Vivvo CMS 4.0 BusinessDay... the voice of business http://www.businessdayonline.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. BusinessDay... the voice of business http://www.businessdayonline.com/files.php?file= http://www.businessdayonline.com/ Koike launches bid to be Japan's first female PM http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/koike_launches_bid_to_be.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:54:00 -0500 TOKYO (AFP) - Yuriko Koike, a former television anchorwoman and defence minister, announced a bid on Monday to become Japan's first female prime minister. Democrats retain veto power after Hong Kong election http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/democrats_retain_veto_power_after.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:34:00 -0500 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 Hi-tech solutions boost Paralympic performances http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/hi-tech_solutions_boost_paralympic_performances.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:06:00 -0500 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 Sarkozy in Georgia peace mission http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/sarkozy_in_georgia_peace_mission.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:07:00 -0500 MOSCOW, (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will ramp up the international pressure on Russia to withdraw more troops from Georgia as he visits US takes over Fannie, Freddie in bid to ease finance crisis http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/us_takes_over_fannie_freddie.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:13:00 -0500 WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government has taken over ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, placing them in a "conservatorship" in a Haiti's storm toll climbs to 600; Cuba evacuates 800,000 http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/haiti_s_storm_toll_climbs.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:52:00 -0500 HAVANA, Sept 7, 2008 (AFP) - Hurricane Ike slammed into Cuba, the second major storm to hit the island in a little over a week, US presidential election shifts into high gear http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/us_presidential_election_shifts_into.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:57:00 -0500 KANSAS CITY, Missouri, (AFP) - The US presidential election was set to shift into high gear Monday as Republican John McCain and Democratic rival ConocoPhillips to pay 9.6 bln dlrs for stake in Origin gas scheme http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/conocophillips_to_pay_9_6.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:00 -0500 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 Toll in Haiti from Ike climbs to 600; Cuba evacuates half-million http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/toll_in_haiti_from_ike.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:28:00 -0500 HAVANA (AFP) - Hurricane Ike took aim at Cuba Sunday after leaving 20 people dead in Haiti, where fatalities from a succession of powerful storms Hurricane Ike rages over Bahamas, clips Haiti, Cuba and US next http://www.businessdayonline.com/World/hurricane_ike_rages_over_bahamas.html World Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:15:00 -0500 HAVANA (AFP) - The latest hurricane to tear through the Atlantic and Caribbean battered Turks and Caicos and the southern Bahamas Sunday and was hampering BusinessDay... the voice of business