Regulators on Friday shut California National Bank of Los Angeles and eight smaller related banks as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults.

As many as 70,000 postal workers are striking on the final day of the current three days of industrial action.

As Mirinae slammed into Quezon province northeast of Manila around midnight Friday, Philippine authorities evacuated more than 115,000 people.

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The commuters between Noida and Delhi were on cloud nine when the Metro organised the trial run. All sections of society welcomed the entry of Metro train into the town as it will ease problems of commuting for lakhs of people.

At the epicenter of the financial crisis, small-town bankers like Jim Edwards are building their businesses by mopping up the damage to their communities

Researchers found pregnant rats fed small amounts of BPA gave birth to female offspring without problems, unlike those born to mothers that ate low doses of oral contraceptives.

UK house prices were higher year-on-year in October - the first annual rise for 19 months, the Nationwide says.

Italian prosecutors have released a video of a gangland-style slaying on a Naples street in May in hope of finding the killer.

European Union leaders have agreed a deal to put on the table at global climate talks in Copenhagen in December after healing a rift over how to split the bill.

AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani expects the announcement that David Beckham will be joining the club to be made shortly.

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A Senate committee has begun hearings on a massive climate bill that would remake the energy economy. Supporters say it will protect the environment and create a new green industry. Opponents say it will kill the fossil fuel industry — costing millions of jobs.

First Quench, the owner of Threshers, The Local, Wine Rack, and Haddows, goes into administration.

Iraq announced the arrests of dozens of military and security personnel over the attacks on government buildings in Baghdad that killed 155 people, the Iraqi capital’s military spokesman said Thursday.