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SIME DARBY TO SET UP DOWNSTREAM BUSINESS IN CHINA (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysi...

19 Nov 2008 at 4:35am  KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- Sime Darby Bhd is making a major foray in the downstream palm oil business in China, setting up a joint venture company with Dongguan Sinograin Oils & Grains Company Ltd.

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Dealership holds going-out-of-business sale (Chicago Sun-Times)

19 Nov 2008 at 4:16am  The sun is about to set on Sunrise Chevrolet in Midlothian. While Detroit automakers were pleading Tuesday for a lifeline from Congress, the dealership was holding a going-out-of-business sale and will close Nov. 29. "We still have a lot of (customer) traffic coming in, but (credit) is still an issue," a company executive says.

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Woolworths considers selling retail business (San Francisco Chronicle)

19 Nov 2008 at 4:00am  Woolworths Group PLC's shares fell 13 percent Wednesday after the company confirmed it is considering selling its retail business. "The board can confirm that it is in preliminary discussions regarding a possible offer for the retail business," the company...

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Woolworths considers selling retail business (AP via Yahoo! News)

19 Nov 2008 at 3:33am  Woolworths Group PLC's shares fell 13 percent Wednesday after the company confirmed it is considering selling its retail business.

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Oil prices keep falling despite greater usage - Columbus Dispatch

19 Nov 2008 at 3:27am  NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices continued to fall yesterday as a government report showed that gasoline prices in October plunged further than they ever have and home heating oil, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas also fell substantially. Light ...

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