ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.
* Saudi Arabia to start H1N1 inoculation with pilgrims
SHANGHAI (AFP) - - Global banking giant HSBC said it was renewing its sponsorship of the Women's Champions tournament for the next three years, but prize money would be slashed.
KARACHI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank bought back 85.40 billion rupees ($1.02 billion) of treasury bills and government bonds on Saturday in 7-day reverse-repo contracts at 12.13 percent to inject funds into the money market.
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* Yemen sends off first LNG shipment
AL-BIREH, West Bank, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act.