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Greece will launch a multi-billion dollar bond in the United States this month, selling itself for the first time as an emerging market as demand for its debt dwindles in Europe, the Financial Times reported.

The administrators of Lehman Brothers' U.K. unit are objecting to a plan by the collapsed U.S. investment bank to create an asset manager that would continue to oversee its illiquid assets post-bankruptcy.

The Aussie dollar opens this morning slightly above the 92 cent level buoyed by optimism of a continued recovery in global economic growth following upbeat U.S economic data in the form of increasing employment.

The dollar retreated from a seven-month high against the yen on Monday as investors booked profits following four days of gains for the U.S. currency. Higher oil and metals prices helped propel the Canadian dollar to a 20-month high against its U.S. counterpart, leaving it within striking distance of parity, while the euro slipped. A holiday-thinned market kept trading volume light, with the UK, most euro zone countries and parts of Asia closed.

U.S. palladium and platinum futures rose to their highest since 2008 on Monday on strong physical demand and better sentiment, and gold contracts hit a two-week high in thin post-holiday trade.

More than one in seven staff members said they or a colleague had been bullied by children spreading malicious rumours about them on-line, according to research.

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said on Sunday he is prepared to commit up to 500 million pounds ($760 million) to support Virgin Money in its bid to buy the branch network of the Royal Bank of Scotland .

Thaliomide, the sedative drug taken by mothers to reduce morning sickness, half a century ago, which resulted in high risk of birth defects, treats a rare inherited blood disorder, according to recently reported lab experiments.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the world's large economies were close to agreeing a global tax on banks to help prevent another financial crisis, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Apple Inc's iPad hit stores on Saturday after months of buildup, igniting excitement and kicking off a critical sales period that will determine if the sleek tablet computer becomes the next blockbuster.

Apple Inc's iPad hit store shelves on Saturday after months of breathless buildup, kicking off a critical sales period that will determine if the sleek tablet computer becomes the next blockbuster.

China's central bank said on Friday that it expected the dollar to strengthen this year, but it raised the specter of worldwide asset bubbles and inflation.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson said mephedrone - currently freely available to buy on the internet and in shops selling legal highs - would join amphetamines and cannabis as an outlawed class B drug, the second most dangerous kind.

Audits are underway at a new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats hiding funds in tax shelters, but don't expect a flood of evaders to come to light any time soon.

Factories in the United States, Europe and Asia cranked up production last month, suggesting recovery from a deep recession was taking root in economies around the globe.

A few months ago I had written about the gold's love for tragedies. Gold always thrived on disasters like recession and rising inflation rates. So when the world is looking rosy and there are no immediate financial dangers lurking in the backyard of countries, what will the much-sought-after yellow metal do? If you want to know this, just have a look at the movements of gold prices in the recent past when World Bank and International Monetary Fund predicted that the global economy is back on tra...

Factories across Europe and Asia cranked up production in March, business surveys showed on Thursday, showing a strong recovery in fast-growing emerging markets taking root in the developed West.

PIMCO sees Europe's action on Greece as ineffective in fixing the country's problems, while Britain's sovereign debt rating could be downgraded within a year, a top executive of the world's largest bond fund said.

Factories in China and India cranked up production in March and Japanese business morale rose to its highest in more than a year on signs of improving global demand, boosting hopes for a sustainable economic recovery.

The iPad will not hit stores until Saturday, but the race to unlock its mysteries started several weeks ago in San Luis Obispo, a picturesque college town roughly 200 miles south of Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters.

The Aussie Dollar was shaken yesterday after a disappointing set of retail sales figures and building approvals.