| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Wall St up as auto bailout raises hopes |
| NEW YORK — US stocks climbed on Tuesday after the government expanded its bailout of the auto industry, bolstering hopes lawmakers would continue to take steps to minimize the severity of the year-long recession. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Oil slips below $40 on weak demand |
| NEW YORK — Oil prices slipped below $40 a barrel on Tuesday as the market focused on weak energy demand after hefty price gains a day earlier amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Asian financial markets advisory |
| HONG KONG -- Financial markets in Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand are closed Wednesday for a public holiday. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Oil prices lower after tumultuous 2008 |
| SINGAPORE -- Oil prices ended the year on a calm note Wednesday, slightly lower after a tumultuous 2008 which saw prices hit record peaks before plunging to multi-year lows. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Euro steady against dollar, pound |
| SINGAPORE -- The euro held steady against the dollar Wednesday and remained within sight of parity with the pound on the last trading day of the year. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| SIA seeks unpaid leave for cargo pilots |
| SINGAPORE--Singapore Airlines (SIA) is in talks with cargo pilots to take leave with no pay after the global economic slump hammered freight demand, a spokesman said Wednesday. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Arroyo: Batten down for stormy 2009 |
| MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday urged the country to pull together to weather ongoing economic "storms" from a global financial crisis that has likely stifled its growth. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Prepare for economic 'storms' of 2009 |
| MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Arroyo on Wednesday urged the country to pull together to weather ongoing economic "storms" from a global financial crisis that has likely stifled its growth. |
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| 12/31/2008 | Inquirer.net | Topics: Business |
| Netopia to spend P30M on upgrades |
| MANILA, Philippines--Internet café chain Netopia, a unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., is allocating P30 million for capital expenditures next year, matching its outlay for this year despite the hard times, company president George Tan said in an interview. |
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