The Financial Daily. News Headlines for Tuesday, October 09, 2007

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Click here to visit our website. News for Tuesday, October 09, 2007 Front Page News Quake challenge turned into opportunity Military copter crashes; 4 die At least 50 troops go missing in SWA UAE seals 17 accounts worth $1.3mn SBP to sell Rs25bn of T-bills ElBaradi lands in politically tense India Eid holidays announced

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Back Page News

UAE gas co places $875mn sukuk
5 Muslim rebels slain, 19 collared in Thai South
More discounting in tight money mkt
Qatar co to invest $1.5bn in Zimbabwe
SAP to buy 'Business Objects' for 4.8bn euro
Durrani wants assembly dissolved
Cos wooed to carry out feasibility studies
Pak has upper hand in Lhr test
India beat Australia
Alonso 'sure' of McLaren equality

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General News

ECB warns market turmoil threat to growth
Russian banks have enough cash -- Kudrin
Any action on euro needn't wait for G7
Global credit squeeze hits oil demand -- IEA
Swiss Sept jobless falls to 5 - year low
SKorea Q3 FDI up on acquisitions
Price of kitchen items shoot up
Chinas industry poised for M&As
Indias fiscal targets may be at risk
EU could take defensive action to ensure fair trade
After touching new high what next?
Asias growth can benefit to the world
SKorea Asean reach FTA on services
Pakistanis favour international trade
Indian shares end 1.6pc down
Asian oil freights stable; poised to jump higher
Asian fuel oil rises on supply concerns
Novorossiysk Port to list in London
Limarko acquires container vessel
DP World to spend $641mn on Dakar port
Garware Offshore plans JV with Havyard Leirvik
Dry bulk freights may rise on Newcastle delays
Asian bunkers up $2, diffs narrow
JFE to raise shipbuilding steel prices
Dock workers to strike again
Summary of PQ & KPT activities
BNP grows onshore banking in Asia
Minsheng bank to buy UCBH
RBS trio to seal ABN bid
Chinese index climbs 2.5pc to record close
Egyptian indexes surge higher
Taiwan stocks hit 2-month high
Singapore -- Jakarta -- Manila at record highs
Wall Street dips on caution before earnings
Seoul shares hit record peak
FTSE dips but Northern Rock leads upside
European shares close lower
HK share plunges
Dubai shares plunge
Aussie stocks rise on miners
Sri Lankan shares fall
Japanese mkts stay closed
2nd anniversary of Oct 8 tragedy observed
Saida for active role of women in politics
Contempt of court notice issued against CM
Two clerks sent to jail for taking bribe
KU awards nine Ph. D degrees
Dengue cases up as 30 new confirmed
Auditorium opened at Govt Comm College
Baldia to be made a model town
Advisor visits victims of victory rally
PM says Oct 8, a tragic day in history
Ibad sorrows over helicopter crash
Speaker NWFP Assembly resigns
FUUAST to remain closed on 10th
16 Indian fishermen jailed
Latest monitoring system for disasters stressed
NRO part of law, says Durrani
High fever patients advised for blood CP test
EU wheat futures dive
Gold slips as $ inches up; Fed minutes eyed
Indian sugar futures fall
Malaysian palm oil slides 1.1pc
LME metals plunge
NY cotton down by mid - session
Shanghai copper eases
Crude sheds $2
Indian soy oil falls
London coffee rises, sugar little changed
Copper concentrate shortfall to underpin LME prices
Malaysian tin ends flat
Indian rupee near 9 - 1/2 - yr high
Dollar firms but outlook remains cloudy
Franc little changed
Taiwan $ stays firm
Mostly rally, led by peso
Aussie $ hits 23 - year high on rate outlook
Dollar dips in Asia
Yuan hits new high but ends flat
Interbank rates for taka
Sterling rises to 2 - mth high vs yen
NZ $ nudges up
UBL launches United Islamic Income Fund
BOI -- FPCCI to promote investment activities in Pak
Workshop on Islamic Finance from Nov 11
FPCCI fully endorses Musharraf's policies

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