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Feature: Canada goes dark to mark Earth Hour

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

From city landmarks as Toronto's CN Tower and Montreal's Mount Royal Cross to government offices, from businesses to residences, Canadians turned off their lights from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Saturday to join the global Earth Hour movement in an ...

British living in uncertain times, economic forecast says

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

British people are living in "uncertain times", amid a financial shock on a scale not experienced in recent times, a senior British economist said Tuesday. Richard Lambert, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry ...

Indonesia dismisses concern over re-assortment of avian, human flu virus

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Indonesia dismissed fears of a virus re-assortment between avian and human seasonal influenza strains in a 2007 human death involving bird flu infection, the country's health ministry senior official said here. Director General of C ...

Murdoch opens world’s biggest printing plant

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

A printing plant being billed as the world's largest is now in operation cranking out newspapers for Rupert Murdoch's News International - a vote of confidence in Britain's troubled newspaper industry. The plant in Broxbourne, 32 kilomet ...

Schultz seeks to perk up Starbucks

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz may introduce a plan for a loyalty program to stanch declining US sales at a shareholders meeting today. Schultz will probably offer free coffees or discounts to customers using prepa ...

Siemens chief loses investor confidence

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Siemens AG Chief Executive Officer Peter Loescher told analysts in November that his plan to revive Europe's largest engineering company would have its setbacks. A disappointment came on Monday, when Munich-based Siemens said a review of ...

Try and try again as Fed seeks to calm the market

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

If this doesn't end the market panic, what will? In a rush of desperate moves - or creative actions, depending on the point of view - the Federal Reserve since last Friday has shown a determination to prevent the US banking system from d ...

Europe becomes uncomfortable with strong euro

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

European Central Bank (ECB) board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi Tuesday defended the bank's role in the aftermath of a warning by European Union leaders over the relentless rise of the euro against the U.S. dollar. Smaghi said the ECB' ...