• Honduran interim gov’t extends curfew in borders

    Honduran interim gov’t extends curfew in borders

    26/07/2009 05:00

    The Honduran interim government on Sunday announced the extension of the curfew at the bordering areas with Nicaragua. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya speaks to his supporters in the border town of Las Manos, between Nicaragua and Honduras,...

  • Palin steps down as Alaska governor

    Palin steps down as Alaska governor

    26/07/2009 05:00

    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned from office on Sunday and gave few clues about her political future. Former U.S. Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announces that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in...

  • Ericsson to acquire Nortel unit for $1.13 billion

    25/07/2009 05:00

    Ericsson AB will buy the wireless-equipment unit of insolvent Nortel Networks Corp. for US$1.13 billion in cash after beating out bids from Nokia Siemens Networks and MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC. The auction process has been completed,...

  • PM says Australia faces struggle with productivity

    25/07/2009 05:00

    Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said his nation faces a challenge building a sustainable economic growth model for the future amid long-term declining productivity. “Turning around the productivity collapse of recent years is at the...

  • Singapore Air loses passengers to ‘McDonald’s Model’ carriers

    Singapore Air loses passengers to ‘McDonald’s Model’ carriers

    25/07/2009 05:00

    Airport workers unload passenger baggage from an AirAsia Bhd. airplane at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in February 2009. Jimmy Lim Chin Hwa abandoned Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s...

  • Thin is in for Singapore youth despite anorexia fears

    Thin is in for Singapore youth despite anorexia fears

    24/07/2009 05:00

    Fauzi Rassull (front) with his friends pose for photographs in Singapore. Fauzi Rassull’s figure is, for many young Singaporeans, to die for. The slim 20-year-old, a popular blogger...

  • U.S. financial authorities differ on consumer protection plan

    U.S. financial authorities differ on consumer protection plan

    24/07/2009 05:00

    The U.S. government’s proposal to establish a consumer financial protection agency has become an controversial object among the U.S. financial authorities. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives to testify before a House Financial...

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