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A renewed bout of risk aversion sent the Australian Dollar lower late on Friday night and opens the new week trading at 0.9210, having gapped lower from Friday night's closing level of 0.9250.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc saw pressure building on both sides of the Atlantic on Sunday, just two days after it was charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Germany and Britain will seek details from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about the activities of Goldman Sachs Group Inc as a prelude to potential legal steps following a U.S.-led fraud investigation.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he wanted Britain's financial watchdog to investigate U.S. bank Goldman Sachs after it was charged with fraud by U.S. regulators.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he wanted Britain's financial regulator to conduct a special investigation into U.S. bank Goldman Sachs .

Iceland's government expects the economy to turn a corner in the second half of 2010 but said risks remained significant and the flow of aid from the International Monetary Fund would be crucial.

European Union finance ministers failed to agree on Saturday how to impose a bank levy, possibly delaying a global accord on taxing the financiers many accuse of causing recession.

Europeans are increasingly using their cellphones for satellite navigation in cars, directly threatening the personal navigation industry, research firm comScore said Friday.

Britain's consumer affairs watchdog has slapped a record 225 million pound ($349 million) fine on two tobacco firms and nine retailers accused of fixing prices on tobacco products between 2001 and 2003.

by Vikram S SubhedarAsian stocks retreated from 22-month highs, and higher-yielding currencies fell, as investors booked profits after risky assets ran up in recent sessions on the back of good economic data.

Called the Hotshot, the condom has been produced after government research showed 12 to14-year-olds did not use sufficient protection when having sex.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue as PC and server spending rebounded, but investors cashed out of a rally triggered by stellar Intel Corp results.

The project, which is unrivalled in scale, went underway in 2008 and is working to catalogue the genetic profiles of cancer cells collected from 25,000 people - 500 per targeted cancers.

(Reuters) - People living in countries with government-run healthcare systems like Sweden and Canada are far more confident than Americans that their families can get good, affordable care, according to a 22-nation survey released on Thursday.

Capital One Financial Corp's U.S. credit-card defaults rose in March in a sign that consumers may still be under stress.

Asian stocks rose and neared 22-month highs on Thursday after U.S. tech and financial firms beat earnings forecasts and China's accelerating economic growth underpinned hopes of a broad, global economic recovery.

An obesity expert from the UK believes Australia has overtaken America as having one of the unhealthiest diets in the world.

Apple Inc said it would delay for one month the international roll-out of its iPad tablet computer, due to heavy demand and swift sales after its launch in the United States.

London City skyscraper Tower 42 is up for sale with a 300 million pounds ($461 million) pricetag as owners BlackRock and Hermes seek to profit from spiralling demand in the UK's stock-starved property market.

The Obama administration vowed on Monday to push for even tougher financial regulation reform, as legislation heads for the Senate floor as soon as next week.

(Reuters) - Deaths of women in and around childbirth have gone down by an average of 35 percent globally, according to a study using new methods, but are surprisingly high in the United States, Canada and Norway.