UNITED STATES: Regional banks may still need rescue

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is today on the verge of buying out the remaining minority...

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BOTSWANA: Khama moves quickly to assert control

Preisdent Ian Khama boycotted the August 16-17 summit of the Southern African Development...

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Retail sales declined 0.1% month-on-month in July, the Commerce Department reported yesterday....

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A new federal media law scrapping jail terms for press violations is nearing approval. The law...

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Axa New Zealand partly froze access to a property-backed investment fund on August 4. Fallout...

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The Federal Reserve yesterday left its Fed Funds target rate unchanged at 2.0%, citing the likely...

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Due to the rise in mortgages, household indebtedness in the EU has increased sharply since 2000,...

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After two decades of plunging crime rates, especially involving homicide and other violent...

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Parliament approved a new coalition government on July 26 in a session boycotted by the...

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Exports have played a key role in maintaining the momentum of growth even as the external outlook...

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