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Mixed fortunes for European bourses
07-25 23:56 (Business)
European stock exchanges ended the week with mixed fortunes, with the London FTSE 100 index shedding 0.18 percent to close at 5,352.60. In Paris the ...

Offer deadline extended for live chicken vendors
07-25 23:50 (Hong Kong)
The government has extended the deadline for poultry retailers to give up their licenses to sell live birds in exchange for cash, after the plan fell short of its ...

Family argument turns nasty
07-25 23:23 (Hong Kong)
Three members of a family - a teenager and his mother and grandmother - landed in hospital with knife wounds after a family fracas at their Tin Shui Wai flat. ...

Teenage girl charged with armed robbery
07-25 22:57 (World)
A 16-year-old French girl suspected of holding up seven banks has been formally charged with armed robbery. The teen was arrested on Wednesday as she was...

Oil workers seized in Nigeria
07-25 22:54 (World)
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped five oil workers off Bonny in southern Nigeria, security and industry sources said. "Eleven people, including Russians and...

Bomb blasts rock Banglalore
07-25 22:47 (World)
India's high-technology capital Bangalore has been rocked by a string of bomb blasts with at least two people killed and a dozen wounded, police said. Th...

HOS flats on the block
07-25 22:25 (Hong Kong)
The Housing Authority will launch phase four of the sale of 3221 remaining home ownership scheme flats in September, with prices rising up to 5 percent. ...

US home sales better than expected
07-25 22:20 (World)
New home sales in the US fell 0.6 percent last month but the pace was better than expected, reflecting a sharp upward revision in May data, the government repor...

HSBC's Malta business feels squeeze
07-25 22:12 (Business)
HSBC (0005) said its Malta business saw net profit fall to 30.1 million euro (HK$369.8 million) in the first half, down 23.1 percent compared with the same p...

Poll hopefuls hand in forms
07-25 22:03 (Hong Kong)
Legco hopefuls have been busy handing in nomination papers for September's election. Among them, Ronny Tong Ka-wah of the Civic Party and "Long Hai...

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