News: U.N. Agency Calls Meeting on Spike in Food Prices

2 hours ago - NYT > Business

The announcement by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization followed Russia’s decision to extend its ban on wheat exports.

News: Don’t Be a Hater: Stocks are NOT Evil

13 minutes ago - Wall St. Cheat Sheet

There comes a time in every market downturn in which the individual investor, the fabled “man on the street,” comes to hate stocks. Stocks are what most people ar...

News: Singdollar hits record high

38 minutes ago - Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE

THE Singapore dollar hit a record high against the greenback on Friday before easing slightly, prompting rumours that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) may have interv...

News: Guest Post: The Prosecution’s Case Against Alan Greenspan

24 minutes ago - zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Submitted by Gonzalo LiraThe Prosecution’s Case Against Alan GreenspanShould Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (1987–2006), be trie...

News: Centre turns down proposal for setting up first jute park

4 hours ago - Business Standard | Economy & Policy | All

In a blow to the jute industry, the Centre has turned down the proposal to set up the country's first jute park at Shaktigarh (West Bengal).

News: Mobile internet in emerging markets: The next billion geeks

2 hours ago - The Economist: Business

How the mobile internet will transform the BRICI countriesBUYING a mobile phone was the wisest $20 Ranvir Singh ever spent. Mr Singh, a farmer in the north Indian state of Utt...

News: Rupee weakens by 4 paise against $ in early trade

51 days ago - Business Standard | News Now

The Indian rupee weakened by 4 paise to 46.73 a dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange today on increased demand for the US currency from importers.

News: Re gains 10 paise against $ in early trade

5 days ago - Business Standard | News Now

The Indian rupee appreciated by 10 paise to Rs 46.79 a dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today, supported by fresh capital inflows into equity market by ...