Financial Times http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai News feeds provided by Newslookup.com en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:14 EDT Cost of housing expatriate employees rises http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The cost of housing expatriate employees has jumped by almost a fifth in the past 12 months, according to a study comparing the cost of living in more than 140 of the worlds largest cities Arctic has 90bn barrels of crude http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The Arctic holds as much as 90bn barrels of undiscovered oil and as much undiscovered gas as all the reserves known to exist in Russia, US government scientists say French consumer spending falls in June http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Falling car sales dented French consumer spending on manufactured goods in June, amid signs that households are likely to tighten their belts further in the second half of the year. Missions at the outer limits of peacekeeping http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The head of United Nations peacekeeping has urged the Security Council to satisfy itself there is a peace to keep before sending troops on further large-scale missions Jonathan Guthrie: The company will always make a comeback http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai No other organisations set prices as efficiently or pursue market experiments so single-mindedly, writes Jonathan Guthrie US plans cut in farm subsidy http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The US made the first significant move in this weeks politically fraught meeting of trade ministers in Geneva, cutting its proposed ceiling for farm subsidies to $15bn a year Brazilian ethanol plants to get $260m loan http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The Inter-American Development Bank, Latin Americas biggest development institution, is prepared to defy growing environmental concern about biofuels by lending money to a $1bn-plus Brazilian ethanol project IMF warns of currency mismatches http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The euro is overvalued, even though the dollar is close to its equilibrium value, the International Monetary Fund said, warning that new exchange rate misalignments could be emerging Basel committee looks to close risk loophole http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The proposal could overhaul the way banks calculate risk and make it more costly to own the complex assets that have caused huge losses during the credit crisis More donations to UN food agency urged http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai The UK parliaments International Development Committee said significant increases to the World Food Programmes budget should be sustained over the years Comment: How to restore European resilience http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Comment: Cherished myths have fallen victim to economic reality http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Mediterranean gas field fires Israel http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Guyana accuses Europe of trade bullying http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Venezuela and Russia forge links http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Analysis: Generic drug producers are bulking up http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai John Kay: Browns rules are a flawed basis for policy http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Analysis: In search of fresh capital http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Little Big Bang to redefine physics http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai Risks dash hopes on foreign profits http://www.ba.net/news/feedsburner/sai