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- Tunisia buys 75,000 T wheat, 42,000 T durum-traders
(Adds details) PARIS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Tunisia bought 75,000 tonnes of milling wheat of optional origin at $176.75 a tonne, cost and freight included, in a tender on Friday, European traders said. Tunisia's state grain office purchased the milling
- Tunisia relaunches tender for milling, durum wheat
(Adds detail) PARIS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Tunisia relaunched on Friday a tender to buy 75,000 tonnes of milling wheat and 67,000 tonnes of durum wheat, with the origin of the grain optional, European traders said. Tunisia's state grain office had cancelled
- Dollar edges up to 94 yen level in Tokyo
The U.S. dollar edged up to the lower 94 yen level Friday morning in Tokyo after falling to the upper 93 yen range. At noon, the dollar fetched 94.33-38 yen, against Thursday's 5p.m. quotes of 93.65-75 yen in New York and 95.23-26 yen in Tokyo. The euro
- Ukraine's leaders in dispute over debt
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered his prime minister to pay off a 2 billion euro debt to Russia within five days. A statement on the presidency website criticises Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of acting irresponsibly by allowing the
- UPDATE 1-ECB grants Poland 10 bln euros to aid liquidity
(Adds reaction, pvs FRANKFURT) WARSAW, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank said on Friday it had agreed on a 10-billion euro facility with the Polish central bank (NBP) to aid liquidity provisions for its domestic money market. 'The agreement,
- EU confident Russia, Ukraine to resolve gas dispute
MOSCOW, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The European Union is 'pretty confident' Russia and Ukraine will resolve their fresh gas dispute, the bloc's envoy to Russia told Reuters in an interview on Friday. 'We have expressed... our confidence that they will find a
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- Mukasey's collapse was 'fainting spell'
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey suffered a fainting spell Thursday night, according to Gina Talamona, spokeswoman for the Department of Justice. Mukasey, 67, did not suffer a stroke or experience a heart attack, she said Friday morning. Mukasey
- Crude prank calls broke BBC rules
Lewd telephone calls by two British comedians to a well-known actor, which were aired in a BBC radio program, were "grossly offensive" and should never have taken place, the public broadcaster's watchdog group said Friday.
    
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- Libya: OPEC should act to halt oil price decline
Libya's OPEC representative says oil cartel should look into reasons behind fall in prices. PARIS - Action should be taken to halt a decline in oil prices, Libya's OPEC representative said on Friday, after prices slipped below 50 dollars a barrel and
- Tunisia buys 75,000 T wheat, 42,000 T durum-traders
(Adds details) PARIS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Tunisia bought 75,000 tonnes of milling wheat of optional origin at $176.75 a tonne, cost and freight included, in a tender on Friday, European traders said. Tunisia's state grain office purchased the milling
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- BRIEF-Libya in talks for 5-6 deals with Italian companies
ROME, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Libya's ambassador to Italy Hafed Gaddur tells Reuters: * Libya is in talks on five or six deals with Italian companies * Denies report that Libya had suspended investments in Italy, says Libya actively searching for new
- UN SC on fact-seeking mission in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Saturday will go on a fact-finding mission in Afghanistan to evaluate the ongoing situation in a country wracked by 30 years of war and violence and considered a major global security threat. Headed by Italy's
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- Hungary liberals likely to back key budget figures
BUDAPEST, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The parliamentary chief of Hungary's opposition Free Democrats will propose its MPs back the key numbers of the 2009 budget in a vote next week, a leading Free Democrat politician told Reuters. Speaking on condition of
- Hungary Real Estate Fund Note Trade To Resume With New Rules
BUDAPEST -(Dow Jones)- The Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (PSZAF), the country's capital market authority, will Monday re-launch trade in real estate investment fund notes under amended regulations, PSZAF officials said Friday. The notes had
- Budapests new radar system supplied by Selex Sistemi Integrati
The ceremony was attended by company representatives, the Hungarian Ministry of Transport, the air traffic management services provider HugaroControl CEO, and the Ferihegy airport Director. The inauguration of the new radar, the site acceptance test of
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- BRIEF-Libya in talks for 5-6 deals with Italian companies
ROME, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Libya's ambassador to Italy Hafed Gaddur tells Reuters: * Libya is in talks on five or six deals with Italian companies * Denies report that Libya had suspended investments in Italy, says Libya actively searching for new
- UN SC on fact-seeking mission in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Saturday will go on a fact-finding mission in Afghanistan to evaluate the ongoing situation in a country wracked by 30 years of war and violence and considered a major global security threat. Headed by Italy's
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- New core inflation measure flat for October
Poland's new base inflation measure excluding food & energy prices held flat at 2.9% in October while an old measure excluding food and fuel rose 0.2 pps to 4.5%, data out Thursday showed. Separately, the stats office said that industrial output
- Another bad day for stock investors
Investors in Warsaw dumped shares on Thursday as global markets continued their downward spiral. The large-cap WIG-20 index lost 5.79% to close at 1,547.15 points. The broad market WIG was down 4.81% to 24,852.95 points. Turnover was moderate at PLN 1.31
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- Ukraine's leaders in dispute over debt
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered his prime minister to pay off a 2 billion euro debt to Russia within five days. A statement on the presidency website criticises Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of acting irresponsibly by allowing the
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