Ha Noi to Get Seven-Star Hotel

A seven-star hotel, expected to be one of the world’s biggest hotels, will be built in Ha noi by Israel’s El-Ad Group."The project includes a luxury hotel, an area for conferences, apartments, and an office building equipped modern facilities. The project is being...

Protest over Pakistan share slump

Recession in global economy is affetcting equity markets all over the world . Worst victims are the share holders in the developing countries. Indian & Pakistani share market were zooming in last few months. But lately it has started sliding.  After reaching the peak...

Foreign investment in US

" Foreign investment Love me, love me not Jul 10th 2008 | MOBILE AND NEW YORKFrom The Economist print edition America’s confused, and sometimes scared, relationship with foreign investors Illustration by Claudio Munoz EIGHTY-FIVE Alabamians will descend on Britain on July...

Bush Optimistic About Economy; Fed Chairman Sees 'Difficulties'

I think Mr. Bush should listen to chairman of the Federal Reserve. US govt should consider this problem into account."U.S. President George Bush is urging lawmakers to act quickly on legislation to financially...

Yahoo Wields New Tool to Battle Google

"Yahoo Inc. will introduce a tool for Web developers Thursday that is designed to expand the scale of its struggling search business and help create new competitors to Google Inc. The company said the free tool will allow developers to build customized search services based...

A Chinese YouTube Disappears, Along With Millions Of Western Dollars. Next?

There is speculation that the Chinese government is starting to crack down on what they see as unofficial media.  We'll have to see how this develops as the Olympics starts up.   My guess is that we'll...

Saudi investors ready to invest $2 B in RI`s Agroindustry

"Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - Eight Saudi large companies have set aside US$2 billion to develop Indonesia`s agroindustry, a Saudi executive said."Saudi Arabia has allocated huge funds for investment in the agroindustry. Eight Saudi companies are ready to cooperate with...

Bored With Web 2.0? Demand Change

Some interesting thoughts on the role of technology in making the world better. I disagree with a couple of Haque's contentions. Alot of money has been going into green technologies. According to Goldman Sachs investment increased from $400 billion in 2003 to $3 trillion in...

Free Wi-Fi Comes to Philadelphia

Free Wi-Fi in Philly as of today. To be honest, I did not think this project would ever come to fruition. I'm glad that it did: it's a 21st-Century quality-of-life boost."Although details are still being worked out, free wireless access will be available to Philadelphians as...

Britons must steel themselves for a sharp fall in living standards

Britons to be hit by a sharp drop in living standards....."Britons must steel themselves for a fall in living standards which could be as sharp and painful as in the 1970s, as the western world faces up to a new era of stagflation, a former Bank of England policymaker has...

RBS Shareholders Take 95.1% of Stock in Rights Offer

In the biggest European share sale and the first one in the UK sinc ethe economic turmoil began, RBS has seen shareholders buy 95 percent of stock, giving it an additional 11.6 billion pounds."Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc saidshareholders bought 95.1 percent, or 11.6...

Agriculture minister offers opportunities to invest in agribusiness

""Some countries like Malaysia, South Korea and Middle East countries are interested in investment in the sector," he said when explaining the result of the summit in Rome he and other Indonesian delegates had attended from June 3 to 5, 2008.According to him, Malaysia was...

Gold heading quickly back above $1,000 and silver $22 « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

" Depressed gold and silver junior exploration stocks are the best buy but anything linked to precious metals will gain in price as the metals rise in value. Gold is a safe haven for investors and a hedge against inflation but silver generally has the better performance in a...

Islam Advancing in France, Being Pushed Back in Turkey

"These are an odd couple stories. On the one hand you have the ineffectual French courts kowtowing to a Muslim husband who wanted his marriage annulled because his wife wasn’t a virgin. On the other hand is...

High court shuts landbanking firm

It is probably every  investors worst nightmare: you pay thousands of pounds for a plot of land, which will get planning permission, only to find that the land did not get the permission and is worthless. "An illegal landbanking scheme which sold plots of land to...

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