Belleville News Democrat: Business http://www.bnd.com/business/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Business 60 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:30:59 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Gazprom seeks state cash for power projects http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567164.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567164.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:10 CST Russia's state-run gas giant Gazprom said Friday it will ask the government for 100 billion rubles ($3.58 billion) to help fund capital-intensive power projects next year, the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Thailand reopens main international airport http://www.bnd.com/business/story/566941.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/566941.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:40 CST Dancers, drummers and apologetic tourism officials greeted travelers Friday at the official reopening of Thailand's main international airport, which was shut down for a week by anti-government protesters. HSBC buys back London HQ from Metrovacesa http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567154.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567154.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:35 CST HSBC Holdings PLC said Friday it has bought back its London headquarters from Spanish real estate company Metrovacesa S.A. in an 838 million pounds ($1.2 billion) deal. Publishing house Bloomsbury acquires Wisden http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567151.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567151.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:30 CST Bloomsbury Publishing PLC announced Friday it had acquired John Wisden & Co, publisher of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. SKorean firms confident NKorean zone won't close http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567147.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567147.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:25 CST North Korea is unlikely to shut down a landmark joint factory park with South Korea despite its anger over largely political issues, the chief executive of one of the firms operating there said Friday. Bundesbank: German economy to shrink in 2009 http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567144.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567144.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:20 CST Germany's central bank forecasts that the country's economy - Europe's biggest - will shrink 0.8 percent next year. Donors pledge $5 bln soft loans, grants to Vietnam http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567007.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567007.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:16 CST International aid donors pledged $5 billion in low-interest loans and grants to Vietnam on Friday, with the total falling slightly from last year because Japan has frozen aid until the communist country takes effective measures to tackle corruption. Sweden announces $1B economic stimulus package http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567006.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567006.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:45 CST The Swedish government announced Friday an 8.3 billion kronor ($1.01 billion) economic package to stimulate employment and infrastructure development amid the global financial crisis. AP Executive Morning Briefing http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567005.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/567005.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:16 CST The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Friday, Dec. 5, 2008: China: Factory owners protest for payment of debts http://www.bnd.com/business/story/566761.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/566761.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:17 CST About 100 factory owners and employees held up red protest banners outside a government building Friday in southern China, demanding that officials help them collect more than $13 million in debts from an electronics factory that recently closed.