World Business

Poll focuses on credit agencies swayed by client pressure

Singapore - Eleven per cent of financial investment professionals queried have witnessed a credit-rating agency change its product ratings after pressure from clients, according to a poll published

Intel profits rise 25 per cent

San IntelFrancisco - Bolstered by a weak dollar, strong international sales a

Bank jobs move to India angers New Zealand union

WellingtonANZ National Bank - The New Zealand financ

Apple sells 1 million iPhones on launch weekend

apple logoSan Francisco  - Despite activation problems that frustrated thousands of buyers, Apple sol

Volvo Aero signs deal with Pratt & Whitney on aircraft engine

Volvo AeroStockholm  - Volvo Aero, a division of the Volvo group, said Monday it has signed an agr

Anheuser-Busch takeover no immediate influence, Budvar says

Prague - The 52-billion-dollar takeover of US brewer Anheuser-Busch by Belgium's beer giant InBev has no immediate influence on Czech brewer Budweiser Budvar and its trademarks, the state-owned bre

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