All options will be considered to save embattled bank Northern Rock, British finance minister Alistair Darling said yesterday as fears of a crisis threaten to spoil Prime Minister Gordon Brown's first year in power.
NEW YORK: If the world needs another sign that Britney Spears' look is yesterday's news, check out New York Fashion Week.
Gold is China's fashion metal of the moment, standing as a symbol of glamour, like elsewhere in the world.
Indian IT firms that thrived on the outsourcing boom in the West are themselves headed offshore, from Malaysia to Mexico, to escape the double sting of surging salaries and a rising rupee.
Japanese stocks ended in negative territory yesterday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with the Nikkei average down 0.5 percent as thin trade and political uncertainty took their toll.
Wheat prices surpassed $9 a bushel for the first time as a drought in Australia cut production, pushing global stockpiles toward a 26-year low.
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