South Korea's consumer prices rose 4.1 percent in December from a year earlier amid falling crude oil prices, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said Wednesday. The December inflation figure was still higher than the central bank's 2.5-3.5 percent target range for a 13th straight month. For 2008, average consumer prices grew 4.7 percent, much higher than 2.5 percent a year earlier, the NSO said. &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ......
Kerala Transport Minister Mathew T Thomas told the state Assembly today that bus fare in the state would be reduced, if petroleum prices came down on a par with crude oil prices in the international market....
Oil prices hovered near 41/2-year lows Thursday as persistent investor pessimism over global crude demand outweighed the news of OPEC's largest-ever production cut....
