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Web addresses go worldwide

30.10.09

Chinese, Hindi and other non-Latin alphabets were approved for use in web addresses today to make the internet more inclusive... more

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

26.10.09

Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips ... more

Jamie Oliver's Ł14m move East

09.10.09

Jamie Oliver is raising Ł14 million from investors to fund a chain of his Italian restaurants across the Far East... more

Why Obama needs to find his fairway to heaven

10.09.09

The final and decisive round of the PGA Championship last month unfolded in a manner few had predicted... more

Rush into democracy and you rue the results

01.09.09

Once the election results in Afghanistan are finally in, Western governments need to draw up new and detailed initiatives on how to deal with failed states... more

WORLD: South Korea joins space nations with rocket launch

25.08.09

South Korea officially joined the space race when it launched its first rocket... more

Dictator Kim Jong Il's life 'is in peril from cancer'

13.07.09

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer which is 'threatening his life'... more

US, Korea fear a new phase of cyber attacks

10.07.09

A spate of cyber attacks on US and Korean websites that has affected everything from the White House to banks could enter a new phase, experts warned ... more

Japan figures show recovery is still far off

26.06.09

Fresh worries about the recovery of the global economies burst out with fears that Japan's fightback was faltering with massive deflation... more

North Korea book World Cup spot

18.06.09

Football: North Korea have qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa following a goalless draw in Saudi Arabia... more

Phorm in Ł15 million raiser for expansion

10.06.09

Phorm, the controversial technology company which monitors advertising responses on the internet, is raising Ł15 million through a share placing to fund its expansion in the UK and South Korea ... more

Troubled Charter takes a 17% dive

10.06.09

If there really are green shoots in the global economy, engineering group Charter International certainly isn’t seeing them... more

WORLD: 1953 truce not valid, says Korea

27.05.09

North Korea raised the stakes in its stand-off with the South by declaring it was no longer bound by the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953... more

North Korean nuclear test batters shares across Asia

26.05.09

Shares in Asia fell as concerns over North Korea's nuclear programme gripped the region ... more

WORLD: N Korea fires two missiles in show of defiance

26.05.09

North Korea has fired two more shortrange missiles off its east coast, in definace of international condemnation... more

Actress jailed for the crime of adultery

17.12.08

An actress in South Korea has been given an eight months suspended sentence for committing adultery, which is classified as a criminal offence... more

Shares back on the climb after rate cut

07.11.08

London shares stage a surprise rally after a wave of selling following the huge rate cut drove the market down nearly 6%... more

Crash, bang, wallop! Every sector takes a hit

24.10.08

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HSBC is hit by turmoil in emerging markets

24.10.08

Credit crunch: Fears over the future of developing economies smash shares of emerging market banking giants HSBC and Standard Chartered... more

Stock markets plunge amid recession fear

08.10.08

Stock markets around the world plunged again today amid growing fears that the financial crisis will turn into a deep global recession... more

South Korea lends a hand as liquidity woes spread to Asia

06.10.08

Credit crunch: The money-markets crisis spilled into Asia today as the South Korean government said it would intervene to boost liquidity for its banks... more

Korean stock market gets a fillip from FTSE Group

18.09.08

South Korea has been awarded “developed” status by FTSE Group, enabling its stock market to attract more of the estimated Ł1.66 trillion in funds that track the group’s global benchmark indexes... more

Korea bank in talks on Lehman stake

02.09.08

Banking: State-owned Korea Development Bank confirmed it was in talks with struggling Lehman Brothers over a possible joint investment in the U.S. bank with other Korean banks... more

Asian banks hit by debt held in mortgage giants

15.07.08

Asian stock markets dived amid the clearest signs yet of global contagion from the crisis at US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... more

Lehman 'on the hunt for Korea cash'

04.06.08

Lehman Brothers said to be searching for new investment in another blow to the beleaguered bank... more

Sainsbury staff share Ł47m as profits soar

14.05.08

Sainsbury's staff are to share a Ł47million bonus pot as the supermarket giant celebrates a near 30% leap in annual profits - the culmination of a three-year turnaround plan led by chief executive Justin King... more

Celine Dion's a smooth operator again after ditching the hairy legs look

19.03.08

Singer Celine Dion has clearly recovered from her less than smooth on-stage moment. Last night the singer appeared in Seoul, South Korea, with a smooth pair of fur-free legs, following last week's fur-pas, when she appeared on-stage looking decidedly hairy ... more