The Financial Daily. News Headlines for Monday, October 22, 2007

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Click here to visit our website. News for Monday, October 22, 2007 Front Page News Rice calls BB; sympathises over loss of life Shaukat to chair last Ecnec meet as PM Musharraf to take Shujat, BB, Fazal in confidence APFMA demands1mnt wheat import Shamshad wins best cbank governor award China further efforts to cut trade issues --(EU) Hu's power bolsters as China VP retires 20pc of Dubai port to be sold in IPO next mth Reforms boosting rising economies' say see progress Ki-moon lauds Pak role in regional peace ABN receives offers for Saudi bank stake Hefty falls feared on Wall St today Steel billet prices surge by Rs1500/tonne

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Back Page News

BB wants foreign help in blasts probe
Ports IPO could enliven Dubai bourse
MQM against terrorism, says Altaf
Gold shines amid thin trade
Soomro in London for int'l democracy moot
IMC 1QFY08 profits likely to increase by 18pc
SCA spurns govt fixed sugarcane price
FFC 9MCY07 PAT may hit Rs4.043bn

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General News

Delay in construction of Lyari Expressway
Huge outlays in agri sector mandatory --(WB)
Banks funds can hurt markets --(Greenspan)
Gulf Bank to focus on Kuwait
Japan distances itself from sovereign fund idea
US banks face one-two credit punch
Post-G7 fallout, data, rate views eyed
Euro forex rate largely irrelevant --(Peer)
Banks credit rescue fund market-driven
Doha deal possible but time is short --(Lamy)
Emaar doubles Dubai land in $16bn project
IMF should press US on forex --(Jouyet)
Growth risks to up, but rising mkts strong
2 big Malaysia lenders focusing merger
WTO to be consensus driven organisation
WTO deal could touch half of world industry imports
Three days 3 fresh records and 321 points
PetroChina launches huge IPO
Earnings on tap, credit woes eyed
Larijani will go to Rome for N-negotiations
Tibetan monks clash with police
Mexican equities plunge
Syria denies backing Turkish action in Iraq
Egyptian indices slip on big - cap slide
7 kidnapped in Nigerian oil field
23 rebels, 12 soldiers killed in Turkey
End of curfew hailed in Myanmar
Chile stocks fall with US markets
France asks India to comply with IAEA
Argentina stocks slide
Helicopter crashes in Russia
US forces kill 49 in Baghdad's Sadr City
Bonds rally on safe - haven bid
Plot to assassinate Olmert foiled
Abbas arrives in Indonesia
Brazilian stocks tumble
Indonesia to build new power plants
Pentagon chief seeks help in Afghanistan
Iran hangs five for drugs offences
Karzai takes off for Brita in
Toronto stocks end sharply lower
Signs of slowdown eyed in profits deluge
Q3 earnings to be studied to find out turmoil fallout
3 more UAW locals reject Chrysler deal
Jobs in danger at Deutsche Telekom
Vietnam Air earns $18.8mn
Yen posts weekly gains vs euro as stocks decline
IMM specs lift bets against USD
Canadian $ soars
G7 fails to address USD's record slide
Ringgit rallies; blast weakens peso
Dollar seen extending losses
Sterling logs weekly gains
Kuwaiti dinar hits 19-year high
Gold retreats as oil falls, dollar rebounds
NY sugar up on funds
Oil sags below $89 after striking record
Crude oil may fall sharply
US copper crawls to firmer close
CBOT wheat soars
CME milk climbs
CBOT soybeans end down
NY cotton settles up
Ibad enquires after health of injured
Minister calls to foster Quaid-e-Azam message
Govt - PPP talks not stalled
120 bottles of imported liquor recovered
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan remembered
Pak - India talks on anti - terror mechanism
Govt striving to improve masses -- Ibad
JUI to attend APC after formal proposal
PTCL extends date for bills' payment
Memon calls for national reconciliation
Saarc Home Ministers' moot on 25th
Buhadarabad SHO registers Khi bl asts FIR
Plunderers should not be forgiven
TN warns Sanitation Dept of strict action
Absentia funeral prayers held
Jannatul Baqee Demolition Day observed
Conference in connection with 'int'l polio week' today
Minorities enjoying complete freedom --(Rashid)
Art & Craft Mela date extends till Nov

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