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A stock parking lot of Renault cars in the Toulouse ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - A stock parking lot of Renault cars in the Toulouse suburb, southwestern France, pictured in 2006. French automaker Renault cut its sales forecast for this year after saying its sales worldwide rose by 4.3 percent in the first half compared to the same period of 2007. Photo:Eric Cabanis/AFP

Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang (left) and co-founder ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang (left) and co-founder David Filo speak at an international electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2008. Yang has accused Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo with no genuine intent to buy the company, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Photo:Ethan Miller/AFP

WPP's Martin Sorrell in a file photo. WPP, the world's second-largest ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - WPP's Martin Sorrell in a file photo. WPP, the world's second-largest advertising company made a hostile $2.13 billion bid for Britain's Taylor Nelson Sofres, challenging its agreed merger with GfK Holdings AG. REUTERS/File

A man buys rice at a Manila market as prices ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man buys rice at a Manila market as prices of the staple soared in cost, April 2008. Inflation in some emerging countries 'is getting out of control' and higher interest rates may be required to rein in prices, International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn said. Photo:Jay Directo/AFP

Air Berlin chairman Joachim Hunold at a press ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Air Berlin chairman Joachim Hunold at a press conference in late March. German justice officials have closed a probe of the Air Berlin boss over suspected insider trading, saying they did not have enough evidence to pursue Photo:Axel Schmidt/AFP

Traders signal offers in the corn futures pit ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Traders signal offers in the corn futures pit at the Chicago Board of Trade in late June. July is usually a quieter month for busy Wall Street bankers who are used to spending time lounging by a pool or relaxing on a Caribbean beach but a nagging credit crunch has cast a dark cloud over such vacations Photo:Scott Olson/AFP

The Citigroup logo above a branch in New York ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Citigroup logo above a branch in New York in late June. July is usually a quieter month for busy Wall Street bankers who are used to spending time lounging by a pool or relaxing on a Caribbean beach but a nagging credit crunch has cast a dark cloud over such vacations Photo:Don Emmert/AFP

Traders at work in the energy options pit on ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Traders at work in the energy options pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange in early July. July is usually a quieter month for busy Wall Street bankers who are used to spending time lounging by a pool or relaxing on a Caribbean beach but a nagging credit crunch has cast a dark cloud over such vacations Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP

The headquarters of German car maker BMW in Munich, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - The headquarters of German car maker BMW in Munich, southern Germany in mid March. Germany's trade surplus fell in May by more than expected to 14.4 billion euros (US$22.6billion), figures have shown Photo:Joerg Koch/AFP

A motorist refuels at a petrol station in Kuala ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - A motorist refuels at a petrol station in Kuala Lumpur on July 2. Oil prices have clawed back gains following a steep fall in the face of warnings from world leaders that record highs were challenging economic growth Photo:Roslan Rahman/AFP

A Bangladeshi service station worker checks the ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Bangladeshi service station worker checks the meter as he refuels a vehicle in Dhaka on July 4. Oil prices have come back slightly higher on Asia trade following a steep fall in the face of warnings from world leaders that record highs were challenging economic growth Photo:Farjana Khan Godhuly/AFP

File photo shows the logo of German tourism and ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows the logo of German tourism and travel giant TUI, at the company's annual general meeting in Hanover, Germany. Norwegian investor John Fredriksen has bid for Russian steel magnate Alexey Mordachov's 10 percent stake in the travel firm Photo:David Hecker/AFP

File photo shows a virtual rendition of US Congressman ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a virtual rendition of US Congressman Edward Markey on Second Life for the UNs climate change convention in Bali, Indonesia. Web firm Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds Photo:/AFP

A worker at a Toyota car plant in Miyata, Japan. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - A worker at a Toyota car plant in Miyata, Japan. Japan's core machinery orders were unexpectedly strong in May but experts warned the official figures had failed to dispel gloom about prospects for Asia's largest economy Photo:Ken Shimizu/AFP

Students react as police fire water cannons to ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Students react as police fire water cannons to disperse them during a demonstration against fuel price hikes in Jakarta in late June. Rich nations and rising economic powers, including China and India, have met to try and seek ways to rein in surging oil and food prices that are taking their toll on the global economy Photo:Bay Ismoyo/AFP

File photo shows Filipinos buying rice at a Manila ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows Filipinos buying rice at a Manila market as prices of the staple soared in cost. Rich nations and rising economic powers, including China and India, have met to try and seek ways to rein in surging oil and food prices that are taking their toll on the global economy Photo:Jay Directo/AFP

Heads of state from rising economic nations meet ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Heads of state from rising economic nations meet for a photo call before the start of the G5 meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Sapporo on July 8 in Japan. Rich nations and rising economic powers have met to try and seek ways to rein in surging oil and food prices that are taking their toll on the global economy Photo:Jewel Samad/AFP

G8 leaders gather for a round table working session ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - G8 leaders gather for a round table working session at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako. Rich nations and rising economic powers, including China and India, have met to try and seek ways to rein in surging oil and food prices that are taking their toll on the global economy Photo:Tomohiro Ohsumi/AFP

A bank of sky-scrapers dominate the skyline in ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - A bank of sky-scrapers dominate the skyline in the Asian city state of Singapore. Representatives from the world's sovereign wealth funds have begun a closed-door meeting in Singapore as part of efforts to prepare voluntary guidelines for the funds Photo:Janek Skarzynski/AFP

Barry Aminata Toure (left), President of the ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Barry Aminata Toure (left), President of the Malian Coalition on Debt and Development Movement and Aminata Traore, writer and former minister, take part in the poor people's summit town of Katibougou, Mali on July 7. As the G8 nations gather in Japan to discuss the food crisis in Japan, an African anti-globalist meeting has stressed that people could help themselves by eating local products Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP

Hundreds of activists from around the world gather ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Hundreds of activists from around the world gather in the town of Katibougou near Bamako in Mali on July 6 for the opening of a poor people's summit. As the G8 nations gather in Japan to discuss the food crisis in Japan, the African anti-globalist meeting has stressed that people could help themselves by eating local products Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP

Chinese workers assembling car engines at a factory ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chinese workers assembling car engines at a factory in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin. China's economy is set to overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by the midcentury, a US study has concluded Photo:/AFP

File photo shows steam belching from a coal-fired ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows steam belching from a coal-fired power station in Beijing. China's economy is set to overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by the midcentury, a US study has concluded Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

The setting sun is reflected off Beijing's tallest ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - The setting sun is reflected off Beijing's tallest building in the city's fast developing Central Business District in April. China's economy is set to overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by the midcentury, a US study has concluded Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

Toy-makers Hasbro and Mattel have demanded that ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - Toy-makers Hasbro and Mattel have demanded that social networking website Facebook remove the online game Scrabulous due to alleged copyright infringement Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) President Buzz Hargrove listens ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) President Buzz Hargrove listens to a question while speaking with journalists following a meeting with Industry Minister Jim Prentice in Ottawa November 2, 2007. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the Senate ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the Senate Finance Committee health reform summit in Washington, June 16, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young

Jean Coutu, left, chairman of the board and founder of Jean ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:07:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Jean Coutu, left, chairman of the board and founder of Jean Coutu Inc., and his son Francois Coutu, president and CEO. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

The former chief financial officer of Airbus, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - The former chief financial officer of Airbus, and current head of the EADS plant in Dresden, Andreas Sperl, pictured in 2005, has been summoned to Paris for questioning in part of the corruption probe against EADS, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. Photo:Mehdi Fedouach/AFP

Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove leaves GM headquarters ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:02:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove leaves GM headquarters after a meeting with General Motors executives in Detroit, Michigan, Friday, June 6. 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley

An artist's rendidtion of the new Skyhook aircraft is illustrated ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:59:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - An artist's rendidtion of the new Skyhook aircraft is illustrated in this Boeing handout photo, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Beoing Co.-HO

A businessman walks past a monitor displaying the close of the ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:54:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A businessman walks past a monitor displaying the close of the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Wally Santana

Southwest Airlines planes prepare for departure from Oakland ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines planes prepare for departure from Oakland International Airport in Oakland, May 29, 2006. REUTERS/John Gress

Bottles of Budweiser beer displayed in a New ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Bottles of Budweiser beer displayed in a New York bar. US brewing giant Anheuser-Busch filed suit to block a hostile takeover by InBev, claiming the Belgian-based rival used 'illegal' and 'deceptive' conduct, court documents showed Tuesday. Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP

Oil rigs extract petroleum. Oil prices nosedived ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - Oil rigs extract petroleum. Oil prices nosedived by over five dollars Tuesday as falling global equities and resurgent concerns about an economic slowdown stoked fears about future energy demand, traders said. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

A New York City cab driver fills his taxi up with gas at a Hess ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A New York City cab driver fills his taxi up with gas at a Hess station in New York July 2, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Construction workers assemble a scaffolding in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - Construction workers assemble a scaffolding in Berlin in 2007. The European construction industry, having enjoyed several good years, is now headed for a slump likely to last until 2010, a leading German think-tank said Tuesday. Photo:Theo Heimann/AFP

Tuna is caught in Zahara de los Atunes, southern ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tuna is caught in Zahara de los Atunes, southern Spain. The European Commission said Tuesday it aimed to release up to 600 million euros (940 million dollars) in aid to EU fishermen to help them cope with soaring fuel prices. Photo:Jose Luis Roca/AFP

Fishermen block with a rope the Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Fishermen block with a rope the Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie port, western France, during a fuel price protest in May 2008. The European Commission said Tuesday it aimed to release up to 600 million euros (940 million dollars) in aid to EU fishermen to help them cope with soaring fuel prices. Photo:Boris Horvat/AFP

A pedestrian is reflected at the window of the ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - A pedestrian is reflected at the window of the securities company in central Tokyo on July 7. European and Asian stocks dropped sharply Tuesday as concern about the credit crunch again spooked investors, but US markets showed some resilience to the prevailing mood of fear. Photo:Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP

Women monitor stock prices at a securities trading ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - Women monitor stock prices at a securities trading house in Taipei. European and Asian stocks dropped sharply Tuesday as concern about the credit crunch again spooked investors, but US markets showed some resilience to the prevailing mood of fear. Photo:Patrick Lin/AFP

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono speaks at the opening of the D-8 Summit in Kuala Lumpur. The 'D8' group of developing nations Tuesday resolved to boost food production to combat shortages that it said threaten to trigger widespread political unrest. Photo:Kamarul Akhir/AFP