Issue: January 31, 2012   (Archive)
Friday, May 24, 2013   

'Rogue' UBS man pleads not guilty
The former UBS trader accused of unauthorized deals that cost the Swiss bank US$2.3 billion (HK$17.94 billion) has pleaded not guilty to four fraud and false accounting charges in a London court.



Pair draw jail in cartoon case
An Oslo court has found two men guilty of plotting "a terrorist act" on the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Japan's shrinking, aging population
Japan's population is expected to shrink to a third of its current size over the next century, with the average woman living to over 90 within 50 years.



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