"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...
"UPDATE 1-Taiwan banking shares tumble 6 pct on Lehman woes" By Faith Hung and Rachel Lee TAIPEI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Taiwan's financial shares dropped 6 percent on Monday as investors worried that uncertainty surrounding the fate of Lehman Brothers could...
Plagued by post-production set backs and a release date push back, Tom Cruise's latest pet project 'Valkyrie' has hit another bump in the road with the announcement today that the 12 extras injured on set last year are threatening to launch an $11 million lawsuit against...
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"Witnessed by royalty from around the world, the ruler of the tiny Pacific nation of Tonga was finally crowned today after an 18-month delay.King George Tupou V, known to the locals as G5, had to put off his...
"The price of oil has made a record jump to nearly $139 a barrel, amid reports it could reach $150 by July because of rising demand and political tension."Correspondents say oil prices were also pushed up by Israeli...
China's development policies are impacting its neighbours in more ways than one. The "Yellow dust storms" brought over from China are clouding the skylines of Korean and Japanese cities. Central Asian...
T5 is finding its second attempt at luggage triage to be as fraught as its first. "Hopes of Heathrow's Terminal 5 operating its first full schedule of flights have been scuppered by a new glitch with the baggage...
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Way to keep it classy... Virgin Mobile's Canadian property has capitalized (or capitalised) on soon-to-be-ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal. The remarkable thing here is Virgin's fast...
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"If it's Monday, it must be Wall Street...
The heart of the financial world is the first stop for Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness on their week-long visit to the United States.
The executive leaders head off to...
When I first read this, I thought, does it matter how many First Ladies there are? If polygamy is recognized in Nigeria, shouldn't that also apply to the titles of officials' wives? There's more to it than that,...
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New Zealand exporters are happy to see the dollar drift down fast. Importers and many consumers like to see it stay strong. The kiwi dollar has already lost around 8 cents of its value over the last 20 days, and as a...
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"Stocks tumbled yesterday on fears that the worsening ills in the mortgage and debt markets could soon take a significant toll on consumers, businesses and the overall economy."
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The long-awaited "sub-prime" crisis may yet be heralded by the bad news released today about Home Mortgage Investment Corp. and its reported troubles making payments. And yet - consumer confidence in the US continues to surge ahead of other business indicators (see...