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/ 18 October 2010
The head of theIMF has warned central bankers the global recovery would be "in peril" if the world’s major economies do not keep working together.
A Chinese court convicted four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto including an Australian national on Monday on bribery and trade secrets charges.
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/ 6 September 2009
Apple’s iPhone will soon officially go on sale in China, more than two years after its US debut, but it may not make much of a splash.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s son shrugged off Equatorial Guinea’s attempts to have him arrested for his alleged role in a plot to overthrow the country, according to a newspaper report on Saturday. The West African country has issued a warrant for Mark Thatcher’s arrest for his role in helping to finance and organise a coup plot.
British artificial-intelligence expert Donald Michie and his ex-wife, leading geneticist Dame Anne McLaren, died in a car crash on July 7, their son said. Michie (84) and McLaren (80) were killed when their car veered off a highway while they were travelling from Cambridge to the home they shared in London, Jonathan Michie said.
BP chief executive John Browne resigned on Tuesday, hours after a judge lifted a legal injunction preventing a newspaper from publishing details of his private life and allegations that he misused company resources. The board named Tony Hayward, the head of exploration and production, as the new CEO effective immediately.