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• Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship
Choong said the Philippines-operated ship, flying a Panamanian flag, had been sailing from the Middle East to Asia when it was seized. He said 11 of the hijacked ships remain in the hands of pirates, along with more than 200 crew members. Somalia ...
• Auto experts are feeling blue about the future
In Europe, 35 percent of cars new cars this year were silver, while in PPG's Asia-Pacific region, it's 37 percent, PPG said. What explains the popularity of silver? Harrington said it's a neutral color that works on just about any car. "Black, white ...
• Financial crisis' victim No. 1: the world's poor
The charities that provide food, medicine and other relief on the ground say cutbacks have already started, but it will take months or more before the full impact is felt in the poorest countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia. Aid agencies face ...
• World stock markets drop after two-day rally
Earlier in Asia, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index lost 834.58 points, or nearly 5 percent, to close at 15,998.30 after rising more than 13 percent the previous two days. Markets in Australia, South Korea, China, India and Singapore also sank. Japan’s ...
• World markets follow huge Wall Street losses
The sluggishness in the credit markets that triggered much of the heavy selling in markets around the world since mid-September appeared little changed even after a string of interest rate cuts by central banks in the United States, Europe and Asia ...