Shell, Partners Move Forward with Kitimat Export Facility Shell, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), Mitsubishi Corporation, and PetroChina Company Limited on Tuesday announced they are developing a proposed liquefied natural gas... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) Rig Zone Economy Industry Korea Photos Wikipedia: Royal Dutch Shell |
Hanjin Losses Mount Despite Higher Volume South Korean ocean carrier’s operating loss on containers widened from $27 million in the first quarter of 2011 Hanjin Shipping’s container shipping unit posted a... (photo: Creative Commons / Regular Daddy) Journal of Commerce Business Industry Market Photos Wikipedia: Hanjin Shipping |
Lufthansa Cargo Traffic Slumps 10.5 Percent Carrier continues to slash capacity as global demand softens, fuel prices soar Lufthansa Cargo carried 10.5 percent less freight in April than a year ago as it continued... (photo: Public Domain / Uwe W.) Journal of Commerce Airlines Business Industry Photos Wikipedia: Lufthansa Cargo |
ANA, JAL International Cargo Volumes Rise Japan Airlines' international cargo was off 40 percent for fiscal 2011 Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume grew for... (photo: WN / RTayco) Journal of Commerce Airlines Cargo Japan Nippon Photos Wikipedia: Airway |
Navy Commander Joseph Rochefort cracked the code to defeat Admiral Yamamoto Those familiar with naval history during World War II easily recognize the name Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Imperial Fleet. In May 1942, following... (photo: USAF file) The Examiner Japan Photos United States Wikipedia: Operation Vengeance World War II |
Dollar Aims To Extend Gains As Stock Index Futures Signal Risk Aversion Talking Points Dollar Poised to Extend Gains as Index Futures Signal Risk Aversion Euro Leads Majors Lower in the Wake of French, Greek Elections German Factory Orders,... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Street Currency Eurozone Photos Traders Wikipedia: United States dollar |
Japan’s last nuclear reactor is turned off to cheers, worry Kim Kyung-Hoon | REUTERS... (photo: Creative Commons / Mugu-shisai) The Columbus Dispatch Energy Japan Nuclear Photos Wikipedia: Japanese nuclear disaster |
China and the two Sudans On this week's show we take a look at China in Africa and ask if there can be profit without the politics. The short story is one of a country big on investment but... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Al Jazeera Africa China Photos Politics Sudan Wikipedia: Sudan |
Japanese cheer as nuclear reactor shut for checkup Tokyo -- Thousands of Japanese celebrated the switching off of the last of their nation's 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped like giant fish that have... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye) San Francisco Chronicle Energy Japan Nuclear Photos Wikipedia: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster |
A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz) Al Jazeera Brazil Economist History Photos Wikipedia: BRICS World |
Palm oil may test support, rise Malaysian palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange ended sharply lower on Friday due to global economic jitters that could potentially hurt demand. Markets... (photo: WN / deniseyong) The Hindu Economy Malaysia Oil Palm Photos Wikipedia: Palm oil |
Cruise Volunteers Celebrate Successful First Season Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 6:35 pm Press Release: Positively Wellington Cruise Volunteers Celebrate Successful First Season To help welcome a near 50 percent increase in... (photo: Creative Commons / Christopher Doyle) Scoop Cruise Passengers Photos Tourism Wellington Wikipedia: Wellington |
Myanmar's new battle As the sun appears to be setting on more than half a century of military rule in Myanmar, a different battle looms on the horizon. Behind the lofty diplomatic exchanges... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) Al Jazeera Asia Military Photos Politics Wikipedia: Burma |
US to remove 9,000 Marines from Okinawa WASHINGTON — About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the... (photo: US Navy / Cpl. Megan Angel) Atlanta Journal Japan Okinawa Photos US Wikipedia: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma |
North Korea: Kim Jong-un tours fish and meat shop Looking like he's never seen a supermarket before, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is shown a new shop in Pyongyang. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_9229772... (photo: AP / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) The Daily Telegraph Food North Korea Photos Sanctions Wikipedia: Kim Jong-un |
Map: US bases encircle Iran US military bases continue to form a strategic envelope around Iran, although the American withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011 may have changed the regional balance... (photo: AP / Igor Kovalenko) Al Jazeera Iran Iraq Military Photos Wikipedia: Iran–United States relations after 1979 |
Without question: US military expansion in the Asia-Pacific As Noam Chomsky wrote in this two-part essay, America's "pivot" toward the Asia-Pacific region is in response to what it calls "classic security dilemmas" posed by the... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn D. Torgerson) Al Jazeera Asia Pacific Defence Photos US Wikipedia: RIMPAC |
Japan struggles with nuclear decontamination Over a year after the nuclear accident triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami contaminated large swathes of land in northeastern Japan, the future of the largely... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) Al Jazeera Japan Nuclear Photos Pollution Wikipedia: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster |
Philippines says new China ship aggravates sea row MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines on Friday accused China of escalating the countries' 10-day standoff in the disputed South China Sea by sending a third patrol... (photo: US Navy / Cmdr. Daryl Borgquist) CNBC Beijing Manila Photos Scarborough |
Chinese fishing boats back in Scarborough MANILA (2nd Update) -- China sent anew three fishing vessels back to the Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) as it continues to reject the Philippines’ proposal to seek... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer Jonathan R. Cilley)) Sun Star Beijing Manila Photos Scarborough Wikipedia: Exclusive economic zone |