FUKUOKA, Japan : The Bank of Japan said it would hold an emergency policy meeting Tuesday as its governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, warned that corporate borrowing costs were rising at the fastest pace in a decade. Shirakawa, in a speech in southern Japan ...

1 Dec 2008

There are places where games are played before matches at Stamford Bridge .They are the pubs just outside the stadium. You may not be welcomed if you are not a Chelsea supporter. mIKEL The fans are usually in their thousands and hundreds make their ...

1 Dec 2008

Everyone is tightening his belt this year, but there's one patent leather belt encircling a round, red, jolly belly that corporate bean-counters had best leave uncinched. The managers of a Northern Virginia mall went too far when they laid off Santa ...

1 Dec 2008

LIVERPOOL, England -- Liverpool was held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by West Ham on Monday, squandering a chance to pull away from Chelsea atop the Premier League. The Reds still lead the standings by one point, but missed a host of chances as they ...

1 Dec 2008

WASHINGTON — A gauge of U.S. manufacturing activity that fell to a 26-year low Monday followed similarly weak readings in Europe and China, fueling fears of a deepening global downturn. The Institute for Supply Management's index of manufacturing ...

1 Dec 2008

REDDING - A 33-year-old-woman has died while making her first climb of Mount Shasta. Susan Gravenkamp, a spokeswoman with the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department, says the woman slipped and fell between 600 feet and 1,500 feet while climbing with ...

1 Dec 2008