...the economic recovery has kept inflation in check.The 10.6 per cent drop in housing starts to an adjusted annual rate...midwest and south, were they fell by 8.5 per cent, 10.6 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively."The starts data is a big surprise...

...Club dinner at Mossiman's midweek, Monsieur Levy injected more V's - "for victory" - into his depiction of the recovery. He broke down patterns region by region and sector by sector, applying the V to China and Asia generally.The luxury goods purveyors were all...

...councils" and turned on their former allies, al-Qaeda in Iraq.Iraqi officials did not blame...residents said the murders bore the signature of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which lost the ability to...paramilitary groups, known as Sons of Iraq.Ihab al-Sobai, a spokesman for the local Sons of...

The mere possibility that a $7.4bn technology merger in California might be blocked by regulators nearly half the world away

...with dangerous extremists in its ranks. Both are necessary.It was already known that Mr Hasan had contacted a radical cleric with al-Qaeda connections under investigation by the FBI. Now it seems he had discussed surreptitious financial transfers with this suspect...

...increase of 10 per cent on 2007, BGI found. These included more than half of institutions with assets greater than $10bn (£6bn, €6.7bn)."Investors have been moving away from many products. In the market turmoil they became even more concerned about counterparty...

...research at Fidelity International.Yields on prime London property, which move inversely to prices, have already fallen from about 6.8 per cent to as low as 5.5 per cent. "The pace and extent of this yield snap is unprecedented. It's not sustainable," said Keith...

...from Citic, at the bank's Hong Kong initial public offering price plus 10 per cent, or HK$6.45. The Chinese lender's shares closed down 4 per cent on Friday at HK$6.47.BBVA said it had not made a final decision on whether to increase its stake in China's...

...strong domestic tourism prospects in an economy growing at about 6.5 per cent."The company has built a strong brand franchise for...services in these areas."Cox & Kings planned to raise up to Rupees 6.1bn through the IPO, funds that would and would finance future...

...000-room Venetian Macao.Work on a sister project with 6,000 rooms - known as Lots 5 & 6 - which was suspended late last year, will resume...neighbouring Guangdong, the country's largest and richest province.Sands China's IPO was arranged by Goldman...