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• Most Asian markets rise in Monday trading
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which tumbled more than 7 percent Friday, opened over 2 percent but shed its gains to trade about 360.50 points higher, or 2.44 percent, at 15,157.37. In Australia, the S&P/ASX200 index was up 4 percent in response to a ...
• S&P reviewing GM, Ford shares for downgrade
NEW YORK - Shares of General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. plunged in the waning minutes of trading Thursday, after Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed their credit ratings under review for possible downgrade. S&P said the moves reflects the ...
• Best bets: Oliver Stone's ‘W.’ hits theaters
Leech trapping! (Discovery Channel, Tuesdays, 9 p.m.) Christian Slater's lengthy movie resume includes some real classics ("Heathers," "Pump Up the Volume) and some, uh, duds ("Kuffs"?). You might say he has two acting personalities. Fittingly, he ...
• Larry Hagman excited about ‘Dallas’ reunion
He and Maj (pronounced MY), his wife of nearly 54 years, rise with the sun and are often asleep by 7:30 p.m. Their 44-acre (18-hectare) spread in Ojai, California, is all-organic. Their home runs on solar power, which Hagman said knocked their ...
• High anxiety still rules on Wall Street
On the heels of a panic-riddled sell-off that caused the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 to plummet for eight days in a row, finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven met on Friday — followed by meetings of the Group of 20 ...