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WASHINGTON, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve has stepped up its campaign to head off recession with another half-point rate cut as part of an …
WASHINGTON, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve has stepped up its campaign to head off recession with another half-point rate cut as part of an …
LONDON, Jan 31, 2008 (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that net profits leapt 23 percent last year to a record 31. online …
WASHINGTON, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday lowered its 2008 global growth outlook, citing a US slowdown and financial market …
SYDNEY, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - Floods in Australia, freezing weather in China and transport bottlenecks in Indonesia have helped stoke a sharp rise in the price …
SINGAPORE, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), fresh from multi-billion-dollar capital injections into troubled …
JAKARTA, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Wednesday, prompting the issuing of a …
PARIS, Jan 28, 2008 (AFP) - French judges placed rogue trader Jerome Kerviel under formal investigation on Monday but stopped short of charging him with fraud …
TOKYO, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - The dollar slipped against the yen in Asian trade on Tuesday as traders bet on another US interest rate cut this week to try to …
OSLO, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - Perhaps the most unlikely victims of the US subprime crisis are eight small Norwegian towns currently licking their wounds after …
PARIS, Jan 27, 2008 (AFP) - French investigators on Sunday extended the detention of accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel over a seven-billion-dollar fraud as …
JAKARTA, Jan 28, 2008 (AFP) - An airliner with 141 passengers hit a calf while landing at an airport in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, the state …
Jan 28, 2008 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Monday shelled Sri Lanka's main military base in the island's north, defence officials said. online pharmacy buy …
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan 26, 2008 (AFP) - Senator Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, …
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 27, 2008 (AFP) - Serious concerns were raised in Davos last week about the ability of the Chinese government to spy on the country's …
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan 27, 2008 (AFP) - Hit by America's mortgage crisis, the midwestern city of Cleveland has launched a legal battle against major Wall Street …
SYDNEY, Jan 27, 2008 (AFP) - Turbulence on world stock markets has fuelled a new gold rush, sending high-tech traders in search of the same "barbaric" treasure …
PARIS, Jan 25, 2008 (AFP) - Major world banks might need to raise a further 143 billion dollars in capital to confront the impact of ratings downgrades to bond …
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 26, 2008 (AFP) - World business leaders and political powerbrokers wrapped up their annual gathering in Davos on Saturday by revisiting …
TOKYO, Jan 25, 2008 (AFP) - Japan's central bank chief on Friday dismissed a call for an interest rate cut in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, saying …