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EU Reports Sharp Rise of Inflation Rate
 | The European Union announced a sharp hike in inflation this year largely due to rising oil and food prices. The... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:11 PM
Export Curbs, Weak Dollar Blamed for High Rice Prices
 | Prices for rice, a food staple in much of Asia, have tripled over the past year and the World Bank... |
Friday, May 2, 2008 11:14 AM
Bangladesh's Farmers Told Not to Panic About Approaching Cyclone
 | A cyclone off the coast of Bangladesh is looming at a time the country - facing a critical food shortage... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:11 PM
UN Announces Food Crisis Task Force
 | U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:10 PM
Major Oil Companies Post Record Profits
 | BP's Texas City refinery (file photo)Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and BP announced record profits for the first quarter of... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:10 PM
New York Business Group Seeks Fewer Restrictions on Foreign Worker Visas
 | New York City business leaders say the U.S. visa system has become so restrictive that the city is losing out... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:10 PM
Security on Zimbabwe's White-Owned Farms Deteriorates
More than half of Zimbabwe's remaining productive white farmers are under ever increasing pressure to abandon their homes and businesses....
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:10 PM
Corn Price Hits Record High; Rice Price Declines
There is mixed news on food prices Tuesday.The price of corn rose to a record high in Tuesday's trading on...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:10 PM
Bush Blames Congress for Failing to Act on Economy
 | President Bush speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, 29 Apr 2008President... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:10 PM
Oil Prices Fall Sharply
 | A Texaco petrol station, with the prices of different fuels, in London, 29 Apr 2008Oil prices fell by about $3.5... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:09 PM
No Let Up in China's Corporate Acquisitions, But Challenges Abound
 | China's footprint in the international corporate world is growing, as Chinese state funds and enterprises buy stakes in large energy... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
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Thai Rice Prices Hit Record; UN Concerned About Asia Food Security
| Rice prices in Thailand, the world's leading exporter, reached a record of over one-thousand dollars a ton. As Ron Corben... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
Farmers Face Problems Despite Higher Food Prices
 | Farmers around the world would seem to benefit from rising food prices. But as VOA's Brian Padden reports, rising costs,... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:33 PM
King Corn: Food or Fuel?
 | The documentary film King Corn will premiere on public television stations in the United States this month. The independent production... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
Nigerian Oil Workers Strike Over Pay
 | Nigerian office workers at a subsidiary of the U.S. oil company ExxonMobil have started a strike over a pay dispute. ... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
Troubled US Homeowners Face Emotional, Financial Stress in Market Downturn
 | As the U.S. housing market continues a decline, home foreclosures across America have reached a three-decade high. For many Americans,... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
Belgium, DRC Collide Over Human Rights, Business Deals
 | Belgium, the Democratic Republic of Congo's former colonial ruler, is encouraging Kinshasa to make economic reforms to attract foreign investors,... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
EU Officials to Promote Economic Ties, Human Rights in China
 | EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson in Tokyo, 21 Apr 2008A top European Union trade official has urged China to make... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
Study Says Africa's 'Gray' Economy Helps Fight Poverty
 | The African Union has been presented with startling new statistics on the extent and importance of the informal, or gray,... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
New Orleans Spirit Upbeat as Recovery From Hurricane Continues
 | U.S. President George Bush met with the leaders of Mexico and Canada in New Orleans earlier this week, giving that... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
Weak US Housing Data Add to Gloomy Economic Prospects
 | Sales of new homes in the United States fell by 8.5 percent in March and home prices continued to decline... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 AM
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Nigerian Militants Claim Another Attack on Shell Oil Pipeline
 | The main militant group responsible for a string of recent attacks in Nigeria's southern oil-producing Niger Delta region says it... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 AM
Bush Says Tax Rebates Can Help Revive US Economy
 | U.S. President George Bush says tax rebates for more than 130 million American households should help stimulate an economy hurt... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 AM
Analysts: Rising Chinese Inflation May Lead to Higher Export Prices
 | China continues to be the world's fastest growing economy, growing by over 11 percent last year. But rising inflation, now... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 AM
Tajikistan Threatened by Locust Infestation
 | The United Nations say an exceptionally high locust infestation expected this year in Tajikistan could threaten the east European nation's... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 AM
World Bank: Israeli Restrictions Main Factor in Sluggish Palestinian Economy
 | Palestinian women and school children participate a protest calling for an end to the Israeli blockade in front of the... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:26 PM
Nigeria's Oil Crisis Talks Deadlocked
 | The strike at ExxonMobil's Nigeria affiliate entered its fourth day Sunday with the shutdown of nearly all of the company's... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 AM
World Bank Says Israeli Restrictions Stifle Palestinian Economy
 | The World Bank is accusing Israel of stifling the Palestinian economy. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Palestinian... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 AM
Thousands Protest Mexico Energy Reform Plan
Thousands of Mexicans took to the streets of Mexico City to protest an energy reform proposal that would allow more...
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 AM
Venezuela's Chavez Threatens Ternium Sidor Expropriation
 | Hugo ChavezVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening to expropriate steelmaker Ternium Sidor, if the company can not reach an agreement... |
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:07 AM
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