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Updated: 36 min 57 sec ago

Thais Look to Create New Coalition

1 hour 3 sec ago
With antigovernment protesters streaming out of Thailand's airports after a week-long siege, attention turned to choosing the country's new prime minister.

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Panasonic Raises Offer for Sanyo

1 hour 8 min ago
Panasonic has raised its offer to acquire all of smaller electronics rival Sanyo Electric for $1.39 a share.

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Hong Kong Finds New Tainted Eggs

1 hour 30 min ago
Hong Kong authorities said they found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in a fourth batch of eggs from mainland China.

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U.S. Presses Pakistan to Help India

1 hour 39 min ago
The U.S. is calling on Pakistan to arrest and turn over to India at least some suspects in the Mumbai bombing and cooperate more closely in the investigation.

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China Stability Plans Include Yuan

1 hour 40 min ago
China's State Council said it will use a range of means, including possibly its currency, to ensure its banking and financial systems function well.

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Grim Insights into Massacre

1 hour 40 min ago
A portrait of suspected terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is emerging. He has told investigators he was from a poor family and was easily recruited two years ago by Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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Citic Pacific Raises Loss on Forex Bet

2 hours 29 min ago
Citic Pacific disclosed bigger losses on foreign-exchange contracts, as its currency bets continue to sour.

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Huijin Increases Majority Stake in China's CCB

4 hours 23 min ago
Central Huijin Investment, a unit of China's sovereign-wealth fund, has increased its A-share holding in China Construction Bank.

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Japan Signals Shift From Austerity

4 hours 29 min ago
Japan again signaled it is diverging from an austerity policy amid mounting pressure to please disgruntled voters by increasing spending.

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Taiwan Forecasts Recession

4 hours 29 min ago
Taiwan was close to a recession in the third quarter of 2008 in a slowdown that will extend through the first quarter of 2009, President Ma said.

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Jet Airways Executives Take Pay Cut

4 hours 42 min ago
Jet Airways announced plans to reduce costs to help cope with a fall in demand made worse by cancellations following the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

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Changes for West Australian Newspapers

4 hours 42 min ago
West Australian Newspapers Holdings said that its CEO and its chairman will step down following appointments to the board by shareholder Seven Network.

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Australia Ekes Out a Gain

5 hours 6 min ago
The Australian economy barely grew in the third quarter, leaving it at risk of a contraction in coming quarters as the financial crisis snowballs.

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Court Rebuffs Vodafone

5 hours 48 min ago
An Indian court dismissed a challenge from a unit of Vodafone Group, which is contesting demands that it pay an estimated $2 billion in capital-gains tax.

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India Names Mumbai Mastermind

8 hours 29 min ago
India named a senior leader of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba as the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, and demanded the Pakistani government turn him over and take action against the group.

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China Fund: Banks in West Are Risky Bets

8 hours 53 min ago
The chairman of China's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund said the uncertainty surrounding Western banks makes it a bad time to invest in them.

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BA, Qantas in Merger Talks

Wed, 2008-12-03 12:04
British Airways said it is in advanced merger talks with Australian carrier Qantas. BA was already in discussions with Spain's Iberia.

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Tata Taps Public for Cash

Wed, 2008-12-03 11:20
Tata Motors is seeking deposits from the public, in what could begin a trend of Indian companies calling on the country's middle class to see them through the credit crunch.

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TSMC Reduces Earnings Outlook

Wed, 2008-12-03 11:07
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering cut its quarterly earnings outlook, another sign that weaker-than-expected demand for semiconductor firms.

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Japan Widens Loan Program

Wed, 2008-12-03 10:57
The Bank of Japan has expanded its lending programs to help businesses ahead of the year's end.

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