Ohio Asian leaders' rice-cartel plan goes against grain | Until last week, the next oil - the crucial resource growing ever scarcer and prompting desperate behavior to ensure supplies - was water. Turns out, it's rice. | That's at least what some Asian lea... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Dawn Labour leaders vent their rage on govt | By Zaheer Ahmed Khan | KARACHI: Trade union leaders hold wrong planning, smuggling, hoarding and failure of the implementation machinery responsible for current food crisis. | Rulers’ apathy, pathet... (photo: WN / patricia)
Dawn Indian inflation hits 4-year peak | NEW DELHI, May 9: India’s annual inflation rate rose marginally to a near four-year high at 7.61 per cent on the back of rising food prices, official data released on Friday showed. | The government... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) FoodIndianInflationMarketPhotos
Dawn Palm oil prices up | KUALA LUMPUR, May 9: Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose 1.1 per cent on Friday on record crude oil prices and renewed fears of a tightness in vegetable oil stocks, but gains were capped by concer... (photo: WN / patricia) CrudeMalaysianPalmoilPhotosPrices
The Statesman Gold rallies by Rs 190 per 10 gm Press Trust of India | MUMBAI, May 9: Gold prices rallied by Rs 190 per 10 gm to end at Rs 11,940 on the bullion market here today on fresh buying by stockists triggered ... (photo: WN / deniseyong) BusinessGoldIndiaMarketPhotos
BBC News Burma cyclone raises rice prices | Rice prices have risen for a sixth consecutive day as global supplies continue to be stretched by cyclone damage to crops in Burma. | With worldwide demand also at a re... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) BurmaCropsPhotosPricesRice
Dawn Palm oil prices lower | KUALA LUMPUR, May 7: Malaysian crude palm oil futures fell nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday as rising supplies and a slowdown in buying weighed on the market, dealers sai... (photo: WN / patricia) CrudeEconomyMalaysiaOilPhotos
