HONG KONG, Nov 10 - Asian bond spreads tightened on Monday amid hopes government measures from Seoul to Beijing to counter the impact of the global financial crisis would reduce the potential for a global...
ASIAN governments tried in vain on Wednesday to halt the bloodbath on the markets, with Japanese stocks losing more than nine per cent on panic-selling in the face of the worst financial crisis in decades...
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 - The Bush administration is planning to send the U.S. Congress a proposal to create an institution to deal with illiquid assets plaguing world capital markets, the chairman of the U.S. House...
CANBERRA, Sept 11 - An irrigation farm larger than Singapore and sucking up billions of litres of water each year has been bought by Australia's government to help save one of the country's most vital...
* Government, BOJ in fight over how to tackle deflation * Cabinet minister: 'BOJ asleep at the wheel' * Economists say options for govt, BOJ are limited (Adds details on BOJ policy) TOKYO, Nov 24...
* Government, BOJ in fight over how to tackle deflation * Cabinet minister: "BOJ asleep at the wheel" * Economists say options for govt, BOJ are limited (Adds details on JGBs, CPI, analyst quote) TOKYO,...
* Government, BOJ in fight over how to tackle deflation * Outspoken cabinet minister: "BOJ asleep at the wheel" * Economists say options for govt, BOJ are limited TOKYO, Nov 24 - Japanese cabinet ministers...
* BOJ upgrades view on economy, keeps rates at 0.1 pct * Says to keep very easy monetary conditions * Govt says Japan in deflation; 1st announcement since 2006 * Shirakawa says weak demand behind...
* BOJ upgrades view on economy, keeps rates at 0.1 pct * Says to keep very easy monetary conditions * Govt says Japan in deflation; 1st announcement since 2006 * Embargoed governor remarks due out...
* BOJ upgrades view on economy, keep rates at 0.1 pct * Says to keep very easy monetary conditions * Drops phrase to keep interest rates very low * Kan: Govt will tell BOJ it...