International

Cambodia all set for stock exchange
19/01/2009 05:00
The International Monetary Fund said Cambodiaâs economy may grow 4.75 percent this year, which would be the slowest since 1998 Cambodia, the second-poorest country in Southeast Asia, plans to complete the...
Russia, Ukraine sign new gas deal
19/01/2009 05:00
Russia’s energy giant Gazprom and its Ukrainian counterpart Naftogaz Ukrainy signed a new gas deal here on Monday, paving the way for resuming Russian gas supplies to Ukraine and Europe. Russian Premier Vladimir Putin (3rd L), Ukrainian Prime...
Arab economic summit centers on Gaza, calls for Arab unity
19/01/2009 05:00
The first Arab economic summit convened in the Kuwaiti capital here Monday, centering on the situation in the Gaza Strip and calling for unity in the Arab world to resolve the Gaza crisis. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (front) attends the...
UK bank shares plummet despite new gov’t bailout
19/01/2009 05:00
Shares in UK banks on Monday tumbled the most since 1985, despite a new 300-billion-pound (about 438 billion U.S. dollars) rescue package announced by the government to help troubled financial institutions, media reported. A sign belonging to a...
Microsoft, Yahoo meet amidst takeover speculations
19/01/2009 05:00
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, had a meeting with Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock in New York earlier this week, according to media reports on Tuesday. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks to shareholders at the Microsoft annual shareholders...
Hollywood celebrities pledge service to Obama on MySpace
19/01/2009 05:00
One day before Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, a host of Hollywood celebrities Monday made pledges of service to the nation in honor of the incoming president on the popular social networking website MySpace....
Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells Playstation 3
18/01/2009 05:00
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console has sold over 28 million units worldwide, 8 million more than the Sony Playstation 3, according to media reports on Sunday. A model stands at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 display at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of...