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Mani slams India for World Cup stand

Monday 4 May '09

Former ICC president Ehsan Mani has accused India of being the brains behind the decision to shift World Cup 2011 matches away from Pakistan.
Google profit up; revenue drops for first time

Saturday 18 April '09

Google reported a 9.2 percent rise in quarterly net profit, but the Internet search giant said revenue declined for the first time ever in consecutive quarters.
JPMorgan’s profits offer signs of rebound in banking sector

Friday 17 April '09

JPMorgan Chase on Thursday reported a net profit of $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2009...
Donors’ meet: Zardari urges a ‘Marshall Plan’ for Pakistan

Friday 17 April '09

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari called on Thursday for a major aid drive like the Marshall Plan to fight poverty and militancy in his country...
Ronaldo sets up dream semi-final

Friday 17 April '09

Manchester United rekindled glorious European nights from their past as a stunning goal by Cristiano Ronaldo...
Athletes must have the right to choose, says China’s Li

Thursday 16 April '09

Outspoken Chinese tennis star Li Na has called for an overhaul of the nation’s famously rigid sports programme to give athletes the right to pursue...
After Obama lifts travel curbs, Castro says Cuba wants no charity

Wednesday 15 April '09

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro called for an end to the US embargo and said Cuba was not asking for “charity...
Now, US govt tells GM to prepare for bankruptcy

Tuesday 14 April '09

The US Treasury Department has told General Motors to make all necessary preparations for a possible bankruptcy filing by June 1...
Global steel industry awaits auto turnaround

Monday 13 April '09

Steel is on edge and the global industry is cutting back hard, hanging on for either a budget blast from China...
Latvia faces tough post-boom hangover

Monday 13 April '09

As it wrestles with a snowballing economic crisis and tries to stick to the terms of an IMF bailout...
China central bank says it will keep ‘loose’ monetary policy

Monday 13 April '09

China’s central bank said Sunday that it would maintain a "moderately loose" monetary policy amid the worsening global financial crisis.
World is awash with oil as demand sinks: IEA

Saturday 11 April '09

The world is awash with oil despite a price rally but the glut is hampering investment in fields which will be needed when demand pulls out of a “relentless...
SA take lead, set sights on 2011

Saturday 11 April '09

Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers shared a century partnership to set up a 25-run win for South Africa in the third one-day international...
Top Russian banker says banking crisis has just begun

Thursday 9 April '09

Russia’s banking crisis has only just begun and the government has been slow to react, the head of its largest bank...
Now, British managers held in ‘bossnapping’

Thursday 9 April '09

Workers at a British-owned adhesives factory in France held three British executives and a local manager captive on Wednesday over plans to close the site down...
Prints of Prophet cartoon on sale in Denmark

Thursday 9 April '09

Denmark’s Free Press Society is selling prints of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed published by a Danish newspaper...
Economy gives kids grown-up stress

Monday 6 April '09

Children across the United States are feeling the impact of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
HSBC hails rights issue after 97% take-up

Monday 6 April '09

Europe’s biggest bank HSBC announced a 96.6 percent take-up Sunday for its 17.7 billion dollar rights issue announced last month after a plunge in profits.
OECD lists tax havens, countries snap back at labels

Saturday 4 April '09

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Thursday named those tax havens it said had not made any commitment...
Global stocks skyrocket after G-20 summit economic boost

Friday 3 April '09

Global stocks shot up on Thursday amid greater optimism following a G-20 summit in London that boosted efforts to save the world economy...
Britain may need IMF bailout, says Soros

Sunday 29 March '09

Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros said on Saturday that it is “conceivable” that Britain would have to resort to a bailout from the International Monetary Fund...
‘New world currency talks legitimate’

Friday 27 March '09

IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday that talks on a new world reserve currency to replace the dollar were “legitimate...
Dyson blunder costs Windies first ODI

Sunday 22 March '09

England won the opening one-day international by one run under the Duckworth-Lewis method...
EU pledges $103 bn to IMF, loans to the east

Saturday 21 March '09

EU leaders pledged 125 billion euros on Friday in support for eastern Europe and the IMF after rejecting calls...
Strauss fitness a concern

Friday 20 March '09

England are keeping an eye on the fitness of captain Andrew Strauss ahead of Friday’s opening ODI against West Indies at the Guyana National Stadium.
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