Tokyo – Tokyo stocks ended 0.39 percent lower on Thursday, closing at their lowest position for three months, as dealers hit by renewed concerns of Europe’s debt crisis. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 35.41 points to 9009.65, the final position of the worst since February 13 after briefly falling below the 9000 [...]

New York – euro exchange rate is stable on Monday (Tuesday morning GMT) after hitting a three-month low, as investors digested the weekend election political turmoil in France and Greece who threw question the austerity measures the euro zone. The euro was at 1.3052 dollars around 2100 GMT Tuesday (04:00 GMT), down from 1.3082 dollars [...]

TOKYO – The dollar rose against the yen in Asian trade on Friday after the central bank of Japan (BoJ) announced the easing of monetary wider than had been anticipated. The dollar changed hands at 81.22 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade, up from levels below 81.00 yen before the BoJ announcement of the much waited [...]

Jakarta: The government disbursed Rp 1.3 trillion 2012 budget changes to address social impacts of handling victims of Lapindo mud. The funds will be used for full payment for the land and buildings, home assistance contract, an annuity in the affected areas and outside the map area affected areas. With these disbursements, the government took over [...]

Caracas – Venezuela sends at least two times the diesel fuel to Syria recently and will continue to supply them to the government of President Bashar al-Assad “whenever necessary” despite Western sanctions, said Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said on Monday. Ramirez confirmed this month showed the government of President Hugo Chavez as a supplier of [...]

Woman is the most perfect mystery in life. No one can understand women and their habit to spend a lot in their shopping experience. No matter how bankrupt they are, they will keep shopping. Even, when they think that they will stop shopping, they are actually starting to think about improving their shopping level. Women [...]

WASHINGTON (AFP / Reuters) - Senate of the United States, on Monday adopted a regulation, to fund the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and send it to the Presidential Barack Obama, even though the decision was opposed by the union Democrats. These regulations are the result of congressional compromise the United States, between the leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties. Determined that the FAA will be funded by 15.9 billion U.S. dollars (equivalent to Rp175, two thousand trillion) per year, which will take effect in fiscal year 2015, after several years of the enactment of temporary financing. Labor organizations which the Democrats hope will provide vital funding and support organizations in the election next November, against the policy which they consider to be more difficult for [...]

Close of trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil prices have increased. “The price of these commodities rose after the Fed announced plans to keep rates low until at least 2014,” according to information Domestic and International Commodity Markets, Bappebti, Friday (01/27/2012). Meanwhile, durable goods orders data showed an increase in the U.S. Crude oil prices increased by 0.3%. The positive sentiment after the Fed states will likely make the government bond buying program has pushed up commodity prices are raising. While durable goods orders increased by 3% in December. Crude futures for March delivery contracts appear to have increased by 30 cents and ended at position 99.70dollars per barrel early [...]