Brussels - The European Union is to launch emergency aid measures for the EU citizens and industries hit hardest by soaring food and fuel prices, the head of the bloc's executive said Friday.
New York - US investment bank Morgan Stanley reported Wednesday that its net income in a "turbulent" second quarter of 2008 fell by more than one-half to 1.026 billion dollars, a figure slightly ab
Hong Kong - The Hong Kong government said Tuesday it was considering cutting the duty on diesel, one week after lorry drivers staged a slowdown protest through the city centre.
The World Bank on Thursday raised
Washington - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Tuesday said the United States 
