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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki addresses pupils of the Jamhuri High school in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 as he officially launched free secondary education for all Kenyan children. Kibaki urges Kenyans to venture into the EAC Common Market Wed 10 Mar 2010
Written By:PPS   , Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 President Mwai Kibaki has challenged Kenyan investors to take advantage of the expanded East African... (photo: (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) / ) Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Community   Kibaki   Market   Photos   Venture
Cebu Pacific - Airplane - Aircraft - Airport Cebu Pacific sets IPO to raise P12B Wed 10 Mar 2010
03/11/2010 Budget carrier Cebu Pacific intends to raise P12 billion in an initial public offering to beef up its fleet and corner a bigger market share, its parent firm... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba) The Daily Tribune
Business   Cebu   Market   Photos   Travel
A section of Tehran's oil refinery is seen, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his remarks prior to his trip to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia where he is due to attend the OPEC summ OPEC Raises 2010 Oil Demand Forecast Wed 10 Mar 2010
By TAREK EL-TABLAWY AP Business Writer CAIRO March 10, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press World oil demand is projected to grow by 900,000 barrels per day in 2010, OPEC said... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) ABC News
Business   Energy   Industry   Opec   Photos
Are you ready for the toilet of the future? Wed 10 Mar 2010
— While most bathrooms in the United States are business as usual, toilets in Japan and in some parts of Europe are high-tech wonders, overflowing with luxurious... (photo: WN / RTayco) Newsvine
Health   Photos   Technology   Travel
President of USA Barack Obama meeting with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani Sarkozy to take tanker fight to Obama Wed 10 Mar 2010
March 10, 2010   (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy will raise concerns that the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion tanker contract is anticompetitive when he visits... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) Newsday
America   Obama   Photos   Politics   US
Google Google Opens Web Store For Business Applications Wed 10 Mar 2010
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) WPXI
Google   People   Photos   Technology   World
President Barack Obama is seen through the teleprompter as he addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Obama pushing on health care end game Wed 10 Mar 2010
ERICA WERNER The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul,... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Philadelphia Daily News
Campaign   Game   Health   Obama   Photos
Sugar - Commodity - Sweetener Sugar breaks 20-cent support, sets 7-month low Wed 10 Mar 2010
* Sugar down as default risk on white sugar cash deals rises * West African mid crop output forecasts weigh on cocoa (Adds trade comment, graphic, bylines, updates... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Guardian
Crop   Market   Photos   Sugar   Traders
Chinese tourists Florida aims to lure more tourists from China Wed 10 Mar 2010
A delegation of Chinese tour operators arrive in Miami this week for some hotel shopping. The group of wholesalers from Beijing and Shanghai will tour the Everglades,... (photo: Public Domain / ) The Miami Herald
China   Florida   Photos   Tourism   Travel
 Petron station- gasoline - oil price - energy (mj1) wnhires Oil rises to near $82 on China trade data, dollar Wed 10 Mar 2010
(AP) - Oil prices edged up to near $82 a barrel Wednesday, as surging trade figures in China and a weaker dollar helped offset an inventory report providing mixed... (photo: WN) Syracuse
Dollar   Economy   Money   Oil   Photos
An investor looks at the stock prices monitor at a private securities company Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have dropped on profit-taking despite a decline in inflation and a government pledge to keep economic growth stable in 2009. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2.28 percent, or 47.44 points, to close at 2031.68. (AP Photo) Stock futures inch higher ahead of opening Wed 10 Mar 2010
(AP) - NEW YORK - Investors are continuing to search for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stock futures edged higher. The Dow Jones... (photo: AP) Syracuse
Investors   Market   Photos   Stock   Trading
In this Aug. 29, 2007 file photo, American Airlines aircrafts are shown operating at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. American Airlines says, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, it will cut domestic capacity by 11 percent to 12 percent in the fourth quarter as it grapples with record-high fuel prices. E.U. Signals Approval for Larger Airline Alliance Wed 10 Mar 2010
BRUSSELS — European antitrust regulators took a step Wednesday toward approving an expanded alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia after the... (photo: AP / Tony Gutierrez, file) The New York Times
Airlines   Business   EU   Industry   Photos
s China's Exports Rise 46% Wed 10 Mar 2010
BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer... (photo: WN / abeer) The New York Times
Business   China   Economy   Beijing   Photos
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008. Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan Wed 10 Mar 2010
ISTANBULTurkey said on Wednesday it was no longer holding talks with the International Monetary Fund on a stand-by loan because it did not need emergency funds,... (photo: AP / ) The New York Times
Economy   Finance   IMF   Photos   Turkey
 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the final hour of trading, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Wall Street advanced for the third straight session Wednesday, although the Dow Jones industrial average fell just short of touching its Stock Futures Narrowly Mixed Ahead of Opening Wed 10 Mar 2010
Filed at 8:14 a.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are continuing to search for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stock futures are narrowly... (photo: AP/Richard Drew) The New York Times
Business   Economy   Job   Market   Photos
Gordon Brown Gordon Brown's brave face on the economy Wed 10 Mar 2010
Gordon Brown has put a brave face on the economic downturn by declaring today that "we have got through the storm together", though he warns there will be "bumps in the... (photo: GFDL / Keith Edkins) London Evening Standard
Economy   News   Photos   Political   UK
Coffee Drink Scientists say 11am is perfect time for coffee break Wed 10 Mar 2010
If you are among those who desperately need a midmorning coffee break, then go for it at 11 a.m., as scientists claim a formula they have devised proves that 'elevenses'... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Indian Express
Aroma   Coffee   Formula   Photos   Scientists
 Flood affected women and children queue for food outside a relief camp in Kamrangirchar, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. More than two weeks of monsoon rains across much of northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal have flooded rivers One-ninth of Nepal faces starvation, UN warns Wed 10 Mar 2010
Kathmandu: One-ninth of Nepal's nearly 27 million population face starvation, the UN warned Wednesday. Nearly half of Nepal's 75 districts, mainly in the west and... (photo: AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) Samachaar
Disasters   Nepal   People   Photos   Society
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Wed 10 Mar 2010
By Willy Lam China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Asia Times
China   Defence   Photos   Politics   US
Jackpot machines are seen at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. A good bet on cash, tourists and crime Wed 10 Mar 2010
By Stanislaus Jude Chan SINGAPORE - Vehicles with foreign license plates filling the car park is the first unfamiliar sight that greets visitors in the basement of the... (photo: AP / Joan Leong) Asia Times
Crime   Entertainment   Photos   Singapore   Tourism