The Blackout Pact

We find it hard to understand why Indonesian manufacturers raised great concerns over the probable adverse impact of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement only a few weeks before the accord is supposed to come into force early next month. Read More

A free trade agreement (FTA) between China and the bloc of ten Southeast Asian countries, the first of its kind, will serve as a stepping stone for the diverse Asian community to further integrate and might give birth to a broader multilateralized trading pact across the region, said a senior economist of the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank. "There is a lot of expectation of this FTA," said Jayant Menon, principal economist of ADB's Office of Regional Economic Integration. Read More

The Board of Collective Bargaining has ruled that the city did not have to renegotiate with the Sergeants Benevolent Association because a reopener agreement's "salary scale" did not adjust to another union's longevity and health and welfare benefits. Read More

Pictured and below are two new one-sheets which have come down recently for the upcoming creature feature film from Robert David Sanders called The Blackout . Read More

Spanish savings banks with a joint 20.7 percent stake in hotel chain NH Hoteles have formed a shareholders pact, one of the savings bank Bancaja said on Monday. Read More