29-May-2012 08:38

Can eco-fashion be sexy? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/gbehAftmcOo/index.html

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html

Japan spending picks up in April :: Japan's retail sales and household spending gain in April indicating that domestic demand may be picking up.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18246288#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

New HIA Report Warns of Likely Recession to Hit Housing Sector :: Home sales in the country saw an uptick in April, as shown in the new Homes Sales Report issued on Tuesday by the Housing Industry Association (HIA), but the surge could prove insufficient to ward off creeping threats of recession in the sector.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346205/20120529/new-hia-report-warns-recession-hit-housing.htm

Goldman Sachs Buys Vale SA Thermal Coal Assets in Colombia For $407 M :: U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, through its unit Colombian Natural Resources SAS, has purchased for $407 million the thermal coal assets of Vale SA, the world's largest iron-ore producer, in Colombia.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346203/20120529/brazil-colombia-coal-vale-sa-goldman-sachs.htm

Gdansk's shipyards try to stay afloat :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/tpwsRNXusrw/index.html

Spain: No help needed to save banks :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/HgaBcQ93UOM/index.html

Carbon Tax Confuses Many Small Aussie Businesses :: The federal government of Australia is set to start collection of the carbon tax in less than five weeks, but a survey found that many small- and medium-sized businesses are still confused about the tax.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346201/20120529/carbon-tax-confuses-many-small-aussie-businesses.htm

Japan's Unemployment Rate Rises To 4.6% In April :: Japan's unemployment rate rose in April compared to previous month increasing concerns of the country's faltering economic growth momentum.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346193/20120529/japan-unemployment-rate.htm

Giant Efficient Cities Seen as Residential Sites of the Future :: Singapore has proven that city-states can flourish and for Chris Anderson, urban sites will be the place that the world will heavily rely on as its population expands and its resources feel the demand of greater pressure.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346180/20120529/giant-efficient-cities-seen-residential-sites-future.htm

Report Blames Howard, Rudd Govts for Wasting Half of Mining Boom Windfall :: Only about half of Australia's mining boom windfall was spent properly by the Howard and Rudd governments, think tank Per Capita said in a report released on Monday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346176/20120529/report-blames-howard-rudd-govts-wasting-half.htm

China to launch yen-yuan trade :: China will allow direct trading of the yuan and the Japanese yen next month, in a move aimed at promoting trade between Asia's two biggest economies.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18245909#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Nonfarm Payrolls, Auto And Same-Store Sales: Economic Events, May 28-June 1 :: The economic calendar is quite full this week, with most of the focus on the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. The Institute for Supply Management, or ISM, manufacturing index and the second estimate of U.S. first-quarter gross domestic product also will draw a lot of attention.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346161/20120528/nonfarm-payrolls-unemployment-ism-manufacturing-q1-gdp.htm

Man squats at AOL, launches start-up :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/UNM_Seii48o/index.html

New computer malware targeting Iran :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0goZP78vEDE/index.html

Euro slide silver lining for exporters :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/bJCdGSPZCoc/index.html

Prudential appoints new chairman :: UK insurer Prudential ends its five-month hunt for a new chairman by appointing Paul Manduca to replace Harvey McGrath.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18245846#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Hastie Stands Down 2,700 Workers Without Pay for 28 Days :: The fears of hundreds of layoffs as a result of the financial collapse of the Hastie Group moved a step closer as the company stood down on Tuesday morning 2,700 workers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346146/20120528/hastie-stands-down-2-700-workers-without.htm

Australian Dollar Outlook - 05/29/2012 :: Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar is slightly lower overnight, as news that the Spanish government will need to bailout one of its largest banks,
with the possibility of more bailouts to come.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/346143/20120528/australia-dollar-usd-aud-eur-commodities-europe.htm