Oil falls below $53 on fears of deep recession - Hindustan Times

Oil prices fell below $53 to almost a two-year low on Thursday in Asia as investors, egged on by plummeting stock markets, priced in lower crude demand from a global economic downturn that's shaping up as the worst in decades. Light, sweet crude for ...

Taipei City councilors call for increased diplomacy - Taipei Times

Front Page * Su Chih-fen indicted for corruption in two cases * DPP hinders cross-strait pacts * Japan ready to lend US$100bn to bailout fund * Financial assets rule for spouses¡¦ citizenship dropped * Officials ask if laptops caused Qantas plane ...

Tokyo stocks down 2.67 per cent in early trade - Economic Times

Tokyo: Japan's Nikkei stock index fell 2.67 per cent in early trade on Monday after official data showed Japan fell into recession for the first time in seven years, brokers said. The benchmark index lost 225.81 points to 8,236.58 in the first 30 ...

Stocks trading in the red on slowdown woes - International Business Times

Slowdown fears gripped the BSE Sensex on Monday morning causing all 30 components of the benchmark index to trade in the red. A stock broker reacts as he watches his trading terminal in a brokerage firm in Mumbai, India. Slowdown fears gripped the ...

Trust account a must - Business24-7

It will be mandatory for real estate brokers in Dubai to open trust accounts by early next year under a new regulation that the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (Rera) plans to issue, Emirates Business can reveal. The real estate broker trust account ...