Singapore: Bakeries raise prices as cost of whe...
Prima, the only flour miller and the largest flour supplier here, has raised prices for the second time in three months. T...

Global shortage of wheat whips up the prices of...
Other commodities cost more too Soya beans Soya beans now cost US$880 (S$1,130) a tonne, up from US$600 a year ago. The re...

India to raise key rates again
NEW DELHI: India's central bank is expected this week to hike interest rates for the seventh time in less than 12 months t...

Food prices around the world are soaring - but ...
A vendor arranges fish for sale inside a wet market in Pasay city, metro Manila. -- PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON - FROM McDon...
Food prices expected to stabilise in next few m...
SINGAPORE - Allaying concerns over the rising food prices, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday that he expects p...

Prices of food items should stabilise: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expects food prices to stabilise in the next few months. Speaking at a community...
Caltex, Esso and Shell raise pump prices (via S...
Caltex has increased pump prices of all grades of petrol and diesel by $0.04 per litre. -- PHOTO: CHEVRON OIL companies Ca...
[CNA] PM Lee says government has more scope to ...
, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government has more scope to implement schemes after last year's strong economic...

China economy may grow 9.8% in 2011
BEIJING: A Chinese government think tank has forecast the nation's economy will grow around 9.8 per cent this year, with i...
Rising ingredient and labour costs are pushing ...
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The IMF raised its forecast for world growth to...
PARIS - THE International Monetary Fund has increased its forecast for world growth this year to just under 4.75 per cent,...
"Bak kwa" prices going up
SINGAPORE : Chinatown is bustling with shoppers on the first weekend of the annual Lunar New Year street market. Sales act...
US oil prices fall on high inventories
NEW YORK: US oil prices dropped for the fourth straight day in New York on Friday, after weekly data showed a surprisingly...
DTN Singapore: Rising steel prices: Govt help n...
SINGAPORE: Steel prices increased by as much as 10 per cent in the last month. But the Ministry of National Development (M...