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Duke's trust here to Stay
As economic turmoil continued to grip worldwide markets, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, one of England's biggest landowners and chairman of Grosvenor Trusts, visited Calgary this week to ...
Hong Kong - Hong Kong, China
We were really looking forward to Hong Kong. It didn't disappoint as it was an amazing and vibrant metropolis city.
World Leaders Vow Decisive Action to Quell Global Financial Crisis
Members of the IMF have backed a promise by the world's seven leading economies to do all they can to curb the raging global market turmoil as euro-zone countries meet Sunday to announce new rescue plans for ...
Taiwan mulls new measures
TAIWAN'S cabinet met on Sunday to discuss further measures to cushion the impact on the island's stock market of the spiralling global economic crisis, local television networks reported.
Deutsche Bank expands equities platform in Middle East with new hires and services
Deutsche Bank announced today that it has recently broadened its equities platform in the Middle East and North Africa to include trading, sales trading and equity capital markets, and has strengthened its ...
Wildfire destroys home, barn in Napa Valley
Authorities say a rock struck by a car ignited a wildfire in California's Napa Valley that destroyed a home and a barn and threatened several wineries.
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U.S. National Hurricane Center officials said Sunday that after making landfall over mainland Mexico, Norbert has weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm.
Finance ministers seek to calm markets
Rapidly developing and poor nations engulfed by the global financial crisis will be the focus of meetings between global finance ministers in Washington today.
Euro-zone chiefs meet to coordinate on meltdown
European leaders are meeting today in search of a common response to a spreading financial crisis ricocheting across the Atlantic to their shores.
Soyuz spacecraft lifts off on space station voyage
A Soyuz spacecraft with one Russian and two Americans, one of them a video game mogul, is en route to the international space station.
Crisis: Nations vow to unite
KEY nations threw their support behind efforts to tackle the financial turmoil and amid the grim warnings of a meltdown.
Real estate sector has ample room for growth
Experts at the International Real Estate Federation Asia Pacific conference in HCM City are optimistic about the development of the real estate market in Viet Nam.
Africa likely to fall deeper into Chinese embrace
The international financial crisis is likely to weaken Africa's links with the West and drive it towards other emerging markets, especially China.
For Bush, last 100 days to feature 'no letting up'
So how will it end? President Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of Sunday.
Orthopedics gets foothold in China
Biomet Inc. : 1,360 in Warsaw, 6,600 worldwide DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. : 1,340 in Warsaw, 5,800 worldwide Paragon Medical Inc.
Sabic May Report Weakest Profit Growth for Nine Quarters as Demand Slows
Saudi Basic Industries Corp., the biggest company in the Persian Gulf by market value, may report its weakest profit growth for nine straight quarters as U.S. and European demand declines and petrochemical ...
Indian IT firms eye deals worth $20 mn at Gitex
Indian IT companies expect to sign deals worth about $20 million during IT fair Gitex 2008, as 36 firms showcase their capabilities in hardware, software, services and infrastructure, a media report has said.
It is Europe's and Asia's Turn Now
The crisis in the United States has little to do with its real economy. Last quarter, GDP there grew by an impressive 3.3%. IBM's profits are up 22% year on year.
China, India's air traffic continue to declin...
Air traffic on both domestic and international sectors in the 'aviation powerhouses' of India and China have continued to decline even during the ongoing festive season, though the traffic outlook for the ...
Why China sits on sidelines of the crisis
Monday: Nobel Prize in economics announced in Stockholm, Sweden. Tuesday: Canada holds its national election, called early by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in hopes his Conservative Party would strengthen its ...