Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA

Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA


Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.


Government Aid Puts China Ahead in Clean Energy

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Much of China's success with clean energy lies in aggressive government policies that help this industry in ways most other governments do not.


New York Fashion Week: At New Site, No Runway Jostling

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Fashion Week begins its run at Lincoln Center today after 17 years in Bryant Park. The biggest change: more elbow room.


Obama Lays Out Economic Proposals and Assails G.O.P.

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:34 PM PDT

President Obama called for an end to Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy in a lengthy and sharply populist speech.


Clinton Speech Offers Policy Overview

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:10 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech sought to showcase the successes of the Obama administration's foreign policy.


China Moves to Ease Strain With U.S.

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 06:06 AM PDT

Two White House officials were involved in a series of meetings in Beijing that were aimed at repairing a dialogue that has been strained.


Clinton declares 'new American moment' in foreign policy speech

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:24 PM PDT

In a lengthy speech at the Council of Foreign Relations on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the Obama administration's foreign policy approach, declaring ed that "a new American moment" had arrived in international relations, "a moment when our global leadership is essen


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Iran Woman's Stoning Suspended After Global Outcry

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:01 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have suspended the execution by stoning of a woman convicted of adultery, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, after weeks of condemnation from around the world.


Australian Government Prepared to Adjust Mining Tax

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:30 AM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's fragile Labor government suggested on Wednesday it could adjust a planned profits-based tax on mining companies to bend to demands of the independent MPs giving it a slender grip on power.


Wildfires Destroy Over 400 Homes In Siberia

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:20 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wildfires swept through several villages in Siberia, burning down over 400 homes on Wednesday, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said, following a wave of blazes that killed over 50 people earlier in the summer.


The Vogue Show

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:06 AM PDT

Anna Wintour's runway show in the plaza of Lincoln Center gave a sense of what it's like to attend Fashion Week on the inside.


Ozawa Speaks of His Road Back to Health

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT

In an interview at his festival in Japan, the conductor Seiji Ozawa spoke about his health and plans for the future.


Israel turns back clock for Yom Kippur, sparking debate

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:25 PM PDT

IN TEL AVIV Gil Leibowitz was heading down to the beach on a recent evening to "clear his head," as he put it, with a walk, a run and a sunset swim - the software engineer's after-work summer ritual.



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PMQs: Clegg faces questions on phone hacking

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:39 AM PDT

Standing in for David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has insisted it is for the police to decide how to proceed over the News of the World phone hacking row.


Obama pledges tax cuts for business

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:38 PM PDT

In an speech in Ohio, the US president opposes an extension of upper class tax cuts in favour of more stimulus spending.


Hague: Axing embassies 'unlikely'

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy" as they do not cost much, says William Hague.


Fidel Castro says Cuban model no longer works

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:28 AM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week.


Pakistan to charge three men in Times Square plot

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:24 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will soon charge three men with terrorism in connection with the failed attempt to bomb New York's Times Square, a police official said on Wednesday.


Wildfires destroy over 400 homes in Siberia

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:08 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wildfires swept through several villages in Siberia, burning down over 400 homes on Wednesday, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said, following a wave of blazes that killed over 50 people earlier in the summer.


Coach Flower opposes Twitter ban

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:17 AM PDT

England cricket coach Andy Flower says he does not want players banned from using Twitter but says they must do so 'in the right way'.


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