The Financial Daily. News Headlines for Saturday, October 20, 2007

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Click here to visit our website. News for Saturday, October 20, 2007 Front Page News Crude eases after striking above $90 Pak-Iran IPI project talks near conclusion Kasuri off to Afghanistan for ECO meeting BB sends tough message to militants Musharraf condoles with Benazir Blasts blight Pak, Philippine bonds Pak economic policies hailed in Salman-Zoellick meet Shell PAT hits Rs532bn in 1QFY08 SBP injects Rs40.9bn to ease market

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Back Page News

Steps being taken to up mkt access in US, EU
IPO of Dost Steel on 22-23rd Oct
UK Int'l Airlines' flights start from Saturday
KESC extends bill payments due date
SA to assess security after blasts
Shoaib expresses satisfaction over team's performance
World Cup Football -- Iraq's team arrives in Lahore
Pak-German trade hikes to $2bn --(Nasir Khan)
Items to be traded across LoC finalised
All major world states condemn Karachi blasts
Business community decries attack
ABL PAT seen at Rs4bn for 9MCY07
Sino-Pak economic cooperation lauded

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General News

Global markets' unrest calls for IMF role --(Rato)
Indian inflation at 5-yr low; rates steady
WB chief sees bigger private sector role
German economy picks up in Q3
BD Au g inflation hits 13-yr high
Philippine cbank mulls paying more debts
UK economy rises vigorously in 3yrs
US economic uncertainty very high
G7 chiefs aim to calm global mkts
Russia Sept jobless rate up to 6.0pc
18th Oct the blackest day in Pakistan's history
UK determined to check inflation
Swiss price pressures ease in October
Malaysian exports struggle for growth
China in no mood to let G7 budge it on yuan
Canada Sept inflation rises sharply
Thai cbank narrows '07 growth forecast
Opec in Riyadh can't do much to cool prices
Turkish CA gap seen at $34.2bn in '08
US-Japan FTA huge challenge --(US envoy)
Key world financial events
Indian shares fall for 3rd day, plunge 2.4 per cent
Chinese stocks slip
Economy worries drive Wall Street lower
FTSE joins global equity sell - off spree
Seoul shares fall 1.8pc
Sri Lankan shares decline
Nikkei plunges 1.7pc
Taiwan stocks lower but Nokia boosts mobile shares
Aussie stocks resume fall
Mostly down, credit concerns hurt S'pore
European stocks retreat
HK markets stay closed
Kencana Petro wins $136mn contract
Indias L&T to complete Tamco acquisition
McDonalds Q3 profit climbs
Coal -- ore ship charter rates rise on demand for bigger ships
Asian bunkers up $3, diffs weaken
Asian fuel oil trades near record
Cosco to continue port investments
Summary of PQ & KPT activities
S African coal hits record above $80
Samsung Heavy offers 16,000-TEU ship
Danaos adds five containerships
Persian Gulf tanker rates may rise amid Nov cargo demand
Chittagong port charges to be hiked soon
CAT posts poor Q3 earnings, cuts outlook
Swiss franc gains against $
Dollar hits fresh record lows, markets await G7
India rupee up as inflows help
Taiwan dollar firms
Spore $, ringgit gains capped
Yuan inches up vs dollar
Sterling rises vs $ after UK GDP data
Greenback slips in Tokyo
NZ dollar declines
Aussie $ lower vs yen
Technical factors point to more $ weakness
Sindh Govt confirms 126 deaths
Team formed to probe into bomb attack
Saida appeals to handle terrorists' acts
AC summons Sharifs on Nov 8
Arbab optimistic about progress of blasts inquiry
Medical team, medicines dispatched to Karachi
Bhutto will stay to contest elections --(PPP)
Classes at KU from Monday
APDM vows to unite political parties, lawyers
One window loans for Rabi crops starts
Its irresponsible to allege govt for Khi tragedy --(Saifullah)
Photo journalist leaves behind six kids, widow
Musharraf lauds Higher Education Commission
Altaf offers full support to Benazir
DG Health concerns over rising hepatitis cases
Karachi carnage widely condemned
Indonesia holds no palm oil auctions
Oil falls after striking record $90 a barrel
Tokyo rubber ends higher
LME copper steady, aluminium higher
Shanghai copper lower
Gold touches above $770, platinum climbs
European wheat firms
Malaysian palm strikes fresh record on soyoil, crude
Indian sugar futures fall
London coffee down, sugar inches up
NY cotton soars
Malaysian tin lower
Boupha Kasuri discuss Pak - Asean bilateral ties
Agri Varsity Peshawar launches training schemes
LESCO opens 12 phone lines for complaints
Eid milan party held to greet business community
Khalid Javed promoted as Director (Operations) PTCL
Biztek organising moot

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