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London bankers' bonuses set to plunge
10-09 23:41 (Business)
Bonuses at London's banks will plunge nearly 60 percent this year, a leading economic consultancy predicted Thursday, as Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Bro...

HSBC injects £750 million into British division
10-09 23:24 (Business)
Global banking giant HSBC said on Thursday that it had injected £750 million into its British arm, meeting its commitment under a government rescue plan ...

Dow, S&P 500 lose ground as financials drag
10-09 23:04 (Business)
The Dow and the S&P 500 briefly turned negative in volatile trade as financial shares fell due to persistent concerns about the widening impact of the credit c...

Peasant protesters beaten
10-09 22:50 (China)
Chinese police arrested and beat unconscious peasants who were peacefully protesting official corruption that was responsible for a weak dam and left their homes v...

Five police killed in west Mexico grenade attack
10-09 22:34 (World)
Five police died and three were hurt in an overnight grenade and gun attack in Mexico's western Jalisco state, local police said Thursday. The officer...

Six dead in landslide
10-09 22:20 (China)
Six people died in a landslide early on Thursday in Shanxi Province, state media reported. The slide occurred at about 8am at a farm in Zaolin Vill...

Beijing more than triples figure for children hospitalized over milk
10-09 22:05 (China)
China said it understood the global concern over its food exports, as the official tally of children hospitalized after drinking tainted milk more than tripled t...

Wall St opens higher on IBM boost
10-09 21:54 (Business)
US stocks rose more than 1 percent as a stronger-than-expected profit from technology bellwether IBM suggested that the credit crunch is not stifling all bus...

Dalai Lama hospitalised in New Delhi for tests
10-09 21:51 (World)
The Dalai Lama was hospitalised on Thursday in New Delhi for ''routine tests,'' an aide to the Tibetan spiritual leader said. The Nobel Peace Pr...

Herbal injections recalled after three deaths
10-09 21:41 (China)
China has recalled two batches of herbal injections after three people who used them died, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The drugs, made from S...

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