UN vote shows growing support of death penalty ban Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 10 minutes ago AP UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly's human rights committee voted Thursday for the second year in a row to urge a global moratorium on the death ...
Market spiral takes BofA stock with it CharlotteObserver.com, NC - 8 minutes ago What started last year as a crisis in the subprime mortgage markets became a global credit crisis, and now has become a global recession. ...
2025: Oil, dollar out; Russia, Islam in Times of India, India - 6 minutes ago 21 Nov 2008, 0526 hrs IST, AP WASHINGTON: A new US intelligence report predicts that in 2025 global warming could help Russia's economy, an Eastern or ...
HK shares seen sliding after US stocks plunge Hemscott, UK - 11 minutes ago The Hang Seng Index dropped 4 percent on Thursday as worries over a long-lasting global recession fuelled a flight to cash, but the main index closed above ...
Waxman topples Dingell; House Dems go greener Forbes, NY - 5 minutes ago By ANDREW TAYLOR , 11.20.08, 08:32 PM EST Democrats steered the House toward more aggressively tackling global warming and other environmental problems ...
Huge fare hike proposed for NYC transit system Bradenton Herald, United States - 8 minutes ago ... Authority said it needs to raise fare revenue by 23 percent by June in order to plug a yawning budget gap worsened by the global financial crisis. ...
Midday Market Roundup 20/11/08 ABN Newswire (press release), Australia - 8 minutes ago Charlie Aitken of Southern Cross Equities says equity markets are already factoring in deep global recession. The Dow Futures suggest a 27 point fall on ...
GDP growth may dip to 7-year low China Post, Taiwan - 9 minutes ago Meanwhile, Shih said, due to acute domestic economic sluggishness caused by a global financial meltdown, consumption in the private sector declined by 1.97 ...
Unrelenting gloom has taken over the markets Providence Journal, RI - 9 minutes ago The yield on the 2-year note, meanwhile, fell to 0.97 percent the lowest since 1947, according to Global Financial Data in Los Angeles. ...
UN vote shows growing support of death penalty ban Sacramento Bee, USA - 3 minutes ago By JOHN HEILPRIN AP Writer UNITED NATIONS -- The UN General Assembly's human rights committee voted Thursday for the second year in a row to urge a global ...
Las Vegas casino giants feeling the financial crisis NEWS.com.au, Australia - 8 minutes ago "Wall Street is responding much more sharply, but a lot of that is based on concerns about how a global recession will hit gaming and leisure travel. ...
Waxman topples Dingell; House Dems go greener Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, IA - 11 minutes ago By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON - Democrats steered the House toward more aggressively tackling global warming and other environmental problems Thursday, ...
Reckitt Benckiser aims over 20 pc growth Trading Markets (press release), CA - 12 minutes ago The company is also looking at introducing more of its global brands in the Indian market in the months to come. "We are the number one brand in many ...
Intelligence study sees risks in rapid global power shift McClatchy Washington Bureau, DC - 4 minutes ago Nevertheless, the new study offers a grimmer assessment of the threat of major global shocks, such as terrorists obtaining and using a nuclear weapon, ...
Future is nuclear war and famine - US PerthNow, Australia - 10 minutes ago By Jim Mannion in Washington THE use of nuclear weapons will grow increasingly likely by 2025, US intelligence warned in a report on global trends that ...
