Wheat, gold make stunning runs in nervous markets The Times Of India Tweet | NEW YORK: Wheat charged higher on Friday to post its biggest weekly gain in 16 years and gold continued its recovery from four-month lows as commodity markets saw selective buying amid lingering worries about the euro zone. | Prices of crude oil and copper -- two of the biggest industrial co...
Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears Al Jazeera | Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to leave the Eurozone. | The failure by Greek politicians to form a government underscores a lack of public and political support for ...
'Escape' offers harrowing portrait of N. Korea camps Austin American Statesman | In 2007, at the conclusion of a press conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club, a young man received an unusual request: He was asked to remove his trousers. A reporter had found the story he had just told so astonishing that she demand...
Numbers that explain headlines better than words The Times Of India Tweet Prime Number: The biggest stories, whether business or politics, naturally produce the most numbers. Prime numbers are those that give the sharpest insights | The $100-Billion Club | 22: That's the number of American companies that had market c...
Japan train operator opens a new landmark Gulf News | Tokyo: The Tokyo Skytree, twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, opens this week as Japanese train operators counter an ageing population by building malls, offices and tourist attractions. | The 634-metre (2,080-feet) structure in eastern Tokyo sits i...
Asian stocks wipe out this year's gains Gulf News | Singapore: Asian stocks fell, with a regional index posting its worst week in almost eight months, as Europe's debt crisis worsened, US economic data missed estimates and Chinese home prices and investment declined. | Samsung Electronics Co sank 11...
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Gold hits 4-1/2 month low on Greek turmoil The Times Of India Tweet | SINGAPORE: Gold extended losses on Wednesday and slipped to its weakest since December after Greece's failure to form a government prompted investors to cut their exposure ...
Facebook Ads: Is Anyone Clicking On Them? Huffington Post | NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make m...
Gold falls to 4-1/2 month low on Greece risks Reuters | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold dropped to its lowest since late December as the euro sank against the U.S. dollar on worries that a worsening debt crisis in Greece could spill over i...
Malaysia to launch international festival Screen Daily | Malaysia’s National Film Development Corp (FINAS) is launching a film festival and contents market to be held in Kuala Lumpur in November. | The International Film Festival of Malaysia (IFFM) will be held November 10-18, while the Kuala Lumpur Co...
White House acclaims exit of activist from China The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press By JIM KUHNHENN | CAMP DAVID, Md. -- The United States and other members of the Group of Eight industrial nations say they are ready to resp...
White House acclaims exit of activist from China Austin American Statesman | CAMP DAVID, Md. — The White House has welcomed the arrangement allowing a blind Chinese activist to leave Beijing and fly to the United States with his wife and two sons. | Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser, says the administration...
World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries The Boston Globe | BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. | The fall in European shares followed a sharp downturn in Asia where markets were also rattled by weak U.S. manufacturing figures. | The nervousness about Spain's banks co...
