The Boston Globe Oil giants' profits up on higher fuel prices | NEW YORK - The major oil companies continue to climb back from the recession, with higher fuel prices driving up earnings. | After setting record profits in 2008, the oil industry tanked last year a... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Earnings Fuel Photos Prices Wikipedia: ExxonMobil Malaya Luxury car buyers in 'cautious mood' due to govt's tax drive BY IRMA ISIP | Luxury car distributor Wellington Soong yesterday said the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) crackdown against tax evaders has dampened interest of buyers. | Soong, whose companies a... (photo: WN / RTayco) Evasion Luxury Philippines Photos Wikipedia: Luxury vehicle Top Stories Malaya BPI sets price for rights offer | The Bank of the Philippines Islands (BPI) yesterday said that it had set a price of P32.50 per share for its planned rights issue to raise P10 billion. | In a disclosur... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Philippines Photos Price Shareholders Wikipedia: BPI Direct Savings Bank Hong Kong Standard Galapagos Islands off danger list at gallop Unesco's World Heritage Committee said it has removed Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites, due to protective efforts in the Pacific archipelago.... (photo: European Community / Snowmanradio) Environment Galapagos Photos UNESCO Wikipedia: Galápagos Islands Inquirer BIR to probe rice traders, agri execs | MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will investigate traders and officials involved in the massive importation of rice to ensure that the governmen... (photo: WN / Trigedia) Agriculture Importation Philippines Photos Wikipedia: Rice The New York Times Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker | Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vita... (photo: AP / Emirates News Agency) Accident Japan Mideast Photos Shipping The Star Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull | FUJAIRAH/TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supertanker that reported suffering an "explosion" near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route may have hit a submarine or a mine... (photo: AP / Emirates News Agency) Accident Japan Mideast Photos Shipping The New York Times Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift | WASHINGTON — A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy, amid increasing signs that the ... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Economy Federal Reserve Photos US Wikipedia: Deflation
