Spanish bank to buy Bradford & Bingley savings as nationalisation looms
LONDON, September 28, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish banking giant Santander said Monday it will take over the retail deposits and branches of Bradford & Bingley ahead …
LONDON, September 28, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish banking giant Santander said Monday it will take over the retail deposits and branches of Bradford & Bingley ahead …
Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) - The European Union has condemned a grenade attack on the home of a Sri Lankan lawyer and human rights and anti-corruption activist and …
Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) - The European Union has condemned a grenade attack on the home of a Sri Lankan lawyer and human rights and anti-corruption activist and …
Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) - The United States has condemned an attack on the residence of anti-corruption activist and human rights lawyer J C Weliamuna, calling on …
Sept 28, 2008 (LBO) - The house of a top Sri Lankan anti-corruption activist who is also a lawyer who has appeared on behalf of victims of human rights abuses …
September 28, 2008 (AFP) - Clashes between Sri Lankan soldiers and rebels left 17 dead in the country's war-ravaged north, while a suicide attack on Sunday …
COLOMBO, September 27, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan fighter jets on Saturday bombed a rebel base the government said was used to train suicide bombers, after at …
SINGAPORE, September 28, 2008 (AFP) - "Bailout" is back as a buzzword 11 years after the Asian financial crisis, but this time the tables are turned: the US is …
WASHINGTON, September 28, 2008 (AFP) - The House of Representatives Saturday passed a civilian nuclear pact with India that lifts a three decade-old ban on …
Sept 28, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka unit of Indian Oil Corporation has temporarily cut prices on its lubricants, aiming to capture a bigger share of the …
COLOMBO, September 28, 2008 (AFP) - The United Nations said on Sunday it would send food to those displaced by fighting in Sri Lanka's rebel-held north, two …
Sept 27, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said Friday that it had started bunkering operations in Colombo port through a newly established …
Sept 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank has disputed as 'misleading' a statement by a rating agency that the country's macro-economic conditions …
MUMBAI, September 26, 2008 (AFP) - India is minting new millionaires at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world, buoyed by a fast-growing economy, …
September 27, 2008 (AFP) - At least 52 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in heavy fighting between troops and the guerrillas just outside their northern capital …
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2008 (AFP) - US lawmakers held urgent negotiations on Saturday in a bid to agree a 700-billion dollar Wall Street bailout before …
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2008 (AFP) - Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain landed a knockout blow in their first presidential debate late Friday, but the …
LONDON, September 27, 2008 (AFP) - British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley, which has been hit by a housing downturn and weakness in the wider economy, may …
COLOMBO, September 27, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Saturday named a 15-member squad Saturday for the inaugural four-nation Twenty20 tournament to be played in …
LONDON , September 26, 2008 (AFP) - Britain voiced deep concern Friday about the situation in Sri Lanka, where government forces have advanced to the outskirts …