London - Britain's inflation rate, measured by the consumer price index (CPI), remained unchanged at 2.5 per cent in March, compared with the previous month, official figures showed Tuesday.

Paris  - Driven by rising food and energy prices, annual inflation in France jumped to 3.2 per cent in March, from 2.8 per cent in February, the government statistics office INSEE said Tuesday.

Manila  - Dollar remittances from overseas Filipinos rose 15.95 per cent in Feb

Wellington  - Rising petrol and food prices lifted New Zealand's official infl

Singapore  - The Asia-Pacific region received a larger number of private equity investments in the first quarter of this year, but the value of the deals has dropped, figures from Thomson Financial

Washington- Efforts by industrialized countries to reduce their dependence on foreign energ