[external] Wall St Week Ahead: Record oil may hold stocks hostage - Reuters - Sat 1:29 pm
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) -U.S. stocks will face major obstacles to extending their gains next week if the price of oil continues to break records, as fears about inflation and the discretionary spending power of the embattled American consumer are forced into the spotlight.

[external] Sustainable coffee program booming --green group - Reuters - Sat 1:04 pm
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - The Rainforest Alliance has nearly doubled the amount of coffee sold every year from its program that certifies coffee as good for the environment and beneficial for farmers, a representative of the conservation group said.

[external] Rothmans profit gets lift from higher prices - Reuters - Sat 8:12 am
OTTAWA, May 16 (Reuters) - Fourth-quarter profit at Rothmans Inc grew 17 percent, Canada's No 2 cigarette maker said on Friday, as price increases more than offset pressure from a growing trade in contraband tobacco.

[external] Proposed WTO subsidy waiver "threatens fish stocks" - Reuters - Sat 7:41 am
GENEVA, May 16 (Reuters) - Major developing countries have proposed exemptions to a planned trade deal on fishing subsidies but a leading environmental group said on Friday the waiver would undermine efforts to restrain overfishing.

[external] PREVIEW-Focus on Altadis rights isssue at Imperial results - Reuters - Sat 5:01 am
LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - The size of a rights issue Imperial Tobacco plans to launch to pay for its purchase of Altadis will be the focus of the British group's half-year results next week, analysts said on Friday.

[external] HIGHLIGHTS-Brussels Economic Forum discussions - Reuters - Sat 3:50 am
BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - The following are comments by monetary officials from the European Union and elsewhere speaking on Friday in connection with the Brussels Economic Forum, a conference on economic issues.

[external] EU business not complaining about ECB - employers - Reuters - Sat 1:27 am
BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - European businesses have no complaints about European Central Bank policy despite the strength of the euro currency and tight interest rates, the head of the European Union's biggest employers group said on Friday.

[external] STOCKS NEWS UK-New Britain Palm Oil up on Papua estate buy - Reuters - Sat 1:23 am
09:20GMT 16May 2008-New Britain Palm Oil up on Papua estate buy
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Shares of New Britain Palm Oil are up 5 percent after it offers to buy the rest of the shares in a Papua New Guinea-listed planter it partly owns for $44 million in cash, accelerating plans to double ...

[external] New Britain pads estates with $44 mln PNG buy - Reuters - Sat 12:07 am
LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - New Britain Palm Oil offered on Friday to buy the rest of the shares in a Papua New Guinea-listed planter it partly owns for $44 million in cash, accelerating plans to double its estate size.

Earlier Headlines

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· [external] Australia's Graincorp bids $392 mln for Ridley - Reuters - Fri 11:51 pm
· Bangladesh to Import 100,000 Tonnes of Wheat - AsiaPulse - Fri 11:04 pm
· [external] Nichiryo-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 10:49 pm
· [external] Nichiryo-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 10:49 pm
· [external] Ohmoriya-6mth parent results - Reuters - Fri 10:44 pm
· [external] Nippon Meat-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 10:21 pm
· [external] Nippon Meat-2007/08 group results(SEC) - Reuters - Fri 10:21 pm
· [external] Natori-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 10:05 pm
· [external] Natori-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 10:05 pm
· [external] Australia's Woolworths: April food inflation slowed - Reuters - Fri 9:56 pm

· [external] Prima Meat-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 9:53 pm
· [external] Unicafe-6mth parent results - Reuters - Fri 9:31 pm
· [external] Unicafe-6mth group results - Reuters - Fri 9:31 pm
· [external] Itoham-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 9:21 pm
· [external] Itoham-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 9:21 pm
· [external] Tofuku Flour Mills-6mth group forecast - Reuters - Fri 9:08 pm
· [external] Asahimatsu-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 9:03 pm
· [external] Asahimatsu-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 9:03 pm
· [external] Australia's Graincorp makes $392 mln bid for Ridley - Reuters - Fri 9:03 pm
· [external] Nippon Beet-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 9:01 pm

· [external] Nippon Beet-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 9:01 pm
· Low Prices, High Costs Hit Vietnamese Fish Farmers - AsiaPulse - Fri 8:07 pm
· [external] Nippon Suisan-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 8:02 pm
· [external] Nippon Suisan-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 8:02 pm
· [external] REFILE-Manila's Jollibee Q1 net income down 9.6 pct on yr - Reuters - Fri 7:40 pm
· [external] Manila's Jollibee Q1 net income down 9.6 pct on yr - Reuters - Fri 7:29 pm
· [external] Sonton Food-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Fri 7:00 pm
· [external] Sonton Food-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 7:00 pm
· Malaysian Consumer GRP Says MKT Manipulation of Rice Should Stop - AsiaPulse - Fri 6:12 pm
· Taiwanese Fruit Popular at South Korea Food Fair - AsiaPulse - Fri 6:01 pm