
Aug
20
Intel unveils new chip in battle against AMD
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
BEIJING, Aug. 20 — Intel Corp, the world’s biggest semiconductor maker, has showed off a new chip that directly controls the memory in computers, invading one of the last market niches dominated by Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Aug
20
Macao’s gaming tax revenues soar 51.4% in first 7 months
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
MACAO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Macao Special Administration Region (SAR) government’s income from direct gaming taxes for the first seven months of this year rose 51.4 percent year-on-year to 24.24 billion patacas (3.03 billion U.S. dollars), according to the figures Tuesday released by the SAR’s Finance Service Bureau (DSF).
Aug
20
Value of retail sales in Macao surges 43% in fist half
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
MACAO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Macao’s value of total retail sales amounted 9.15 billion patacas (1.14 U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year, a remarkably increase of 43 percent year-on-year, according to the figures Wednesday released by the city’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
Aug
20
Shanghai Airline flies into black on traffic rise
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
BEIJING, Aug. 20 — Shanghai Airlines flew into the black in the first half of this year on rising traffic and a government subsidy.
Aug
20
Hong Kong, France sign memo on cooperation in wine-related businesses
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
HONG KONG, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong and France signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in wine-related businesses on Tuesday.
Aug
20
French PM says “structural adjustment” needed to fight economic decline
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
PARIS, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Monday France needs “structural adjustments” rather than a “revival plan” to drag its economy out of a decline.
Aug
20
OPEC weekly prices dive below 110 U.S. dollars
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
VIENNA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — The weekly average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped to 109.73 U.S. dollars per barrel last week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday.
Aug
20
S Korea’s Samsung tops global memory product sales
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SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that the company was the top global seller of flash memory products during the first half of 2008.
Aug
20
Vietnam’s economic hub ceases licensing golf projects
August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
HANOI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Vietnam’s economic hub, southern HoChi Minh City, has decided to cease licensing new golf projects tore view socioeconomic effects of already licensed ones, according to local newspaper Pioneer on Wednesday.
