NZ Herald Bulls push oil over US$126 | Oil jumped to a new intraday record of US$126.20 a barrel at the weekend, extending gains to more than 11 per cent since the start of the month on fuel supply concerns and a rush of speculator buyin... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
NZ Herald Paying the cost to change the climate | The Huntly Power Station. Photo / Dean Purcell | What is emissions trading? | It is a market in a new commodity - the right to emit the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming ("carbon" for short... (photo: Creative Commons / )
The Australian UBS commits to local operation | AUSTRALIA'S largest investment banking operation is "absolutely" not for sale and its owner, Switzerland's UBS, will not spin off its global investment bank division despite speculation following $U... (photo: AP Photo) AustraliaBankingCompanyInvestmentPhotos
Bahrain Tribune Saudis to grow rice in Thailand DUBAI (Reuters) | Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top rice buyers, is likely to start investing in rice farms in Thailand by the end of 2008 in a move to boost security ... (photo: WN / Ady ) DubaiFoodPhotosSaudiThailand
The Star Isis: Asean can fight food crisis | ASEAN, being a centre of food production, can shield itself from the impact of global food price increase. | Institute of Strategic and International Studies (Isis) cha... (photo: WN / Periasamy) AgricultureAseanCrisisFoodPhotos
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, b... (photo: WN / patricia) CrudeMalaysianPalmoilPhotosPrices
