Energy firm link to blood diamonds

Energy firm link to blood diamonds
Times Online - The stock-exchange announcement of Energem’s AIM debut said the company was concentrating on oil distribution, biofuels and “procurement, supply and logistics management to industry in sub-Saharan Africa”. It referred to diamonds only in saying

Colombia hostage mission delayed
BBC Americas - Fifteen members of the hostages' families, who have not seen their loved ones for more than five years, are waiting in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. Negotiations President Chavez's efforts to negotiate the exchange of the remaining 43 hostages for

Accumulation Unit
Daily Telegraph - Aim is like the London Stock Exchange's nursery for small, fast-growing companies that want access to investment capital without the cost and regulatory burden of a full listing on the main market (The Official List). They often use it as

Will Hands be forced to play industry’s tune?
Financial Times - The exchange goes to the heart of the debate over Mr Hands’ biggest deal. Is a brash but brainy outsider what the industry needs at a moment of crisis or will such culture clashes make him the latest wealthy amateur to fail on its glittering stage?

Detente is part of a Russian industrial revolution
MSN MoneyCentral - Teams of engineers from Rouge and Severstal's main Russian plant in Cherepovets have been regularly visiting each other's operations to exchange ideas, with the goal mainly to aid Severstal's effort to set itself up as the main supplier of steel to

Greek Cypriots reluctantly join the euro zone
International Herald Tribune - NICOSIA : Greek Cypriots will be dragged reluctantly into the euro zone Jan. 1, giving up one of the last remnants of their colonial past to forge closer ties with their European Union partners. Joining at an exchange rate of one euro to 0.585274

Predators-Stars Preview
FOXSports.com - The Stars (23-12-4) made what has turned out to be one of the best trades in franchise history when they acquired Ribeiro from Montreal on Sept. 30, 2006, in exchange for defenseman Janne Niinimaa and a fifth-round draft pick. Ribeiro, who led the Stars

South Korean Manufacturers' Confidence Falls to Six-Month Low
Bloomberg - Retained earnings at the country's top 10 family-run industrial groups totaled 159.2 trillion won as of September, according to the Korea Exchange. To contact the reporter on this story: William Sim in Seoul at wsim2@bloomberg