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TOKYO/HONG KONG - Japan is expected to cut interest rates on Friday, joining a growing wave of central banks that are shifting from stabilising credit markets to slashing borrowing costs to cushion their economies against...

TOP STORIES ----------- KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival Abdullah Abdullah will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week's disputed run-off vote, his campaign said after speculation mounted he...

TOP STORIES ----------- KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival Abdullah Abdullah will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week's disputed run-off vote, his campaign said after speculation mounted he...

TOP STORIES ----------- KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival Abdullah Abdullah cancelled a planned trip to India on Saturday, his advisers said, heightening speculation he would pull out of next week's disputed run-off...

TOP STORIES ----------- LOS ANGELES - U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the...

TOP STORIES ----------- KABUL - Afghan election officials on Friday defended plans to open more polling centres for next week's presidential run-off despite fears not enough is being done to prevent a repeat of the...

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Japan cut interest rates for the first time in seven years on Friday and warned severe conditions in the global economy could persist, as more central banks shift from stabilising credit markets...

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Japan cut interest rates for the first time in seven years on Friday and warned severe conditions in the global economy could persist, as more central banks shift from stabilising credit markets...

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Japan is expected to cut interest rates on Friday, joining a growing wave of central banks that are shifting from stabilising credit markets to slashing borrowing costs to cushion their economies against...

HONG KONG, Oct 16 - Bankruptcy petitions in Hong Kong continued to surge in September, rising 31 percent from a year earlier, despite an improving economic environment, government data showed on Friday. Bankruptcy petitions totalled...