http://www.businessdayonline.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-09-08T04:23:22-05:00 http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/koike_launches_bid_to_be.html 2008-09-08T00:54:00-05:00 2008-09-08T00:54:00-05:00 Admin TOKYO (AFP) - Yuriko Koike, a former television anchorwoman and defence minister, announced a bid on Monday to become Japan's first female prime minister. http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/democrats_retain_veto_power_after.html 2008-09-08T00:34:00-05:00 2008-09-08T00:34:00-05:00 Admin HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong's pro-democrats breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after retaining the key power to veto constitutional reforms following the http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/hi-tech_solutions_boost_paralympic_performances.html 2008-09-08T00:06:00-05:00 2008-09-08T00:06:00-05:00 Admin BEIJING (AFP) - Equipment used by Paralympians has seen remarkable improvements in recent years, enabling them to close the gap on their able-bodied counterparts and http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/sarkozy_in_georgia_peace_mission.html 2008-09-07T22:07:00-05:00 2008-09-07T22:07:00-05:00 Admin MOSCOW, (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will ramp up the international pressure on Russia to withdraw more troops from Georgia as he visits http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/us_takes_over_fannie_freddie.html 2008-09-07T22:13:00-05:00 2008-09-07T22:13:00-05:00 Admin WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government has taken over ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, placing them in a "conservatorship" in a http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/haiti_s_storm_toll_climbs.html 2008-09-07T22:52:00-05:00 2008-09-07T22:52:00-05:00 Admin HAVANA, Sept 7, 2008 (AFP) - Hurricane Ike slammed into Cuba, the second major storm to hit the island in a little over a week, http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/us_presidential_election_shifts_into.html 2008-09-07T22:57:00-05:00 2008-09-07T22:57:00-05:00 Admin KANSAS CITY, Missouri, (AFP) - The US presidential election was set to shift into high gear Monday as Republican John McCain and Democratic rival http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/conocophillips_to_pay_9_6.html 2008-09-07T23:13:00-05:00 2008-09-07T23:13:00-05:00 Admin SYDNEY (AFP) - Oil giant ConocoPhillips will pay up to 9.6 billion dollars (eight billion US) for a half share in a natural gas project http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/toll_in_haiti_from_ike.html 2008-09-07T16:28:00-05:00 2008-09-07T16:28:00-05:00 Admin HAVANA (AFP) - Hurricane Ike took aim at Cuba Sunday after leaving 20 people dead in Haiti, where fatalities from a succession of powerful storms http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/hurricane_ike_rages_over_bahamas.html 2008-09-07T11:15:00-05:00 2008-09-07T11:15:00-05:00 Admin HAVANA (AFP) - The latest hurricane to tear through the Atlantic and Caribbean battered Turks and Caicos and the southern Bahamas Sunday and was hampering