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International Herald Tribune - Weill, and the deepening crisis in the broader housing and credit markets, which threaten to weaken the overall economy. The troubles at Citigroup, "the House that Sandy Built," have become so deep that Charles Prince III resigned Sunday as chairman ...

International Herald Tribune - ... with them to have a good business," said Ahn Sang Soo, mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City. The mayor said Incheon is aiming to become an aviation hub for northeast Asia and take advantage of the travel boom sparked by the robust Asian economy.

Bloomberg - Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan is committed to gradually raising the country's ``very low'' borrowing costs to prevent investment bubbles, Governor Toshihiko Fukui said. ``Keeping interest rates lower than the economy's strength is risky ...

Boston Globe - But Peruvian labor leaders think this is insufficient and will not protect the rights of the majority of people, 75 percent of whom work in the informal sector of the economy. Like many workers in Latin American countries, Peruvians face constant ...

Belfast Telegraph - City economists have formed the virtually unanimous view that the Bank of England will keep rates on hold when its Monetary Policy Committee meets this Thursday. A recent poll by Reuters indicated that 92 per cent of analysts expect rates to stay at ...

Belfast Telegraph - The Belfast Telegraph editorial 'We can't afford another Seagate' (October 30) which stated '... concentrate on high-tech design and to produce graduates with the right qualifications' was a fine sentiment, but as anyone at all levels in education ...

News.com.au - The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Business Expectations Survey for November shows business confidence levels and investment in plant and equipment and in building are all at 13-year highs. "In fact all the indicators in this ...

News.com.au - A KEY business group will support a "balanced decision'' to increase interest rates even though it estimates any hike could cost the economy $1.8 billion. The board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets tomorrow and is widely tipped to lift ...

Forbes - Over the past three decades, South Korea has experienced healthy economic growth of more than eight percent annually to become the world's tenth largest economy with a GDP of nearly $1 trillion. Notably, Korea is also the United States' seventh ...

Forbes - Iran's economy is struggling, with dramatic price rises this year. The cost of housing and basic foodstuffs like vegetables have doubled or even quadrupled. The government also has imposed unpopular fuel rationing in an attempt to reduce expensive ...