NEW YORK (Reuters) – A girl can be sued over accusations she ran over an elderly woman with her training bicycle when she was 4 years old, a New York Supreme Court
RISK WATCH The Risk Watch Column: By Dr Alan Waring Part 1 of this article summarised the huge problem of withheld title deeds and various kinds of fraud (e.g. ‘double selling’) for
. Bickering over the island’s fragile economy just got worse as political parties, mostly without any knowledge of how the economy works and how to deal with the problem, stooped to a
After a long and bitter campaign, Americans cast their votes on Tuesday in elections that could sweep Democrats from power in Congress and slam the brakes on President Barack Obama's legislative agenda.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday the city-state's red-hot property market was a matter of concern and needed careful monitoring to avoid the creation of a bubble. "Our property
Lloyds had a good third quarter and is on track for a decent financial performance in 2010 as bad debts fall and margins improve, the part-nationalised British bank said on Tuesday. "We
Japan's broad-based Topix index fell to its lowest close in 19 months on Tuesday as the yen's strength against the dollar hurt shares of exporters such as automakers, while weakness in financial
Oil edged higher on Tuesday, with investors cautious ahead of expected monetary easing from the U.S. Federal Reserve, capping gains from an apparent upwards shift in price tolerance among OPEC ministers. U.S.
The Australian dollar leapt after Australia's central bank surprised markets with a rate hike on Tuesday, leading the U.S. dollar to give back gains in ranges that tightened ahead of the Federal
The Group of 20 must do more to strengthen international supervision of the financial sector, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday. "More has to be done in the
