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Rare first edition book found in guest toilet

World
2009-11-23

AN auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England. Christie's auction house said yesterday the book,...

EU farmers exceed region's 'carbon sink'

World
2009-11-23

GREENHOUSE gas emissions from European livestock and fertilizers exceed carbon absorption by all the region's trees and soils, underlining the need to cap farms' contribution to climate change, a study showed yesterday....

Wild rain threatens villagers in England

World
2009-11-23

ENGINEERS and emergency workers checked hundreds of bridges for damage yesterday, as five collapsed and another cracked dangerously while heavy rain lashed northwest England. Calva Bridge in Workington, Cumbria,...

Close range against dollar expected

Business | Banking
2009-11-23

THE yuan will stay in a close range against the United States dollar in the next two or three months as China's monetary policy stays unchanged. The Chinese currency edged down slightly against the greenback last...

Ex-CEO admits mistakes but not fraud

Business | Advertisement/media
2009-11-23

FORMER Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury on Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water company into a global media giant, but he never misled shareholders about the risks. Messier...

Oil firms near asset sale deal

Business | Energy
2009-11-23

BRITISH oil explorer Heritage Oil is in talks to sell its Ugandan assets to Italian oil group Eni SpA for between US$1.3 to US$1.5 billion, a person familiar with the matter said yesterday. Talks are continuing...

Qatar lays tracks for huge rail project

Business | Logistics
2009-11-23

QATAR aims to have most of a 17 billion euro (US$22.79 billion) rail project with Deutsche Bahn built by 2022, officials said yesterday after signing one of the biggest-ever foreign deals for German industry. Construction...

Stocks likely to keep upward direction

Business | Securities
2009-11-23

THE Shanghai stock market is expected to maintain its upward trend this week on expectations that some economic stimulus measures introduced late last year to help shore up the Chinese economy will be continued to...

Global Pressure On Yuan May Hit Growth

Business | Banking
2009-11-23

GLOBAL pressure on China to lift the value of the yuan against the dollar could stoke risks to growth in 2010, an economist at a state think-tank has said, warning of a deepening dilemma facing policy makers. Yu...

iPhone finally rings in S. Korea

Business | Information industry
2009-11-23

APPLE Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, KT Corp announced yesterday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets. The telco began accepting...