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International Business News
Common farm policy is answer to high food prices: France
A1P, London
Regional versions of the EU's agriculture policy for Africa and Latin America would help solve the current food price crisis, France's agriculture minister said in an interview published Monday.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Michel Barnier said the bloc's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), or farm subsidy system, was not to blame for the "disorder" in global food prices.
Instead, he blamed "too much free-market liberalism ' for die rising prices, adding: "We can't leave feeding people to the mercy of the market. We need a public policy, a means of intervention and stabilisation.
Food prices have been spiralling due to the use of certain foods in biofuels to combat climate change, rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, and increasing floods and droughts as a result of climate change.
India's business confidence declines
Ann/ The Statesman
High interest rate regime, appreciating rupee and rising cost of industrial inputs and raw material have together led to the corporate India’s confidence take a hard knock.
As much as half the Indian companies, surveyed by industry chamber Ficci, felt that the overall economic conditions had deteriorated in the last six months compared to a mere 19 per cent reporting a bleak outlook in the last business confidence survey.
With this the overall Business Confidence Index has recorded a decline from 61.2 in the last survey to 55.3 in the present series.
“India Inc is deeply concerned over the evolving economic situation with growth slowing on one hand and inflation rising on the oilier,’’ the Ficci said commenting on the survey.
Samsung group announces massive investment plans
AFP, Seoul
South Korea's biggest business group, Samsung, Monday unveiled massive investment plans a week after its chairman announced his shock resignation from all group posts.
The group said its 59 affiliates would invest a total of 27.8 trillion won (27.9 billion dollars) for this year to enhance - growth potential and develop new businesses.
The amount of this year's investment is the largest ever for the group and is up 24 percent from 22.4 trillion won invested in 2007, it said.
The group said its investment would account for about 30 percent of the total money poured into 600 top domestic corporations in 2008.
Gulf Petroleum to build billion dollar Malaysia oil project
AFP, Kuala Lumpur
Qatar based Gulf Petroleum Ltd. on Monday said it had obtained the Malaysian government's approval to construct a 5.0-billion-dollar oil and gas complex in the northern Perak state.
Gulf Petroleum received the approval from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry last Friday, the official Bernama news agency cited the company as saying.
Gulf Petroleum said the company plans to start the project as soon as possible upon finalisation of technical issues with regard to the proposed 1,000 acre (400 hectare) site.
In February, Gulf Petroleum said at least two national oil companies, wholly owned from the Middle East along with insurance and banking groups will participate in the project.
British refinery strike pushes oil price to record high
AFP, Grangemouth, Scotland
A strike at a major British refinery entered a second day Monday, pushing oil prices to a new record high and forcing petrol rationing on panicked car drivers.
The 48-hour walk-out by around 1,200 workers at Grangemouth, west of Edinburgh, begem Sunday and has since pushed oil prices very close to 120 dollars per barrel.
The strike has forced British energy giant BP to shut down the neighbouring Forties pipeline which supplies 40 percent of Britain's oil and gas.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, touched a record 119.93 dollars a barrel in electronic deals on Monday.
Britain's offshore energy industry body Oil and Gas UK estimates the pipeline closure will cost the domestic economy 50 million pounds (65 million euros, 100 million dollars) per day in lost production.