The Australian Beijing's behemoths want more iron action | THE first ship to load iron ore produced by Fortescue Metals Group will dock on Thursday at Port Hedland in Western Australia. It will leave with 170,000 tonnes of ore, bound for Baosteel in Shangha... (photo: AP Photo / Andy Wong)
Sydney Morning Herald Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply | A BILLION-DOLLAR kidney bazaar that thrived across Pakistan has been abruptly shut down, forcing thousands of kidney patients to look elsewhere for a donor. | Lax regulation in Pakistan had permitte... (photo: AP Photo / Manish Swarup)
The Australian Foreigners feel the heat in China | BUSINESS people in China, especially in Beijing where about 250,000 foreigners live, are facing ever tightening controls as the Olympic Games approach on August 8. | The protests surrounding the int... (photo: AP Photo / Greg Baker) BusinessChinaOlympicsPhotosTourism
Houston Chronicle Diageo brews Irish Guinness overhaul TOOLS | DUBLIN, Ireland - Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer produc... (photo: creative commons / ) BusinessEconomyIndustryIrelandPhotos
Gulf News Local hotels look at bigger picture | Dubai: As the UAE encounters tourist influx of colossal numbers, and Dubai's occupancy rates reach the high 90s, international as well as home-grown hotel brands are ca... (photo: WN / patricia) BusinessDubaiIndustryPhotosTourism
Canada Dot Com Sugar water or nutritional supplement? | DEEP DOWN BODY THIRST | Summer's almost here, and that means heat, and with heat comes sweat -- and often lots of it. For many, this means chugging back a few glasses o... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) AthleteDrinksGatoradePhotosWater
San Fransisco Chronicle Brothers in alienation: Bonds and Clemens | (05-07) 19:33 PDT -- | This is the summer of their discontent. | Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are secret-handshake brothers in a two-man fraternity. | They sit in thei... (photo: apphoto) BaseballMarketPhotosSportsStars
The Manila Times Oil, rice situation worsens | The situation for both crude and rice prices has taken a turn for the worse. | Crude prices have scaled $122.73 per barrel for the first time. There is no light at the ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) EnergyFoodOilPhotosPrices