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US stocks improve slightly, overshadowing poor jobs, housing report
Sep 5, 2008, 22:20 GMT
Washington - US stocks edged higher on Friday thanks to gains in the financial sector, upstaging a rise in monthly unemployment and a record rate of home foreclosures. ... more
US home foreclosure rates reach new record
Sep 5, 2008, 21:38 GMT
Washington - The number of homes in foreclosure has reached a new record in the United States as the country's housing crisis continues to inflict damage on the wider US economy, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Friday. ... more
Microsoft unveils Seinfeld's 300-million-dollar ad campaign
Sep 5, 2008, 19:54 GMT
San Francisco - Microsoft's first spot in its 300-million- dollar advertising campaign to revamp its stodgy image features comedian Jerry Seinfeld and company founder Bill Gates in a quirky attempt to buy shoes at a discount store. ... more
Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange
Sep 5, 2008, 18:46 GMT
London - Final prices in dollars per ton - cash and forward. Also given are the previous trading day's quotations. <#> cash forward Copper 6,916.50 ( 7,397.50) 6,887.50 ( 7,342.50) Lead 1,789.50 ( 1,977.50) 1,989.00 ( 1,989.00) Zinc SH 1,712.50 ( 1,815.00) 1,732.50 ( 1,835.00) Tin 18,485.00 (19,700.00) 18,425.00 (19,625.00) Aluminium 2,325.00 ( 2,355.00) 2,365.00 ( 2,395.00) Nickel 18,527.50 (19,710.00) 18,587.50 (19,725.00) <#> dpa sc | ... more
SanDisk soars on Samsung buyout reports
Sep 5, 2008, 18:24 GMT
San Francisco - Shares of US memory chip maker SanDisk Corp soared more than 25 per cent early Friday after reports that it might be bought by Korean electronics giant Samsung. ... more
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Working in Vietnam, Vietnamese Americans feel their US roots (Feature)
Sep 5, 2008, 3:53 GMT
Ho Chi Minh City - It was not that long ago that Vietnamese Americans hesitated to do business in Vietnam for fear of being ostracized by their stridently anti-Communist community leaders back in the United States. ... more
Australia shares world's economic woes (News Feature)
Sep 1, 2008, 2:24 GMT
Sydney - Things must be bad: revenues at Sydney's Star City casino are down by a quarter as the comfort blanket of a red-hot resources sector slips away and more people feel the chill of the global financial freeze. ... more
