Business news for Mon, 24 Dec 2007 & with words newspaper+trade. 2 news.

Japan's Fair Trade Commission, worried about a BHP Billiton takeover of Rio Tinto, has begun talks with counterparts in Europe and Australia about a possible investigation, the Asahi newspaper reported Saturday.

Singapore is spending S$2 billion (US$1.38 billion) to boost annual capacity at its container port by about 40 percent to cope with the higher volumes expected from global trade, a newspaper said on Saturday.