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India inflation falls for ninth week in a row
AFP, New Delhi
India s inflation rate fell for an ninth straight week, official data showed Thursday, despite rising food prices as monsoon rains continued to be patchy.
Annual inflation declined 1.74 percent for the week ended August 1 after dropping 1.58 percent the previous week, according to the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), India's most watched cost-of-living benchmark.
Below average monsoon rains have hit India's crops and affected food prices, with the cost of all staples on the up.
Barley rose two per cent during the week, and fruit and vegetables rose one per cent, according to official figures.
The WPI touched a 13-year high of 12.9 percent in August 2008 but turned negative as growth slackened in Asia’s third-largest economy due to the world economic slump.
The price index fall is mainly the result of a dive in global commodity costs, including oil. which now costs less than half what it did in July 2008, when it reached record highs.
The index is used by India as a measure for inflation as it is calculated more frequently than other indices and is more comprehensive.
The central bank has forecast that inflation will increase soon, and could hit five percent by March as the economy recovers and global fuel prices rebound.
Eurozone growth may return soon: ECB economist
AFP, Berlin
Economic growth may return sooner than expected to the 16 nations using the euro, European Central Bank chief economist Juergen Stark said in an interview published on Thursday.
"There are indeed some signs of stabilisation of economic activity at the moment," Stark told the business newspaper Boersen Zeitung.
"They indicate that positive growth could be expected sooner than forecast."
Official European Union data released on Thursday showed that the eurozone economy contracted by just 0.1 percent in the second quarter, as Germany and France unexpectedly emerged from recession.
Nevertheless the latest overall eurozone figures, from the official Eurostat statistics agency, mark the fifth quarter running of shrinking gross domestic product for the eurozone as a whole.
Stark warned against premature optimism.
"You have to put it in perspective," he said of the "green shoots" popping up in Europe.
"What we are seeing is based primarily on stimulus measure by the governments and the restocking of warehouses. Seen in that light, we cannot count on a durable return to a growth course.”
Aegon reports loss, will issue shares
AFP, The Hague
Dutch insurer Aegon reported a second-quarter loss of 161 million euros (229 million dollars) on Thursday and said it would issue up to one billion euros in shares to repay part of a state investment.
"Aegon intends to use the proceeds of the equity issue to repay up to 1 billion euros of the 3 billion euros of core capital obtained last year from its largest shareholder, Vereniging Aegon, funded by the Dutch State."
This amounted to up to 10 percent of the company's total issued shares.
"The decision to repay by December 1,2009, is conditional on Aegon's capital position and the outlook for the economy and financial markets not deteriorating materially," said an Aegon statement.
It also required the consent of the Dutch central bank.
"It has been our intention to repay the three billion euros to the Dutch government at the earliest opportunity, provided it is both feasible and responsible to do so," the statement quoted Aegon chief executive officer Alex Wynaendts as saying.
Australia's Felix recommends
$2.8b Chinese offer
AFP, Sydney
Australian miner Felix Resources Thursday urged investors to accept a record 3.3 billion dollar (2.8 billion US) takeover by China’s Yanzhou Coal.
The offer, after 12 months of talks, reaffirms Chinese interest in Australia's giant resources sector following June's snubbed cash injection for mining giant Rio Tinto, analysts said.
The Australian firm said its board of directors unanimously recommended the 16.95 dollars per share deal, saying it was a low-risk strategy for embarking on its next phase of growth,
With three of Felix’s directors, including chairman Travers Duncan, holding almost 50 percent of the stock, the deal appears all but settled for Yanzhou, China's fourth-largest coal miner.
"Given Yanzhou's global expertise in coal mining we believe that Yanzhou is well positioned to continue Felix's development to the benefit of all stakeholders," said Duncan in a statement to the market late Thursday.