Wednesday November 4, 2009, 9:51 pm DUBLIN (AFP) - The Bank of Ireland on Wednesday said it had dived into a loss during its first half owing to mounting bad property debts in "very challenging" economic conditions. The bank...
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An ultra-secretive network rules independent oil trading. Although Rich testified in writing in March, 2005, to a House committee investigating the U.N. program that he was not in any way active in the Oil-for-Food program,...
Britain is past the worst of the recession and should return to growth in the fourth quarter, two Bank of England policymakers said, in remarks which support government forecasts the economic downturn is nearly over.
ZURICH - A return to lavish bonuses for Wall Street's top earners could be just the tonic that the Swiss watch industry needs this Christmas after months of austerity depressed sales. But watchmakers are eyeing a modest rise in...
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's once-mighty navy faces further dramatic decline after 2015, when most Soviet-built ships will have to be mothballed, a retired admiral was quoted as saying...