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Hyundai boss must pay $60 million for losses to firm
Breaking News - 6 hours 43 min ago
SEOUL - A South Korean court Monday ordered Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-Koo to pay almost 60 million dollars in damages to his company for loss-making deals.
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11-kg LPG price drops by P6 on Tuesday
Breaking News - 6 hours 43 min ago
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailers are slashing prices by 50 centavos per kilogram effective 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday (February 9) due to the decline in the international contract price of LPG this month.
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Toyota faces fresh questions over recall response
Breaking News - 6 hours 43 min ago
Toyota's handling of potentially deadly gas pedal defects came under fresh scrutiny Monday after the company said it had fixed the flaw in Europe last year but initially decided against a global recall.
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RP stocks close 0.32% lower
Breaking News - 6 hours 43 min ago
Local stocks opened the week on a bearish note, as widely expected, given the gloomy sentiment in Wall Street and rising sovereign debt concerns on some European nations.
Categories: Philippine News
PNB doubles net income to P2.2B in ’09
Breaking News - 6 hours 43 min ago
(UPDATE) Tycoon Lucio Tan’s Philippine National Bank doubled its net income in 2009 on the back of higher earnings from lending and treasury businesses alongside an improvement in asset quality and cost efficiency.
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Japan's Kirin stops merger talks with Suntory
Breaking News - 6 hours 43 min ago
Japanese beer and soft drink giant Kirin said on Monday it had terminated months-long merger talks with its smaller rival Suntory that had aimed to create a top industry player in Asia.
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Crisis-hit Europe seeks rebound with new economic strategy
Breaking News - 6 hours 43 min ago
The European Union, shaken by Greece's fiscal crisis and struggling to get its new institutions into gear, hopes to relaunch itself this week as leaders mull improved, coordinated economic governance.
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Rape accused could be revealed
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 3 min ago
A Tamahere man jointly accused with a woman of raping young women walking alone in central Hamilton was expected to lose his name suppression today.
Categories: New Zealand News
Whale Oil blogger pleads not guilty to suppression charges
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 6 min ago
Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater has pleaded not guilty to five charges of breaching name suppression orders at the Auckland District Court this morning.
Categories: New Zealand News
Ratepayers face footing Eden Park funding shortfall
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 44 min ago
Auckland City Council will not respond to requests for funding to underwrite some of the cost of the Eden Park revamp until it has seen a business case, Mayor John Banks says.
Categories: New Zealand News
Driver, passenger face reckless driving charges
New Zealand National News - 7 hours 47 min ago
The driver and the passenger of a car that allegedly led police on a chase through the Waikato are both facing charges relating to reckless driving.
Categories: New Zealand News
Fake speed radars used to fool motorists
New Zealand National News - 9 hours 29 min ago
Old police speed radars are being used to fool speeding motorists using radar detectors into slowing down.
Categories: New Zealand News
Invercargill's bus 'freebies' may be axed
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
Invercargill's popular free bus service might be set for the chop.
Categories: New Zealand News
Police blast late-night tramper
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
An Israeli tramper who became lost from her party late at night on a track in the Mount Aspiring National Park has been blasted by Wanaka police.
Categories: New Zealand News
Man jailed for manslaughter
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
An insurance broker broke down and apologised to his victim's family after he was sentenced to two years' jail for manslaughter in the High Court at Invercargill yesterday.
Categories: New Zealand News
Fare rise of 3pc can really mean 50pc
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
Public transport fares are set to rise again – some by as much as 50 per cent – with inner-city bus passengers in the capital likely to be hit the hardest.
Categories: New Zealand News
Childcare centre defends 'dangerous' work
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
A childcare centre shut for exposing children to building work says it employed extra staff to keep the kids safe.
Categories: New Zealand News
Murder accused freed after evidence faulted
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
Private investigators have helped to win freedom for the man accused of murdering his neighbour Chattrice Maihi-Carroll two years ago.
Categories: New Zealand News
Scene made to look like rape court told
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
A 14-year-old boy who battered, choked and drowned a girl also ripped off her clothes to fool police into thinking she had been raped, a jury has been told.
Categories: New Zealand News
Wounded Napier siege officers back at work
New Zealand National News - 15 hours 59 min ago
Two police officers shot and wounded during the Napier siege in which their colleague was killed have returned to work.
Categories: New Zealand News
