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• Asian markets mixed after big Australia rate cut
SEOUL, South Korea - Asian markets showed signs of life Tuesday as investors cheered a big interest rate cut by the Australian central bank aimed at alleviating the unfolding global credit crisis that has battered global markets. A late rally on Wall ...
• India's first moon mission launches Oct. 22
India's constellation of seven earth-observation satellites is the largest of its kind in the world, but its space program lags behind its Asian rival China, which in 2003 became only the third nation after the United States and the former Soviet ...
• Global efforts to tackle credit crisis diverge
I suspect we'll be seeing other rate cuts before too long from other central banks," David Cohen, head of Asian economic forecasting at Action Economics in Singapore. But comments later in the day by Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa threw cold ...
• Japan seeks foreign tourists to boost economy
Official figures show Asian visitors accounted for 73 percent of total visitors to Japan last year. "I think Japan is worth visiting," said Peter Pi, a 30-year-old from Beijing, near the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo. "It is my first time here. I ...
• Paris Motor Show opens under shadow of crisis
On Asian markets, shares of major Asian automakers took a beating Thursday after they reported dismal September sales figures in the United States, their most important overseas market. Overall U.S. auto sales plunged last month, dropping below 1 ...