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China and Britain ready to exploit Tibet's natural resources - Daily Telegraph
Sun 27 Jul 12:26am
Despite political tensions in the country, its huge deposits of gold and other metals are proving too big a temptation for foreign miners, David Eimer reports from Beijing While Britain's athletes are eyeing gold medals at the Beijing Olympics ......
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/07/27/cctibet127.xml


China won?t rush to raise export rebates - Daily Times
Sat 26 Jul 10:53pm
BEIJING: China might not need to raise export tax rebates if a slowdown in the yuan?s appreciation and a halt to further regulatory restrictions helps struggling exporters to rebound, an official said in remarks published on Saturday. Chinese ......
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\27\story_27-7-2008_pg5_16


Banks Rally As CEOs Hold Off On Issuing Shares - CBS News
Sat 26 Jul 8:15pm
(AP) With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally. But, amid the many gyrations in the sector's stocks over the past week ......
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/26/ap/business/main4297006.shtml


Village News - Guam Pacific Daily News
Sat 26 Jul 5:52pm
To ensure that trash is picked up, residents must place their trash in five-gallon (minimum) to 35-gallon (maximum) containers that are leak- and water-proof, lined, with a tight-fitting lid (to ensure it does not fill up with water and more), and ......
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080727/LIFESTYLE/807270328


Investors move into banks on pledge to not issue flood of new shares ... - Newsday
Sat 26 Jul 12:37pm
NEW YORK (AP) _ With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally. But, amid the many gyrations in the sector's stocks over ......
http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/ats--mainjul25,0,5240874.story


Sign of the times: cargo containers becoming scarce - Sun-Journal
Sat 26 Jul 9:31am
NEWARK, N.J. - In New Jersey, a shortage of cargo containers seems about as unlikely as cardboard boxes suddenly becoming obsolete. Stacks of empty steel containers still stand along the fringes of the region's port as monuments to global trade and ......
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/275850-3/Business/Sign_of_the_times_cargo_containers_becoming_scarce/


LEADERS REAFFIRM INFLATION CONCERNS - Miami Herald
Sat 26 Jul 7:58am
Chinese leaders declared Friday that fighting inflation will remain their top economic priority, state television reported, despite suggestions that slowing growth and weakening exports might prompt them to ease tight monetary controls. The ......
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/618480.html




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