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Print - 2009-02-15
Lahore Grain Market Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Planning Commission wants control over AEDB

Planning Commission wants control over AEDB

Planning Commission officials told Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in detailed briefing on Friday that Pakistan has been facing serious energy crisis, but no major efforts have been made to improve electricity generation. They said that the country requ
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Planning Commission wants control over AEDB

Planning Commission wants control over AEDB

Planning Commission officials told Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in detailed briefing on Friday that Pakistan has been facing serious energy crisis, but no major efforts have been made to improve electricity generation. They said that the country requ
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Planning Commission wants control over AEDB

Planning Commission wants control over AEDB

Planning Commission officials told Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in detailed briefing on Friday that Pakistan has been facing serious energy crisis, but no major efforts have been made to improve electricity generation. They said that the country requ
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Grain market rates

Grain market rates

Karachi grain market rates in rupees on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Rates of dry fruit

Rates of dry fruit

Rates of dry fruit in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
G7 sets sights on new world economic order

G7 sets sights on new world economic order

The world''s richest nations called Saturday for urgent reform of global finance to save the world from the economic devastation that is dragging more and more countries into recession. Italy''s Finance Minister called for a "new world economic order" as
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
G7 sets sights on new world economic order

G7 sets sights on new world economic order

The world's richest nations called Saturday for urgent reform of global finance to save the world from the economic devastation that is dragging more and more countries into recession. Italy's Finance Minister called for a "new world economic order" as he
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Jute goods rates

Jute goods rates

Jute goods rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
G7 sets sights on new world economic order

G7 sets sights on new world economic order

The world's richest nations called Saturday for urgent reform of global finance to save the world from the economic devastation that is dragging more and more countries into recession. Italy's Finance Minister called for a "new world economic order" as he
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Raw rubber rates

Raw rubber rates

Raw Rubber rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan may seek custody of Kasab: Rehman

Pakistan may seek custody of Kasab: Rehman

Pakistan may ask India for custody of the only gunman to survive the Mumbai attacks to strengthen its prosecution of those behind the assault, Rehman Malik, adviser to the Prime Minister on the interior said on Saturday. "If investigators recommend it and
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Milk powder rates

Milk powder rates

Milk Powder rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan may seek custody of Kasab: Rehman

Pakistan may seek custody of Kasab: Rehman

Pakistan may ask India for custody of the only gunman to survive the Mumbai attacks to strengthen its prosecution of those behind the assault, Rehman Malik, adviser to the Prime Minister on the interior said on Saturday. "If investigators recommend it and
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Karachi tea rates

Karachi tea rates

Tea rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Australian foreign minister arrives February 16

Australian foreign minister arrives February 16

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will visit Pakistan from February 16-18 and would hold high level meetings with Pakistani authorities. It will be the first high-level visit from Australia after Prime Minister John Howard who visited Pakistan in
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Rates of Pipe Fittings

Rates of Pipe Fittings

Pipe fitting rates in rupees prevailing in the markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
China making hectic efforts to defuse Pak-India tension: Luo

China making hectic efforts to defuse Pak-India tension: Luo

Luo Zhaohui, Chinese ambassador to Pakistan on Saturday said that China is utilising all efforts to defuse the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan after Mumbai terrorist attacks to avert any possible war in the region. "Pakistan adopted positive ap
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Iron, steel and other metal rates

Iron, steel and other metal rates

Iron, steel and other metal rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
UN seeks contact with captors of Solecki

UN seeks contact with captors of Solecki

The United Nations said on Saturday it wanted direct contact with the kidnappers of John Solecki, head of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Quetta, to try to secure his release. Solecki was kidnapped on February 2
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Automart: car prices in Karachi

Automart: car prices in Karachi

The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Holbrooke meets Afghan president as ties strained

Holbrooke meets Afghan president as ties strained

US President Barack Obama's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan met Hamid Karzai on Saturday, the first direct contact between the Afghan president and the new administration that has distanced itself from him. Once a darling of the Bush administration, Kar
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
World Shipping Schedule

World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Holbrooke meets Afghan president as ties strained

Holbrooke meets Afghan president as ties strained

US President Barack Obama's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan met Hamid Karzai on Saturday, the first direct contact between the Afghan president and the new administration that has distanced itself from him. Once a darling of the Bush administration, Kar
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
World Shipping Schedule

World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Volkswagen's boss criticises French car rescue plan

Volkswagen's boss criticises French car rescue plan

Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn criticised a French government auto sector rescue plan on Saturday as protectionist after German political leaders warned in parliament of a growing threat to free trade.
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Shipping Intelligence

Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
German police clash with leftists at Dresden rally

German police clash with leftists at Dresden rally

German police clashed with left-wing opponents of a march by about 6,000 rightists on Saturday marking the anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden during World War Two. A police spokesman said the leftists tipped over two police vehicles and threw bo
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Shipping Intelligence

Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Computer virus invades German defence computers

Computer virus invades German defence computers

A computer virus which has already hit defence computers in Britain and France has spread to German military systems, the Defence Ministry in Berlin said Saturday.The Conficker computer worm has exasperated computer users right around the globe in recent
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Uzbekistan economy grows nine percent in 2008

Uzbekistan economy grows nine percent in 2008

Uzbekistan's economic growth slowed slightly last year to 9 percent, propped up by strong expansion in the service sector and in industrial output, the government said in a statement on Saturday. "Industrial production grew by 12.7 percent, agricultural p
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Iran plans first bank stake sale on February 18

Iran plans first bank stake sale on February 18

Iran plans to offer 5 percent of Bank Mellat to private investors on February 18, a Tehran Stock Exchange official said on Saturday, in the Islamic Republic's first part-privatisation of a state-owned bank. The official, who declined to be identified, sai
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
THE RUPEE: dollar gains 10 paisa on interbank market

THE RUPEE: dollar gains 10 paisa on interbank market

The rupee continued its slide against dollar on the interbank market at the weekend, losing 10 paisa for buying and selling at 79.70 and 79.75, dealers said. Rising demand for dollar did not allow the rupee to hold it's obtaining levels, they said. In the
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan embassy in Washington says no foreign bases in country

Pakistan embassy in Washington says no foreign bases in country

Pakistan on Saturday denied the presence of any foreign bases on its soil and said recent comments by a US senator about the drones operating from within the country were not a revelation but based solely on news reports as also clearly stated by the spok
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
THE RUPEE: dollar gains 10 paisa on interbank market

THE RUPEE: dollar gains 10 paisa on interbank market

The rupee continued its slide against dollar on the interbank market at the weekend, losing 10 paisa for buying and selling at 79.70 and 79.75, dealers said. Rising demand for dollar did not allow the rupee to hold it's obtaining levels, they said. In the
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Iran, Turkmenistan agree to boost gas cooperation

Iran, Turkmenistan agree to boost gas cooperation

Energy powers Iran and Turkmenistan agreed to increase co-operation in the gas sector on Saturday, Iranian media reported during an official visit by Turkmen leader Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to Tehran. Berdymukhamedov said Turkmenistan, Central Asia's bi
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
World currencies and dollar

World currencies and dollar

Value of the dollar in terms of other world currencies as prevailing in the week ended Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Suspected US missile strike kills 30

Suspected US missile strike kills 30

A suspected US missile strike destroyed a major Taliban training camp here on Saturday, killing at least 30 mainly al Qaeda foreign operatives, security officials said. Two missiles fired by an unmanned drone struck the camp of top Taliban commander Baitu
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Suspected US missile strike kills 30

Suspected US missile strike kills 30

A suspected US missile strike destroyed a major Taliban training camp here on Saturday, killing at least 30 mainly al Qaeda foreign operatives, security officials said. Two missiles fired by an unmanned drone struck the camp of top Taliban commander Baitu
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
7,724 reinstated through ordinance

7,724 reinstated through ordinance

Through an ordinance, the federal government on Saturday reinstated about 7,724 employees hired between November, 1993 - November, 1996 and sacked from November 1996 to December 1998. All the reinstated employees will be paid compensation equivalent to th
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Spot dollar rates

Spot dollar rates

Spot Dollar rates from Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co Ltd on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
7,724 reinstated through ordinance

7,724 reinstated through ordinance

Through an ordinance, the federal government on Saturday reinstated about 7,724 employees hired between November, 1993 - November, 1996 and sacked from November 1996 to December 1998. All the reinstated employees will be paid compensation equivalent to th
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Money Market Report

Money Market Report

Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Saturday (February 14, 2009).
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
'Pakistan fighting Taliban for its survival'

'Pakistan fighting Taliban for its survival'

President Asif Ali Zardari has acknowledged in a television interview the Taliban is present "in huge amounts" of the country and Pakistani forces are "fighting for the survival of Pakistan." In an interview to be aired on Sunday on CBS television's "60 M
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
'Pakistan fighting Taliban for its survival'

'Pakistan fighting Taliban for its survival'

President Asif Ali Zardari has acknowledged in a television interview the Taliban is present "in huge amounts" of the country and Pakistani forces are "fighting for the survival of Pakistan." In an interview to be aired on Sunday on CBS television's "60 M
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Bill buying rates per unit of currency

Bill buying rates per unit of currency

Bill Buying Rates per unit of currency -- issued by the Treasury Management Division of the National Bank of Pakistan on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Ban Ki-moon telephones Zardari

Ban Ki-moon telephones Zardari

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari, here Saturday night and emphasised the need for early release of the kidnapped UN official John Solecki, chief of UN High Commission for Refugees. The Secretary General al
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Ban Ki-moon telephones Zardari

Ban Ki-moon telephones Zardari

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari, here Saturday night and emphasised the need for early release of the kidnapped UN official John Solecki, chief of UN High Commission for Refugees. The Secretary General al
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Currency notes: exchange rates

Currency notes: exchange rates

Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Conversion for foreign currency deposits

Conversion for foreign currency deposits

Conversion for foreign currency deposits, DBC/FCBC, special USD bond & profits thereon (excluding FE-25 deposits) on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Saturday (February 14, 2009).

Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than those brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) and on deposits (brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) -- issued by the Foreign Exchange Rates Comm
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special US Dollar bonds and profits thereon by all banks and also for providing forward cover on foreign currency d
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Canadian canola futures settle lower

Canadian canola futures settle lower

ICE Canadian canola futures ended lower on Friday, following losses in soyabean futures. March canola closed down $5.00 at $423 per tonne on a volume of 9,599 lots, and May ended down $4.80 at $431.20 on a volume of 7,237. Canola remained underpinned by g
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Business depicts falling trend on grain market

Business depicts falling trend on grain market

Sliding trend was seen on the grain market on Saturday as most of the buyers were not interested in the new purchasing due to unusual rise in the rates during the last sessions, dealers said. On the cereal side wheat old and new (Bardana) were sharply low
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Trade volume, prices tend lower on cotton market

Trade volume, prices tend lower on cotton market

Subdued business was seen on the cotton market on Saturday as mills kept on the sidelines in anticipation of more decline in the rates, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 3400, they said. The phutti prices in both the Punjab and Sind
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Thai Rubber Latex expects return to profit in 2009

Thai Rubber Latex expects return to profit in 2009

Thai Rubber Latex Corp PCL, Thailand's biggest latex exporter, expects to show a net profit of 150 million baht ($4.3 million) in 2009 thanks to healthy demand from the medical sector, the company's CEO said on Tuesday. That would be a turnaround from the
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US copper ends shade higher

US copper ends shade higher

US copper futures eked out a modest gain by the close on Friday, with a government plan to stabilise the housing market helping to fuel a short-covering bounce ahead of a long holiday weekend. US commodity markets will close on Monday for the US President
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US gold down

US gold down

US gold futures ended lower Friday on pre-weekend profit-taking after the recent sharp rally, even as investment buying continued to rise in bullion-backed exchange-traded funds amid financial uncertainties.
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US copper imports decline in 2008

US copper imports decline in 2008

A 20 percent jump in copper imports in December from the previous month was not nearly enough to push imports into the plus column for 2008, which saw the global recession slash imports by 13 percent. Data from the United States International Trade Commis
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US rice futures end up

US rice futures end up

US rough rice futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed higher on Thursday, with the new-crop months gaining on the nearby for the second straight day, traders said. Rice was due for bounce, recovering from its big sell-off on Tuesday after USDA issued
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Refined sugar market tightens

Refined sugar market tightens

The world's refined sugar market will go into deficit as the European Union becomes a major importer due to market reforms and as India shifts from being a net exporter to importer, a senior analyst said on Monday. The EU, which used to heavily subsidise
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
New York coffee inches to firm finish

New York coffee inches to firm finish

Arabica coffee settled up a shade Friday, in choppy dealings of position rolling and long liquidation out of the spot contract ahead of first notice day February 19, traders said. The market will close for the Presidents Day holiday Monday, February 16, r
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
New York sugar finishes higher

New York sugar finishes higher

Raw sugar futures settled firmer Friday on brisk late investor buying before a holiday break as the market appears well supported by expected consumer buying in south Asia, brokers said. The raw sugar market will shut Monday for US Presidents Day. Trading
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Malaysia's rice imports to fall 40 percent in 2009

Malaysia's rice imports to fall 40 percent in 2009

Malaysia, one of the world's top rice importers, will see purchases tumble by 40 percent to 600,000 tonnes this year as it cranks up domestic production and maintains its ample stockpile, a senior minister said on Friday.
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US 2009 cotton plantings 8.1 million acres

US 2009 cotton plantings 8.1 million acres

US growers will plant 8.107 million acres (3.28 million hectares) of cotton this year, said a widely followed survey of growers by the industry group National Cotton Council on Friday. The survey indicated a cotton crop of 12.76 million bales compared wit
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
China buys more SIR20; Thai grades up on wintering

China buys more SIR20; Thai grades up on wintering

Chinese buyers purchased up to 2,500 tonnes of rubber from Indonesia to replenish stocks but turned their backs on Thai grades after tight supplies lifted prices, dealers said on Wednesday.
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Oil prices slump in global market

Oil prices slump in global market

New York crude oil prices sank this week as data revealed a large jump in US energy stockpiles and top industry bodies forecast falling demand because of the global economic slowdown. However, prices recovered somewhat on Friday heading into a three-day h
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Brazil wheat shortage opens door for US: attache

Brazil wheat shortage opens door for US: attache

The United States and other countries have a chance to fill a shortfall in wheat imports to Brazil, which will be importing less from Argentina because of a drought impacting the country, according to a US Agriculture Department attacche report released o
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
FOB Gulf corn, soya and wheat prices end week lower

FOB Gulf corn, soya and wheat prices end week lower

Export prices for US soyabeans, corn and wheat shipped from the Gulf of Mexico ended the week lower due to a retreat in futures prices, traders said. Soyabean export sales were routine, with China taking a few cargoes but less than last week.
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 101,695 tonnes of cargo including 67,020 tonnes of import and 34,675 tonnes of export, 2,340 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Saturday. The freights comprised of 35,695 tonnes of dry
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US corn futures slip

US corn futures slip

US corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade ended lower on Friday, slipping late as the weakness in soya spelled over to corn ahead of the long holiday weekend, traders said. CBOT markets will be closed until Monday for US President's holiday, reopening
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US wheat futures fall

US wheat futures fall

US wheat futures fell on Friday on spillover pressure from a drop in the soyabean market, traders said. The Chicago Board of Trade March soft red winter wheat futures contract closed down 3-1/4 cents at $5.35-1/2 a bushel while the May contract dropped 3-
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Iran oil field leak cuts output by 40,000 barrels per day

Iran oil field leak cuts output by 40,000 barrels per day

Oil production at Iran's offshore Abuzar field has declined by 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) due a gas leak that started two weeks ago, a senior official was quoted as saying on Saturday. Ghodratollah Larijani, director of planning at Iran Offshore Oil Com
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Opec met 70 percent of agreed supply cut in January: Iran

Opec met 70 percent of agreed supply cut in January: Iran

Iran's Opec governor said the oil producing organisation in January met 70 percent of its pledge to reduce output and that this was very good, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Mohammad Ali Khatibi also said the 12-member Organisation of
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Fannie, Freddie halt foreclosures

Fannie, Freddie halt foreclosures

Mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will suspend mortgage foreclosures and evictions through early March as President Barack Obama prepares to announce a housing rescue plan next week, the companies said on Friday. On Wednesday, Obama is
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
US regulators close four small banks

US regulators close four small banks

US bank regulators closed four small banks in Florida, Illinois, Nebraska and Oregon on Friday, bringing the number of bank failures to 13 so far this year. In 2008, 25 banks were seized by officials, up from only 3 in 2007. The Federal Deposit Insurance
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Global lenders warn of risks to emerging markets

Global lenders warn of risks to emerging markets

The International Monetary Fund and the world's big development banks warned on Friday that emerging and developing countries that lack deep pockets to protect themselves against the crushing impact of a global financial crisis may need help soon.
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Obama vows to act fast on economic stimulus

Obama vows to act fast on economic stimulus

US President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed congressional approval of a $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery" and vowed to move swiftly to set the plan in motion. "I will sign this legislation into law shortly
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Singapore to set up migrant workers centre

Singapore to set up migrant workers centre

Singapore is setting up a migrant workers centre to help foreign workers who are in disputes with their employers and are at times left stranded without wages, food and shelter, a news report said Saturday.The centre, to be opened by April, is to be guide
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Citi, Morgan Stanley may pay $3 billion to keep brokers

Citi, Morgan Stanley may pay $3 billion to keep brokers

Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc are preparing to pay $3 billion of retention awards to brokers to keep them from fleeing a brokerage joint venture, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Terms are not expected unt
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Lloyds Banking unveils $12.3 billion HBOS loss

Lloyds Banking unveils $12.3 billion HBOS loss

Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group said its HBOS unit made a hefty loss last year due to a bigger-than-expected rise in bad loans, wiping a third off its value and raising fears more state help will be needed. HBOS had a pretax loss of 8.5 billion pou
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am
China signs $90 million Senegal deals, buys peanut oil

China signs $90 million Senegal deals, buys peanut oil

Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao's delegation has signed loan and aid deals worth $90 million with Senegal, state media in the West African country reported on Saturday. Hu is in Senegal on the second leg of a four-nation African tour seen as an effor
Published 15 Feb, 2009 12:00am