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Oil price falls near $91 per barrel
Oil prices slipped to near $91 a barrel Monday in Asia after China's latest move to restrict lending raised the prospect of weaker demand for crude.
Benchmark oil for February delivery was down 25 cents at $91.29 a barrel at midday Bangkok…
Eurozone ministers to discuss changes to bailout fund
Euro zone finance ministers will discuss Monday an increase in the effective lending capacity of the euro zone rescue fund, to draw a line under the sovereign debt crisis before more countries need help. Skip related content
The rescue…
Airbus wins record $16b order from IndiGo
Airbus on Tuesday announced what it called the biggest jet order in commercial aviation history, a $15.6 billion deal to sell 180 planes to Indian budget carrier IndiGo that includes the first orders for a revamped model.
The deal comes as…
Asia shares fall after China bank curbs money flow
Asian shares fell Monday as investors digested China's latest move to curb the flood of money sloshing around its economy and awaited a meeting later in the week between the U.S. and Chinese presidents.
Oil prices slipped to near $91 a…
Currency system is ‘product of past’ – Hu Jintao
Chinese President Hu Jintao has said the international currency system dominated by the US dollar is a "product of the past".
Mr Hu also said China was taking steps to replace it with the yuan, its own currency, but acknowledged that would…
Disappointed Vodafone customer sets up website for complaints
A disappointed customer of the mobile operator Vodafone has taken his complaints a notch higher by setting up a website vodafail.com to encourage all other Vodafone customers to voice out their complaints about the mobile provider’s poor…
Airtel, IBM finalize Africa IT management agreemet
Airtel and IBM have announced the completion of negotiations for a 10-year technology services spanning 16 Airtel’s African operations, including Ghana.
Under the 10-year agreement signed in December 2010, IBM will deploy and manage the…
Vodafone Australia sacks staff over data security breach
Vodafone Australia has sacked a number of employees over a serious data security breach that released the details of Vodafone customers to unauthorized people.
A statement from the company says it has also contacted the police to assist in…
Southern Sudan votes indicate separation
Early results from Southern Sudan's referendum indicate the region has voted overwhelmingly to split from the north and form a new country.
Full results of the poll are not due until next month, but the region is widely expected to choose…
Smoking said to damage the body in minutes
Smoking damages the body in minutes rather than years, according to research in the US.
The report, published in Chemical Research in Toxicology, shows that chemicals which cause cancer form rapidly after smoking.
Scientists involved in…