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One killed, 21 wounded in Bangkok blast: emergency service
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AFP - At least one Thai anti-government protester was killed and 21 were wounded in a pre-dawn bomb blast Thursday inside a demonstration site in Bangkok, emergency services said.
Aim loses its shine as new listings dry up
The boom times have come to an abrupt halt for Aim, London's lightly regulated share market for smaller companies as new fundraisings dry up
GE offers assurance on credit
General Electric is willing to extend more financing to customers of its industrial businesses next year to help assure key energy, transportation and water projects proceed even if credit markets remain frozen, the conglomerate's chief executive said
End of TV workers strike spells relief for viewers
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Reuters - A lobby group for thousands of workers in television industry called off a fortnight-long strike on Wednesday after agreeing to a compromise with TV producers over better pay and working conditions.
Economic gloom deepens in Asia, stocks fall - Times of Oman
TOKYO: Japan's No.3 bank joined larger rivals seeking to raise funds to counter growing bad loans, deepening the economic gloom in Asia on Wednesday, as markets fretted over the fate of the sinking U.S. car industry. The head of Nomura Holdings Inc ...
China attracts fund managers
Survey shows that a record 67 per cent of investors are overweight in Chinese equities relative to the total assets they have under management
CUBA-CHINA: Strengthening Friendly Ties
HAVANA, Nov 19 (IPS) - Cuba and China strengthened their political and economic alliance this week, at a time when the EU and Cuba have formally restored relations and the government of Raúl Castro is forging closer ties with the rest of Latin America and with Moscow.
Barclays' shareholders take the bait
Barclays’ shareholders lap up $754 million worth of reserve capital instruments, but the outcome of a forthcoming vote on the investment by Abu Dhabi- and Qatar-based investors is still unclear.
Lufthansa CEO sees long-term prospects in Asia - MSN MoneyCe..
NEW YORK (AP) - The top executive of German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG said Friday he sees a long-term shift in the focus of the airline industry as Asian populations boom. In a meeting with industry executives, Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber ...
Utilities in Asia-Pacific - PR Inside
2008-11-19 23:07:02 - Utilities in Asia-Pacific - a new market research report on http://www.companiesandmarkets.com www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Market-Report/Utilities-in-A .. Datamonitor´s Utilities in Asia-Pacific industry profile is an ...
Royal Caribbean International Voted Best Luxury Cruise Opera..
SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Caribbean International has been named "Best Luxury Cruise Operator" in Travel Weekly's China Industry Awards 2008, after just one year of operations in Asia. The award was presented at a ...
Asia DayAhead: Chrysler Studied Bankruptcy Before Aid (Updat..
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks sank and benchmark indexes slid to their lowest levels since 2003 on growing concern over the health of the financial system and survival of the nation's car industry. Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's biggest bank, plans ...
Oil drops below $54 as demand from Jan.-Oct. fell 5% vs. yea..
Oil prices over 6 months. HOUSTON (Reuters) — Oil slipped below $54 a barrel Wednesday as U.S. inventories rose and demand weakened due to the global economic slowdown. Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell 77 cents to settle at $53.62 a ...
Wall Street plunges to more than 5-year low - MSNBC
NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks plummeted to levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers and the economy disheartened investors. Stocks finished at their ...
Questions linger over Nomura’s integration of Lehman
A bland press conference by Nomura CEO Kenichi Watanabe fails to allay doubts.
ECO libraries union planned
Union Union of ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) libraries will soon be set up with an aim of promoting ties among member states. Announcing this, deputy head of ECO Cultural Institute Mohammad ...
Indian warship INS destroys pirate ship off Somalia
Beirut- The Indian Defense Ministry announced today that the Indian warship INS Tabar destroyed a suspected pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Africa.
Iran Keeps Its Nuclear Secrets From International Inspectors
"As a result of the lack of cooperation by Iran", the report says, "the Agency has not been able to make substantive progress on these issues. . . . Iran needs to provide the Agency wit...
Big Three automakers beg Congress for $25 billion - Dubuque ..
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with a reluctant Congress Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, pointedly warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse. Millions ...
Moore’s wife sells conflict row shares
Besieged Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore’s wife Lee has bowed to mounting pressure over the conflict of interests saga which has plagued the State Government, with Mr Moore revealing yeste...
President calls for signing of FTA between Taiwan and Peru
Lima, Peru, Nov. 18 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou expressed the hope of signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru to enhance bilateral trade, in an interview with a Peruvian business newspaper pub...
Dubai cuts off 200 villas a week
Comments(0) DUBAI // Dubai Municipality is cutting power and water to as many as 200 villas a week in an attempt to evict people who are sharing homes, but some of the tenants are defying authorities ...
Deadly cholera epidemic strikes Harare
HARARE // Beatrice Chirumarara says 11 people living on her street in the densely populated Harare suburb of Glen View 3 have died of cholera in the past week.On the next street seven people, all memb...
New dovish faction shaping up in Israel
Have your say Tel Aviv // As the country prepares for a national election in February, a new dovish political movement is taking shape in Israel.A group of about 30 prominent intellectuals, businessme...
Mumbai property prices will continue to fall, that is for ..
For Shireen Mehta, a broker with upmarket Mumbai property broker Nagarwalla Estates, the deal that crowned the property boom of the past three years came when she found a company willing to rent out a...
Record night for James
LeBron James, in red, is the youngest player to score 11,000 career points. At 23 years and 323 days he succeed the former holder Kobe Bryant by more than a year.
Jarryd wins bizarre opener
DUBAI // Anders Jarryd looked every day of his 47 years last night as he brought up the curtain on the fourth running of the Legends Rock Dubai tennis tournament but somehow the Swede found a second w...
A house is just a sculpture you live in
Guy Ferrer is a difficult man to keep up with. Only a moment ago he was describing the inspiration behind his monumental new bronze sculpture, T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E., which was unveiled at the entrance to...
Indiana Guard trains for the farm fields of Afghanistan
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Agencies): An Indiana National Guard unit is training this week at Purdue University as the troops prepare for a mission to Afghanistan. But this different sort of mission focus...
Soldier home from Afghanistan dies in wreck near Evergreen
EVERGREEN (Agencies): A 37-year-old soldier home from Afghanistan to attend his father's funeral died Monday after his vehicle left Conecuh County 29 and overturned south of Evergreen, according to Al...
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