Copper falls on firm dollar, Chinese absent - (Aluminium fishing boats)

Copper falls on firm dollar, Chinese absent - Forbes LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Copper prices fell to a one-week low on Thursday as Chinese buyers were sidelined expecting lower prices and aluminium fishing boats a firm dollar weighed on sentiment. Analysts said supply disruption risks and aluminium fishing boats low inventory levels supported prices Source: www.forbes.com BHP could sell $50bn assets if it gets Rio - Financial Times BHP Billiton , the world s largest mining company, could sell more than $50bn ( 25.6bn) of assets if it succeeded in taking over rival Rio Tinto , its chief executive said. Marius Kloppers said he was confiden t of getting approval for the Source: www.ft.com Stories of the Month - August 2007 - Silicon.com The skills crisis is still giving IT bosses sleepless nights judging by the results of silicon.com's ninth skills survey in August. The survey reveals employers are finding it harder than ever to recruit for IT positions with 45 per cent of Source: management.silicon.com Rumours swirl around BHP - News.com.au MARKET speculation that China Inc is planning to take a strategic stake in BHP Billiton reignited yesterday, after the miner's chief executive Marius Kloppers said he had "no doubts" it would happen at some point. "Parts of China that have got Source: www.news.com.au Emirates Aluminium Delays $2 Billion Bond Sale Plan (Update1) - Bloomberg May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Emirates Aluminium Co ., the company planning the world's biggest aluminum smelter in Abu Dhabi, is delaying sales of at least $2 billion of bonds after the slump in credit markets increased borrowing costs. ``No decision has Source: www.bloomberg.com