AFP Finance News Copyright (c) 2004 Yahoo!AUNZ Inc. All rights reserved. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/financenews/afp_index.html AFP Finance News en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 05:07:03 GMT Germany's biggest bank hired detectives to spy on staff: report http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090705/33/279hu.html Mon, 6 Jul 2009 03:49:51 GMT BERLIN (AFP) - Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, hired detectives to spy on its employees including a member of its supervisory board, managers and a shareholder, German magazine Der Spiegel reported. SKorea firm buys into Canada uranium producer: report http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090705/33/279gc.html Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:018:19 GMT SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's state-run power company has bought a 17-percent stake in a Canadian uranium producer, securing a stable source of fuel for its nuclear power plants, a report said. Vatican hit by economic downturn: official figures http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090704/33/279bp.html Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:53:18 GMT VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI has not escaped the economic downturn, with donations hit by the global financial storm, official figures showed Saturday. Romania gets European loan for new metro line http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090704/33/279bo.html Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:30:19 GMT BUCHAREST (AFP) - Romania will get a 370-million-euro (517-million-dollar) loan from the European Investment Bank to build a new metro line in Bucharest, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Saturday. Emaar closes Algiers office http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090704/33/279ak.html Sun, 5 Jul 2009 04:24:36 GMT DUBAI (AFP) - UAE property giant Emaar has closed the office in Algeria of its Emaar International unit because of a lack of progress in business there, according to a statement Saturday carried by the official WAM news agency. Standard and Poor's maintains Philippines' ratings http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090704/33/279ad.html Sun, 5 Jul 2009 03:25:18 GMT MANILA (AFP) - Ratings agency Standard and Poor's affirmed its credit ratings for the Philippines, saying the outlook for both long-term ratings was stable despite the global financial turmoil. Saudi petrochemicals exporters slam China over dumping probe http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090704/33/279ac.html Sun, 5 Jul 2009 03:15:52 GMT RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi petrochemicals producers said on Saturday they would seek duties on imports from China after Beijing began a dumping probe on petrochemical products from Saudi Arabia and three other countries. BT offers staff a year at home for pay cut http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090704/33/27990.html Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:28:35 GMT LONDON (AFP) - BT, seeking to slash costs in the face of Britain's worst recession in years, is offering employees a year at home in return for a 75-percent pay cut, the telecoms operator said Saturday. Dollar climbs after poor European retail sales http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090703/33/2790s.html Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:39:02 GMT LONDON, July 3, 2009 (AFP) - The dollar climbed against the euro Friday after eurozone retail figures slipped back into a rut and as fresh worries about the health of the US economy supported the & quot;safe-haven & quot; greenback. New bubbles rising in China property market: state media http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090703/33/2792k.html Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:11:46 GMT BEIJING (AFP) - China's recent moves to ease curbs on the real estate sector have sent prices soaring recently, stoking fears that new property bubbles are forming, state media reported Friday. European stocks extend losses http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090703/33/2790r.html Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:50:06 GMT LONDON, July 3, 2009 (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets weakened further on Friday after sliding a day earlier on news of greater-than-expected job losses in the United States. Contractors blamed for Shanghai building collapse http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090703/33/278xb.html Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:16:45 GMT SHANGHAI (AFP) - A Shanghai building which collapsed last week, killing a construction worker, did so because contractors had recklessly shifted the earth at its base, the city government said. New bubbles rising in China property market: media http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090703/33/278x9.html Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:017:08 GMT BEIJING (AFP) - China's recent moves to ease curbs on the real estate sector have sent prices soaring recently, stoking fears that new property bubbles are forming, according to state media. Asia tested as music industry seeks to boost sales http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090703/33/278xa.html Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:017:27 GMT HONG KONG (AFP) - Rampant piracy and a crumbling market for CDs has put the music industry in Asia under immense pressure, but experts are hoping that technology and social media will help fill the gap. Deutsche Telekom may swap T-Mobile UK unit: report http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/090703/33/278x8.html Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:017:38 GMT FRANKFURT (AFP) - The biggest German telecommunications operator, Deutsche Telekom, is looking to swap its loss-making T-Mobile unit in Britain for an asset in another country, a press report said.