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British shares was up 35.76 points, or 0.8 percent, at 4,615.40, while Germany's DAX rose 61.48 points, or 1.2 percent, to 5,045.47...Though Next PLC and Debenhams PLC reported falling sales, investors were relieved that their drops over the crucial Christmas-New...

Chinese state media has reported that a suspected bird flu patient has died in a Beijing hospital. The official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that Huang Yanqing died Monday...Xinhua quoted the Beijing Health Bureau as saying 116 people had been...

Top Australian engineering contractor Leighton Holdings slashed its full-year profit outlook on Tuesday as its property development arm and its toll road investments suffered from the economic downturn. Shares in Leighton, majority owned by German construction group Hochtief, fell as...

A sweeping suspension of domestic production is almost unprecedented. In 1993, Toyota halted output for one day as a strong yen hammered sales. Japanese-built cars make up around 40 per cent of Toyota's sales in the United States, where foreign-made...

Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications Tetsushi Sakamoto on Tuesday retracted his controversial remarks that questioned whether unemployed people who took shelter in a Tokyo park over the New Year period really possess the will to work.      Referring to...

Australia last year as buyers resisted pressures at home and worldwide economic gloom with the second-biggest sales splurge on record. A late surge, driven by dollar deals across almost every brand in December, took the official total for 2008 to...

A car has swerved off the Great Ocean Road into pedestrians in a busy Victorian coastal town, injuring at least seven people including two four-year-old girls. Police say a 62-year-old NSW man veered off the road in the commercial heart...

Three candidates launched their campaigns Tuesday for a parliament seat seen as a popularity test of Malaysia's ruling coalition. At stake is the seat representing Kuala Terengganu, the capital of northeastern Terengganu state, where support for the governing National Front...