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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS ....................
The dollar was mixed in Asian trade Monday ahead of an expected statement from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on an exit strategy from emergency liquidity measures ... more
Chinese media unleashed a torrent of criticism against Google on Saturday after reports it would leave the country, with state news agency Xinhua alleging the company was linked to US intelligence. ... more
US stocks hit the highest level in more than a year the past week buoyed by strong company earnings and a central bank decision to maintain ultra-low interest rates ... more
Australia Friday voiced confidence its vital trade ties with China would not be harmed by next week's sensitive trial of an Australian mining executive charged with bribery and industrial espionage. ... more
YouTube's creators walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars after the startup was bought by Google in 2006, according to documents released in a copyright brawl between Viacom and Google. ... more
Last-ditch talks aimed at preventing a strike by some 12,000 British Airways (BA) cabin crew collapsed Friday, leaving thousands of travellers facing chaos from midnight (0000 GMT). ... more
Americans who don't pay their taxes face hefty fines, can have their property seized or their wages witheld. Or worse still, they could find themselves named and shamed on the Internet. ... more
Partly-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group forecast on Friday that it will return to profitability in 2010 and reported strong trade in the first few months of the year. ... more
Alibaba.com, China's biggest business-to-business web group, on Thursday officially started operations in Brazil, which it said showed huge potential for growth. ... more
Sales of desktop computers soared 30 percent in February defying talk that such machines are being made obsolete by laptops, smartphones and other mobile devices. ... more
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke called for his central bank to keep broad regulatory powers Wednesday, amid a fierce debate about how to police Wall Street. ... more
Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said Wednesday. ... more
US stocks posted modest gains Wednesday after a tame inflation report eased fears of interest rate hikes a day after the Federal Reserve issued a slightly better economic outlook. ... more
The World Bank on Wednesday urged China to let its currency rise to contain inflation and stop the economy overheating, predicting that growth will gallop ahead at 9.5 percent this year. ... more
The US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates low for some time and an anticipated further loosening of monetary policy by the Bank of Japan helped Asian stocks higher on Wednesday. ... more
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LOCAL
$7m damage to roads, jetties, seawallsAn estimated total of $7.6 million is the loss to infrastructure in Fiji’s northern and eastern divisions as a result of Cyclone Tomas.
SPORTS
Fiji's hopes lie in So Kon PoThe Fiji 7s team left for Hong Kong this morning knowing very well this will be the last chance they have in keeping their hopes of winning the 2009/10 World 7s Series alive.
BUSINESS
Steel price increase approvedSteel prices in Fiji have increased by up to eight percent following the Commerce Commission’s approval of a submission by Fletcher Pacific Steel.
ENTERTAINMENT
Weisz wins top actress gongOscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz scooped a top prize at Britain's Laurence Olivier theatre awards for her role in the classic play "A Streetcar Named Desire."
OFFBEAT
Chilean sailor returns cashA Chilean sailor returned four million pesos (7,600 dollars) in cash he found inside an open safe amid the rubble of a house destroyed by last month's devastating quake and tsunami, local media reported Friday.
FIJIAN
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