2008-11-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street tumbled Friday after the previous session's huge rally and as investors digested slumping consumer spending. U.S. stocks briefly pared early losses after

2008-11-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President W. Bush set tone for the upcoming Group-20 Summit Thursday in New York saying that the summit will focus on "understanding the causes of the global cr

2008-11-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia could abandon its plans to deploy short-range missiles in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad if the new U.S. administration changes its missile defense plans, says Pr

2008-11-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army decided to keep all the border crossings with the Gaza Strip closed on Thursday after receiving intelligence indicating that Palestinian militants were plan

2008-11-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- An investment firm filed on Thursday a lawsuit against Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. for misleading customers before its collapse. Executives for Lehman Brothers

2008-11-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

New York, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street rallied Thursday as investors hunt bargain after three straight days of decline. Standard & Poor's index jumped 6 percent in the final hour, as inves

2008-11-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The two-day UN conference on culture of peace kicked off at the United Nations headquarters Wednesday, with President of the UN General Assembly Miguel d'Escoto Br

2008-11-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- A majority, 59 percent, of Americans think that the Democrats' control of both the executive and legislative branches will be good for the country, a new poll showed W

2008-11-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil slid another 5 percent on Wednesday as the U.S. government lowered its oil demand forecast due to global economic downturn. Light, sweet crude for December

2008-11-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

GENEVA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The market for trade finance has severely deteriorated over the last six months, and the situation is likely to deteriorate further in the coming months, WTO chief Pascal L

2008-11-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday the U.S. government will not use the 700 billion U.S. dollar rescue package to buy illiquid mortgage-relates assets

2008-11-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- A top Iranian commander said on Tuesday that the Islamic republic's air force has built up a "solid barrier" to defend the country's airspace, Iran's English-l

2008-11-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted to the parliament amendments to a law, which will extend the presidential term and the lawmakers' mandate, the Kremlin said

2008-11-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Aides of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush denied Tuesday there had been any bargaining on economic plans during the two people's Monday m

2008-11-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- A final deal on the long-stalled Doha Round of global trade talks could be reached within weeks, the European Union (EU) trade chief said Tuesday. "With leadersh

2008-11-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank on Tuesday lowered its growth forecast for the world economy to only 1 percent in 2009 due to the impacts of the global financial crisis. Meanwhile,

2008-11-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers from the European Union's 27 nations decided here on Monday to relaunch suspended negotiations with Russia despite opposition by Lithuania. "W

2008-11-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and the outgoing President George W. Bush wrapped up their talks at the White House Monday, without making any comments to the public.

2008-11-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday used a memorial ceremony for former Premier Yitzhak Rabin to reiterate that Israel must be willing to give up parts of Jerus

2008-11-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street fell again Monday as investors' concern about the mounting global financial crisis offset China's 586 billion U.S. dollars stimulus package. U.S. stocks

2008-11-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians and Israel promised on Sunday to carry on the peace negotiations resumed a year ago at a U.S.-hosted Mideast conference, although a deal is

2008-11-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani said here on Sunday that U.S. president-elect Barack Obama needs to make "strategic changes," the official IRNA news agency

2008-11-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's major banks saw their capital adequacy ratios and earnings plunge in the third quarter due to tumbling housing market and mounting household debts, Korea Hera

2008-11-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAO PAULO, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The G20, group of the 20 largest economies of the world, on Sunday agreed that the economic institutions must be strengthened with a more significant role for emerging co

2008-11-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit held talks here on Saturday with visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ahead of an upcoming meeting of the int