Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2167 business Business - Global Economy en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:39 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2167 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britainimf afp/20091107/financeeconomyg20britainimf AFP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britainimf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620009746-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=3.GZpccDkOW703EzrrOtZA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, in St Andrews, Scotland. The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support.(AFP/POOL/Andrew Winning)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britainimf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620009746-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=3.GZpccDkOW703EzrrOtZA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, in St Andrews, Scotland. The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support.(AFP/POOL/Andrew Winning)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britaintimetable afp/20091107/financeeconomyg20britaintimetable AFP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britaintimetable"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257612674137-1-0.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=HfkWBzjc.OtCNvQ4qtiHYw--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, in Scotland. The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday.(AFP/POOL/Andrew Winning)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britaintimetable"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257612674137-1-0.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=HfkWBzjc.OtCNvQ4qtiHYw--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="photo" title="British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, in Scotland. The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday.(AFP/POOL/Andrew Winning)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_sthasia_afp/financeeconomyimfsrilankaaid afp/20091106/financeeconomyimfsrilankaaid AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_sthasia_afp/financeeconomyimfsrilankaaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257547026212-1-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=p7NoZdoQEqk21OJTD_uU.g--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="The International Monetary Fund said Friday its executive board approved the release of 329.4 million dollars to Sri Lanka, the second portion of a loan to help the country weather the economic crisis.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The International Monetary Fund said Friday its executive board approved the release of 329.4 million dollars to Sri Lanka, the second portion of a loan to help the country weather the economic crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_sthasia_afp/financeeconomyimfsrilankaaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257547026212-1-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=p7NoZdoQEqk21OJTD_uU.g--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="The International Monetary Fund said Friday its executive board approved the release of 329.4 million dollars to Sri Lanka, the second portion of a loan to help the country weather the economic crisis.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britain afp/20091106/financeeconomyg20britain AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:54:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257537179785-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=mwJsXRCDAMfTlKIHQzAr9w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Britain's Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King arrives at the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland. Hosts Britain told the G20 it had "no reason to give up" on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hosts Britain told the G20 it had "no reason to give up" on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257537179785-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=mwJsXRCDAMfTlKIHQzAr9w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Britain's Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King arrives at the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland. Hosts Britain told the G20 it had "no reason to give up" on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/wtotradedispute afp/20091106/wtotradedispute AFP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/wtotradedispute"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257532282988-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=ZoUT_P4C65KD6mCiFpGXBw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="The World Trade Organisation said that 400 trade dispute cases had been filed since the agency was formed in 1995. "This is surely a vote of confidence in a system which many consider to be a role model for the peaceful resolution of disputes in other areas of international political or economic relations," added WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The World Trade Organisation said Friday that 400 trade dispute cases had been filed since the agency was formed in 1995, with the United States and the European Union lodging the most complaints.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/wtotradedispute"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257532282988-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=ZoUT_P4C65KD6mCiFpGXBw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="The World Trade Organisation said that 400 trade dispute cases had been filed since the agency was formed in 1995. "This is surely a vote of confidence in a system which many consider to be a role model for the peaceful resolution of disputes in other areas of international political or economic relations," added WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_g20 nm/20091106/us_g20 Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_g20"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2186084262.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=U6JgoR01wjx_MJtHNONfzQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin (R) poses with his G20 colleagues and central bank leaders during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The International Monetary Fund warned global financial leaders on Friday not to repeat the mistakes of the Great Depression and choke off emergency support for their economies too quickly.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_g20"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2186084262.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=U6JgoR01wjx_MJtHNONfzQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin (R) poses with his G20 colleagues and central bank leaders during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets ap/20091106/world_markets AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.604a1f458d0946deab78b2afa32eb5fc.south_korea_markets_sel102.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ZhsdicRqBzfq89Ji4Orrdg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>AP - European stocks fell and Wall Street was expected to drop on the open Friday after data showed the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October, more than expected, as 190,000 jobs were cut.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.604a1f458d0946deab78b2afa32eb5fc.south_korea_markets_sel102.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ZhsdicRqBzfq89Ji4Orrdg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tanking_economy ap/20091106/us_tanking_economy AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:16:30 GMT AP - State lawmakers are debating plans ranging from auto racing to consolidating municipal services to steer Rhode Island through a bleak financial crisis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers ap/20091106/g20_finance_ministers AP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257343042028-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Llq0UQw_A8aXQa8dxcqz8g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A top US treasury official on Wednesday praised the role of emerging economies in the Group of 20 of the world's wealthiest nations for their role in reining in the global economic crisis.(G20)" border="0" /></a>AP - The world's top financial officials on Friday sought a blueprint for securing future global growth and worked to break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257343042028-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Llq0UQw_A8aXQa8dxcqz8g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A top US treasury official on Wednesday praised the role of emerging economies in the Group of 20 of the world's wealthiest nations for their role in reining in the global economic crisis.(G20)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_global nm/20091106/us_markets_global Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:28:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_global"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Global stocks and commodities gained on Friday, buoyed by firm U.S. data the previous session, lifting risk appetite ahead of hotly anticipated jobs data which will give more evidence on the state of the global economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_global"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_bearstearns_managers nm/20091106/us_bearstearns_managers Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:40:04 GMT Reuters - In closing arguments in the trial of the first high-profile Wall Streeters on fraud charges stemming from the financial crisis, a U.S. prosecutor said two hedge fund managers told "black and white lies," but a defense lawyer attacked the government for "misleading" the jury. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fed_emergency_lending_programs ap/20091105/us_fed_emergency_lending_programs AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:58:43 GMT AP - Banks borrowed slightly more from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, while reducing their use of other credit programs designed to ease the financial crisis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/bs_afp/eunorwayanimalhuntingsealswto afp/20091105/eunorwayanimalhuntingsealswto AFP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/bs_afp/eunorwayanimalhuntingsealswto"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257448218197-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=n8ThsfKKluZyetzs5phiww--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Picture of an inflatable giant seal set by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in May 2009. Norway filed an official complaint Thursday at the World Trade Organisation against a European Union ban on imported seal products, saying it violated trade rules.(AFP/File/Frederick Florin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Norway filed an official complaint Thursday at the World Trade Organisation against a European Union ban on imported seal products, saying it violated trade rules.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/bs_afp/eunorwayanimalhuntingsealswto"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257448218197-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=n8ThsfKKluZyetzs5phiww--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Picture of an inflatable giant seal set by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in May 2009. Norway filed an official complaint Thursday at the World Trade Organisation against a European Union ban on imported seal products, saying it violated trade rules.(AFP/File/Frederick Florin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_seal_hunt ap/20091105/eu_norway_seal_hunt AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:14:35 GMT AP - Norway has joined Canada in asking the World Trade Organization to settle its seal hunt dispute with the European Union. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/bs_nm/us_thomsonreuters nm/20091105/us_thomsonreuters Reuters business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:08:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/bs_nm/us_thomsonreuters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3502311168.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=lkD7sWWEoS3vlylh.hWBhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man walks near a Thomson Reuters logo at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in east London May 7, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thomson Reuters Corp reported that quarterly revenue in its markets and legal businesses fell as customers cut costs in the wake of the financial crisis, but its CEO said the worst was over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/bs_nm/us_thomsonreuters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3502311168.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=lkD7sWWEoS3vlylh.hWBhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks near a Thomson Reuters logo at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in east London May 7, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091104/bs_ibd_ibd/20091104etf ibd/20091104/20091104etf Investor's Business Daily business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:48:19 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Commodities, every sector and global markets opened strong Wednesday on uplifting employment and industrial productivity news. But nearly everything lost momentum after the Federal Reserve announced it's leaving the benchmark interest rate unchanged at nearly zero. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091104/bs_ibd_ibd/20091104econbrief ibd/20091104/20091104econbrief Investor's Business Daily business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:30:11 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The $12.1 tril debt ceiling will likely be reached 2 months later than initially estimated, the Treasury said. The gov't trimmed an emergency loan program as the financial crisis waned. Treasury wants Congress to pass legislation to raise the debt limit and prevent an unprecedented default on the nation's debt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/india_nm/india436905 nm/20091104/india436905 Reuters world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/india_nm/india436905"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/ra1978416209.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=1jdwkgeO3i.RuRW6j.W5BA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="An Airbus-380, with a capacity of 853 passengers, makes a couple of passes before landing at Wittman Field site of the Experimental Aircraft Association Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in this July 28, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - European planemaker Airbus is preparing the maiden test flight of a new model of freighter plane, but doubts have emerged over the identity of its first operator as global trade remains in the grip of recession.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/india_nm/india436905"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/ra1978416209.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=1jdwkgeO3i.RuRW6j.W5BA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Airbus-380, with a capacity of 853 passengers, makes a couple of passes before landing at Wittman Field site of the Experimental Aircraft Association Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in this July 28, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_oil_prices ap/20091104/us_oil_prices AP business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.2f9c6992023148d5ab72c254f038c0b0.oil_prices_nyml308.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nT5n8yco1_ZHSHnS8XHTJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this aerial photo of Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, an oil storage facility is shown in Linden, N.J. Crude prices bounced above $80 per barrel once again on Wednesday, a level that even OPEC leaders have said is too high given the fragile state of the global economy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Crude prices bounced above $80 per barrel once again on Wednesday, a level that even OPEC leaders have said is too high given the fragile state of the global economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.2f9c6992023148d5ab72c254f038c0b0.oil_prices_nyml308.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nT5n8yco1_ZHSHnS8XHTJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this aerial photo of Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, an oil storage facility is shown in Linden, N.J. Crude prices bounced above $80 per barrel once again on Wednesday, a level that even OPEC leaders have said is too high given the fragile state of the global economy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/wl_nm/us_romania_government nm/20091104/us_romania_government Reuters world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:19:27 GMT Reuters - Romania's opposition rejected prime minister-designate Lucian Croitoru Wednesday, feeding skepticism that the government will be able to approve a tough 2010 budget by an IMF deadline to release vital aid.