The growth will come from demand for iron ore and coal, the RBA said The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said that the country's economy is growing faster than had been expected. It has more than tripled its growth forecast...
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FILE -- In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, file photo Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a head of the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger as a researcher puts a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal in a Russian...
Pressure grew on Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to bring to justice the perpetrators of a grisly massacre in the southern Philippines as investigators raised the death toll to 57 people.
The dollar fell versus major rivals Wednesday, allowing the euro to again fetch more than $1.50 as overall economic sentiment rebounded and the U.S. Federal Reserve showed no qualms about the U.S. unit's decline.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International A drop in the U.S. gross domestic product estimate and housing starts threw cold water on the economic recovery just before the Thanksgiving holiday. Minutes from the Fed's Nov. 3-4...