Fear as Icelandic bank freezes British transactions
LONDON, October 7, 2008 (AFP) - British customers with accounts in the online arm of faltering Iceland's second-biggest bank voiced alarm after it halted …
LONDON, October 7, 2008 (AFP) - British customers with accounts in the online arm of faltering Iceland's second-biggest bank voiced alarm after it halted …
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2008 (AFP) - The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury, armed with new emergency powers, announced measures Monday to tackle a rapidly …
SINGAPORE, October 7, 2008 (AFP) - Crude oil prices remained below 90 dollars a barrel in Asia on Tuesday as deepening global financial turmoil and plunging …
SYDNEY, October 7, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's central bank slashed interest rates by one percent Tuesday amid fears of a global slowdown sparked by the US-based …
SEOUL, October 7, 2008 (AFP) - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak called for calm Tuesday as the won plunged, saying the nation does not face a repeat of the …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - The tourist paradise of Maldives will hold its first multi-party poll on Wednesday in what is seen as a litmus test on Asia's longest …
KATHMANDU, October 6, 2008 (AFP) - Nepal's Maoist president has endorsed the choice of a three-year-old girl to be worshipped as a goddess, officials said …
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2008 (AFP) - Troubled lender Wachovia Corp. appeared determined Sunday to plow ahead with a planned union with Wells Fargo & Co., …
LONDON, October 6, 2008 (AFP) - British finance minister Alistair Darling is considering giving banks billions of pounds in return for shares to shore them up …
NEW DELHI, October 6, 2008 (AFP) - India's corporate optimism has sunk on worries about the global economy and weakening demand, according to a new survey …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has suspended a controversial new rule that gave the President powers to extend the terms of chosen public …
DUBAI, October 6, 2008 (AFP) - A Dubai government firm on Monday announced it will build a "new city" in the booming Gulf emirate at a projected cost of 95 …
DUBAI, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - United Arab Emirates-based firms Dana Gas PJSC and Crescent Petroleum announced that they had begun producing gas under a deal …
BERLIN, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - The German government has offered an unlimited guarantee for all private savings accounts, a finance ministry spokesman told …
LONDON, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - British department store Selfridge's on Sunday launched a new up-scale chocolate treat -- the "Credit Crunch" -- for shoppers …
NEW DELHI, October 5, 2008 (AFP) - A decision by the giant Tata Group to shift a factory building the world's cheapest car after angry farmer protests has …
PARIS, October 3, 2008 (AFP) - Tobacco use and smoke from coal and wood are likely to claim tens of millions of lives in China over the next quarter-century, …
PARIS, October 4, 2008 (AFP) - European leaders were set to try to cobble together a response to the global financial crisis at a mini-summit on Saturday …
SEOUL, October 4, 2008 (AFP) - South Korea, Australia and Japan Saturday pulled melamine-contaminated sweets and drinks from supermarket shelves amid a …
NEW YORK, October 4, 2008 (AFP) - Combined US government debt is set to rise to levels unseen since the 1950s, but the United States should nevertheless be …