Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's says that almost all of the world's big banks, including Australia's major lenders, have insufficient funds to cover their lending exposures, and would not come up to scratch with a new...
online.wsj.com (US) In China, for example, most new infections now result from heterosexual sex, rather than from intravenous drug use, as in the past. The country has rapidly moved to make methadone available to heroin addicts...
Dollar at 7-week low vs yen; fund selling, low rates cited * Australian dollar gains as rate hike speculation builds By Charlotte Cooper TOKYO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The dollar ground to its lowest in seven weeks against the yen...
Asian shares broadly higher on economic optimism * Japanese shares hit 4-month low on dilution, econ worries * Dollar falls to seven-week low * Gold at a record high (Repeats to more subscribers) By Umesh Desai HONG KONG, Nov...