BP Japan sells retail assets to Japan Energy. (Global Report on Asia).(Brief...

Carrefour launches service stations Carrefour has unveiled its first motorway service stations in France. It acquired 17 sites from oil company Total-Fina-Elf last year and relaunched them last month under the Carrefour name, offering motorists lower prices than its major rivals both at the pump and in the store. The ......

Exchange rate protectionism is a subject much in the news these days especially in regard to the actions of Japan and China in foreign exchange markets and in the financing of the U.S. current account deficit. I will discuss each of these issues in turn. Japan's Rebound I remain encouraged ......

Asia Pulse recently reported that Japan's Agency of Natural Resources and Energy has begun conducting field safety tests on the supply and distribution of ethanol-gasoline fuel blends. According to Asia Pulse, the field tests, which will be conducted using a fuel blend of three percent ethanol and 97 percent standard ......

The authors of this report have held high government office in the USA, Japan; and Germany and the IEA (Mme Steeg). They consulted 67 persons in North America, 94 in Europe, and 24 in Japan. "Energy security has three faces" . . .: "vulnerability to disruption" of Persian Gulf supply, ......

HEADNOTE With increasing globalisation, over the last 15 years several multinational corporations (MNCs) from the US, UK, France, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Canada and elsewhere have invested in Burma, thus forging the requisite economic partnerships with the Burmese military government. According to the US State Department, the Burmese military regime ......

China's Textile Machinery Imports Up 66% in First Half According to China customs statistics, gross imports and exports of textile machinery reached US$2,584 million during January-June 2003. Of this, imports increased by 66.28% to US$2,333 million, while exports rose 67.31% to US$251 million, a total US$2,082 million in adverse balance....

After many years of trials and errors, KPC's marketing division has gained a good experience in the LPG business. For term clients, it prices the butane/propane mix in line with Saudi Aramco's market-related formula. Spot sales are often priced at a premium over the official contract price (CP). KPC sells ......

By now you may have heard the news -- retail sales were down significantly in June - down way more than expected. So what does that mean to you, the small business owner? It means less free cash for your customers to spend in your store. It's time once again ......