Company Watch - Northwest Airlines.
6/30/2008 Pilots at Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have reached a joint contract agreement that will go into effect if the two airlines merge. The two pilot groups have agreed on a system for creating one seniority list by the time the merger closes. 6/25/2008 ...

Airline Finance News - North America.
Jun 23, 2008 The political debate over energy policy gained sharper partisan focus this week as President George W. Bush lined up with Republican presidential candidate John McCain in calling for more oil and gas exploration off the U.S. coasts and in oil-shale regions of the West....

Travel Business News - North America.
Jun 23, 2008 The political debate over energy policy gained sharper partisan focus this week as President George W. Bush lined up with Republican presidential candidate John McCain in calling for more oil and gas exploration off the U.S. coasts and in oil-shale regions of the West....

The embarrassment of riches: do not pity me for having more money than anyone I know. Still, wealth does have its mild difficulties.
I will never have a face-to-face conversation with a friend about the things that I write here. Today my husband made tens of millions of dollars for his clients. He and his colleague invented computer models that help trade commodities markets. "I had a good year today," he reported...

Stocks seen going on consolidation.
Byline: EDU H. LOPEZ Share prices are likely to undergo some consolidation after a wave of selling last week as investors are watching on the sidelines. "If the market fails to recover, we may see a resumption of a corrective phase anew," says BPI Securities....

Berocca badminton tourney.
The very first Berocca Intera"color Badminton Tournament was a smash hit at the Manila Polo Club as four different teams competed at the badminton courts. Berocca Performancea" clinically proven to keep you sharp and alert all daya" was the perfect match for the badminton enthusiasts. ...

Coco oil price may hit $ 700 per MT.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Philippines can take advantage of a soaring coconut oil (CNO) price in the world market that can reach to $ 700 per metric ton (MT) if only local copra production could rise at a stable, hefty rate, arresting the lamentably low usage...

Oil hits new high of $ 111.80 in Asia as US dollar slumps.
SINGAPORE, Mar. 17 (AFP) -- Oil prices surged to a new high in Asian trade Monday of US$ 111.80 per barrel as the US currency slumped to a fresh low against the euro, sparking a rush of funds into commodities, dealers said. In late afternoon trading, New...

SAADIYAT: A $3.3BN OFFSHORE MARKET.
When it comes to bringing grandiose schemes to fruition, the UAE has an unrivalled track record. There are plenty of examples of flashy and flamboyant economic diversification schemes, but the development of the US$3.3 billion Saadiyat Island as an offshore financial resort tops the list. The hype has been...

Local banks seek derivative license; To be able to offer currency risk protection to clients.
Domestic banks have asked the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to allow them to engage in derivatives even without obtaining a license so that they could offer the currency risk protection program (CRPP) to its corporate clients. To mitigate the further drop of the peso, the BSP...