NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Las Vegas sees its hotel and casino businesses sputter and office, apartment and retail real estate markets flag, the rest of the country is hoping what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
Bangkok - Nearly one-third of the Myanmar nationals who during the first six months of 2008 crossed to Thailand over the Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot border town failed to return home, media reports said Monday. According to provincial immigration
NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Spats over the last remaining leveraged takeovers forged during the private equity boom have mostly been resolved, but Wall Street banks, buyout firms and the companies they target have been left more than a little bruised.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on some Prius hybrids in its next remodeling, responding to growing demand for green cars amid record-high oil prices, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.
Munich - Breastfeeding mothers can cut down on their baby's crying by recognising promptly when the little one is hungry, noted the Munich-based Association of Paediatrics and Adolescent-Medicine Professionals (BVKJ). Stretching, sucking motions, and...
Singapore - A new tradeable index of the 20 biggest Chinese companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) was launched on Monday. The FTSE ST China Top Index was created in partnership with Singapore Press Holdings and the FTSE group in
Tokyo - As the leaders of the world's largest economies gathered in the northern island of Hokkaido Monday for the Group of Eight (G8) summit, an estimated 150 people set out on a protest rally from the town of Date.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc is banking on fashion variety and price to spice up back-to-school sales to middle America as the retailer's top customers shop for bargains in hard times.
Manila - The Philippine military has foiled a bomb attack on a passenger van terminal in the country's troubled south after arresting a suspected bomber and recovering the explosive to be used in the assault, a spokesman said Monday. Major
Toyako, Japan - The United States and France clashed Monday over plans to accommodate India, China and other large developing countries into the Group of Eight (G8) of industrialized countries, according to Japanese media reports quoting officials fr...
Toyako, Japan - The European Union is to provide an extra 1 billion euros (1.57 billion dollars) in aid to help farmers in poor countries as part of its response to the global food crisis, European Commission President Jose Manuel
Phnom Penh - A Korean driver killed five members of one Cambodian family while speeding under the influence of alcohol, police said Monday. Police said grandparents Yiet Tann, 44, Chrun Kimsry, 43, and their daughter Yeit Srey Sros, 24, died
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian man who could not decide between his current and ex-girlfriend regretfully married them both at once, local media reported Monday. Khmer-language Koh Santepheap daily featured a front-page picture of the dual ceremony with ...
Kabul - A dozen people were killed or injured in a suicide attack near the Indian embassy in Kabul early Monday morning, official said. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed car in an area of capital Kabul which is also
Reuters) - General Motors Corp is planning to cut thousands of white-collar jobs and is considering whether it should sell or stop production of more of its brands, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. store closings and cutbacks turned the second quarter into the worst for strip mall owners in 30 years, as budget-conscious consumers flocked to low-cost warehouse-style grocery centers, according to a report by real estate research
Hanoi - Two people were killed and another person was injured in northern Vietnam over the weekend in the country's second deadly shooting spree in less than a month, a police officer said on Monday. Nguyen Van Hoan, 46, shot
Lisbon - A fire in central Lisbon prompted the evacuation of dozens of people overnight in the Portuguese capital, media reported Monday. The fire was believed to have started in an uninhabited building where drug addicts sometimes stayed. It affecte...
Toyako, Japan - The European Union urged Group of Eight (G8) leaders meeting in Japan on Monday to approve meaningful, ambitious and binding long-term goals to combat climate change. I hope that all G8 members will recognize that we must
Madrid - Joan Laporta narrowly escaped being humiliatingly thrown out as president of FC Barcelona on Sunday after surviving a no-confidence vote initiated by a disgruntled supporter. Though 60.6 per cent of the 18,528 (40 per cent) members that vote...
