Reuters - A 6 percent fall in Asia pushed world stocks to their lowest in 5- years on Thursday, while oil fell below $53 and safe havens such as the yen gained on fears the global recession and a financial crisis will get uglier.
Rolls-Royce plans 2,000 job cuts
Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce says it plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs in 2009, including 140 in the UK.
FBI agent dead; drug suspect's wife charged
A Pennsylvania woman was charged in the shooting death of an FBI special agent who was killed at her Pittsburgh-area home Wednesday while serving a warrant on a suspected drug ring.
Asian stocks mirror Wall Street plunge
Asian and Pacific stocks tumbled sharply on Thursday after Wall Street finished at its lowest point since Spring 2003.
Drug suspect's wife charged in death of FBI agent
A Pennsylvania woman was charged in the shooting death of an FBI special agent who was killed at her Pittsburgh-area home Wednesday while serving a warrant on a suspected drug ring.
New Study Reveals What Makes Europeans Happy
Wealth does not automatically make people in Europe happier, according to a quality-of-life survey conducted in all 27 European Union member states. But it certainly plays an important role.
Firefox warns users off China add-on
Users should install at their own risk Mozilla has advised Firefox customers not to try add-ons classed as experimental, such as the recently released China Channel, because they could cause computer problems. Firefox add-ons allow users to personalize
US can learn a tune from Korea's past catastrophe
Wandering around downtown Seoul the other night, I couldn't miss the irony of a song pumping out of a karaoke club: Turning Japanese. I had spent the day at a conference sponsored by the Seoul metropolitan government, pondering whether Asia risked its
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