This year is likely to be the fifth warmest on record and the first decade of this century the hottest since records began, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.
Australian coal producer Caledon Resources Plc said on Tuesday it will not pursue sale of the company, following an extended strategic review, sending its shares down 15.5 percent in early trade on the London Stock Exchange.
Tiger Woods reportedly had romance relationships with nine different women according to reports Monday. The number of mistresses is expected to increase to 12 by the end of the week, according to MSNBC.
Tokyo Electric Power Co will invest more than 300 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in acquiring a stake in liquefied natural gas development in Australia, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Saturday it has signed a Heads of Agreement with U.S. major Chevron to procure 4.1 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas from Australia's Wheatstone project. Under the agreement, TEPCO, Japan's top utility, will acquire 15 percent of Chevron's equity stake in Wheatstone field license and an 11.25 percent stake in Wheatstone gas processing facility.
About nine women have emerged on Tiger Wood's affair record in the last week, including waitresses, a club hostess, a marketing manager, a British TV presenter and a porn star.
Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue is to release a download-only concert album, Kylie Live in New York.
Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto on Saturday signed a $116 billion iron ore joint venture agreement to combine their Western Australian iron ore operations.
The draw of the teams who will face each other in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa took place Friday in South Africa.
A U.N.-led drive to raise cash to help poor nations cope with global warming is looking fairly encouraging, three days before a 190-nation climate conference, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Friday.
Japan's trading houses, which made fortunes from heavy bets on coal and iron ore, see water as their next big investment target as industrialization and urbanization in emerging economies boost demand for clean water.
Japanese brewer Suntory Holdings, which is in talks to merge with domestic rival Kirin Holdings, said on Friday it will buy a U.S. Pepsi bottler and may consider more such acquisitions.
Asian stocks held most of the week's gains before monthly U.S. jobs data on Friday, although property and bank shares fell in many markets as soft U.S. data raised concerns about the pace of economic recovery.
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The European Central Bank will start to unwind its crisis support for the euro zone economy this month but made clear on Thursday these moves are not meant to signal a coming rise in benchmark interest rates.
The European Central Bank kept rates at a record low of 1 percent as expected on Thursday, leaving markets firmly focused on how it plans to handle the delicate process of phasing out its financial crisis support.
Singapore, a Southeast Asian city-state with high per-capita emissions, will head to global climate talks next week with a pledge to cut carbon pollution by 16 percent versus projected business-as-usual levels by 2020.
The European Central Bank is set to begin the delicate process of phasing out its financial crisis support on Thursday, backed by new staff forecasts which should show greater economic optimism.
Federal Reserve officials sounded a relatively upbeat note on the U.S. economy on Wednesday, but warned timing withdrawal of the bank's extraordinary support for the economy will prove difficult.
Tiger Woods, the world's top-ranked golf player, issued an apology on his website today for his transgressions and personal sins following a series of extra marital affair rumors.
U.S. central bankers should not let pockets of weakness distract them from fighting inflation as the economy recovers, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker said on Wednesday.
Rachel Uchitel, one of the women Tiger Woods allegedly had an affair with has denied any involvement with the golf star but details have surfaced revealing the opposite.
