Month: October 2011

Tawakul Karman, a Yemeni journalist and activist, is one of three women awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. She becomes the first Arab woman to win the prize. The 32-year-old mother of three founded Women Journalists Without...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –Aberdeen Emerging Markets Telecommunications and Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE AMEX: ETF), a closed-end equity fund, announced today its performance data...

By Tara Patel Veolia Environnement SA (VIE), the world’s biggest water company, may add to write-downs it booked in the first half as management struggles with plans to cut losses by selling assets as economic growth weakens,...

Saturday Night It’s been a long time gone since Crosby, Stills & Nash made “Almost Cut My Hair.” Even so, they still sound harmonious and fresh. David Crosby and Graham Nash are playing London tonight: close your eyes when...

By Rudy Ruitenberg Grain loadings for export from the French port of Rouen, Europe’s biggest cereal-shipping hub, fell 9 percent in the seven days through yesterday as cargoes for Algeria declined. Outbound shipments were...