Petrol price to come down to Rs 71.92 in Delhi on account of 20% VAT reduction - Economic Times
28 May 2012, 7:25 am
NEW DELHI: In a partial relief to the common-man, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit on Monday announced a 20 per cent reduction in the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol in the national capital. The announcement made by Dixit while presenting the ...

Americans obsessed with price of gas - La Crosse Tribune
28 May 2012, 7:25 am
It's Memorial Day weekend and our national obsession with the price of gasoline is in focus once again. We'll spend a little less at the pump than a few weeks ago, but that won't stop us from muttering to ourselves, griping to friends and pointing fingers ...

Merkel Pays a price for Her Energy Policy Shift - New York Times
28 May 2012, 5:38 am
BERLIN — It was exactly the kind of news that Angela Merkel did not want. Voerdal, an aluminum company employing more than 400 people, has gone into bankruptcy. It will close unless the regional government of North Rhine-Westphalia comes up ...

Jaipal Reddy rules out LPG, kerosene price hike - MSN India
28 May 2012, 5:09 am
"I'm not going to touch diesel, kerosene and LPG price," Reddy said. New Delhi: Still battling the fallout of last week's steep Rs 7.54 a litre hike in petrol price, the government on Monday said it is not considering raising rates of diesel, domestic gas ...

Falling oil price, gold import to improve current account deficit: Kotak Mahindra Bank - Economic Times
28 May 2012, 4:41 am
MUMBAI: The current account deficit (CAD) is likely to improve in the short-term owing to the falling crude prices coupled with a dip in gold imports, Kotak Mahindra Bank Executive Chairman and Managing Director Uday Kotak said. "The CAD is ...

Fuel price cut on the cards - Independent Online
28 May 2012, 3:36 am
Grim news abroad has had some positive spin-offs at home. On Friday motorists will learn that the petrol price will fall next week, possibly by more than 50c a litre. This follows a cumulative hike over the past three months of R1.61, a figure that ...

RIL wants import-parity price for its gas - rediff.com
28 May 2012, 1:34 am
Stuck with $4.2 a million British thermal units price for its natural gas till 2014, Reliance Industries Ltd [ Get Quote] has sought from the government an import-parity price for sale of gas from its D6 field in the Krishna-Godavari basin.

Facebook share price return still relatively unattractive - Stuff
27 May 2012, 9:53 pm
OPINION: The great thing about Facebook is the earnings. Yeah right. Two people have managed to make the headlines in the past few weeks, both copping flak for sporting looks that didn't match institutional expectations. The first was Taranaki Bride of the ...

US will not be price ‘gouged’ by Pakistan: Panetta - DAWN Group
27 May 2012, 11:37 am
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Sunday not to let the United States be “gouged” by Pakistan on the price it charges for overland deliveries of American military supplies to Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the land route to ...

Figuring out the right price for Facebook stock isn't easy - Los Angeles Times
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
At $38 a pop, nobody liked Facebook. So what is the right price for the world's largest social network? Facebook Inc. shares have fallen 16.5% since the company's opening day flop May 18, closing Friday at $31.91. Accusations of wrongdoing are ...