Food Prices On The Rise

11. Obesity exacts a higher toll on health and healthcare costs than either smoking or drinking because obesity-related problems are near epidemic level. Smoking and drinking are also responsible...

Pensioners in eastern European states are feeling the sharpest punishment for their governments' ambitions in taking the eastern European states into the European Union, as they grapple with the...

Asia stocks gained on Monday with investors piling back into the financial sector after a smaller than expected loss at U.S. giant Citigroup late last week. Major banks such as Hong Kong's HSBC...

Financial market turmoil, a slowing U.S. economy and soaring commodity prices will curb euro zone growth more than expected this year and next, while inflation will stay above the ECB target....

China unexpectedly raised retail gasoline and diesel prices by up to 18 percent on Thursday (June 20), the sharpest ever single increase. It is the country's first hike in eight months and...

Food prices are expected to jump 5 percent in 2008. Anthony Mason reports.

Record oil prices provide protection against the weak U.S. dollar in Arab Gulf countries, which are not expected to price their oil in any other currency, and, with the exception of Kuwait, are...

(B-roll German container port, manufacturing, retail, ecb) Financial market turmoil, a slowing U.S. economy and soaring commodity prices will curb euro zone growth more than expected this year and...

Retail sales growth holds firm in May WATCH VIDEOSource: CCTV.com 06-14-2008 12:38 Retail sales held up across the country for the month of May. And this is despite expected losses from the...

As world leaders prepare for a food summit in Rome, the European Union's statistics agency, Eurostat says food food prices in the bloc have increased at about double the rate of inflation, with...