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Wall Street rebounds in early trade
09-11 21:52 (Business)
US stocks scored modest gains on the eve of a Federal Reserve policy meeting amid expectations of new support for the tepid economy. The Dow Jones Ind...
11.9m young jobless in advanced economies
09-11 21:43 (Business)
The unemployment rate in advanced countries edged up to 8 percent in July from 7.9 percent in June, with young people in the front line of the jobless queues, th...
Mumbai court allows bail for cartoonist
09-11 21:39 (World)
A court in Mumbai granted bail to an Indian cartoonist whose arrest on sedition charges over his work lampooning the government has triggered outrage, AFP r...
Moody’s puts US on notice over triple-A rating
09-11 21:09 (Business)
Moody's warned today it could strip the United States of its coveted triple-A credit rating if Congress fails to produce a budget that will bring down the fede...
Mickelson, Donald sign up for Guangdong event
09-11 21:01 (Sports)
World number three Luke Donald and four-time major winner Phil Mickelson will star in this year's US$7 million WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament i...
Deutsche to cut more jobs, hive off assets
09-11 20:54 (Business)
Deutsche Bank will not ask shareholders for new cash but instead cut bonuses and other costs and sell assets to meet tighter capital rules, its new chief executiv...
Churchill hushed up Katyn slaughter
09-11 20:45 (World)
Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill hushed up evidence the Soviet secret police had killed thousands of Polish men in the Katyn forest in 1940 for fe...
US July trade gap expands; imports from China hits record
09-11 20:39 (Business)
The US trade deficit grew slightly in July, as exports to Germany, France and other European nations shrank and imports from China soared to a new record. ...
Simple-living Russian laborer clocks out at 122
09-11 19:59 (World)
A man believed to be Russia’s oldest person has died at the age of 122, authorities in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan said. Magomed Labazanov, a...
Police question ex-French PM Villepin on financial plunder
09-11 19:52 (World)
French police questioned ex-prime minister Dominique de Villepin over an alleged embezzlement scheme at a luxury hotel chain run by a friend of the conservative ...
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