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Australia to focus on high skills, cancels 20K visas Canberra: Australia will dump 20,000 low-skilled migrant applications to re-focus its immigration intake on high-skilled jobs critical to the economy and help meet growing Chinese resource demand, the... (photo: Creative Commons / niv) IBN Live Australia Economy Immigration People Photos |
Toyota says it will act soon on Priuses | TOKYO - said yesterday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has decided to issue a recall for the vehicle in Japan, a possible ne... (photo: Public Domain / IFCAR) The Boston Globe Automaker Hybrid Photos Tokyo Toyota |
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Whaler, Activist Ship Clash in Antarctic Conservationists, Crew of Japanese Harpoon Boat Each Blame Other Side in 2nd Major Collision This Year | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | The anti-whaling group ... (photo: Creative Commons / Julian.ilcheff) CBS News Fish Photos Water Whale World |
Business Highlights Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak Friday when the government released January's unemployment rate showing an unexpected decli... (photo: AP / Rich Pedroncelli) The Examiner America Business Economy Photos Society |
Teenager dies as protests rock Indian Kashmir | SRINAGAR, India -- Police were investigating the reported shooting death of a teenager in the capital of Indian Kashmir on Friday, an officer said, an incident that thr... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The News & Observer Kashmir Photos Protests Teenager Violence |
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by compu... (photo: WN / marzena) The Guardian Africa Climate Photos Tourism |
World stocks tumble amid global recovery doubts | BEIJING -- World stocks tumbled Friday as ballooning European debt and a rise in U.S. unemployment claims added to fears the global economy could slip back into recessi... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)) The Miami Herald Beijing Economy Photos Tokyo US |
China shares fall again after Wall Street losses | SHANGHAI-Chinese shares fell again Friday, unnerved by Wall Street's decline and the possibility of a renewed global economic slump, ending the week down 1.7 percent. |... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Wei Ming) The Boston Globe China Losses Market Photos Stock |
Pentagon calls out commanders for battlefield failures | The U.S. military has reprimanded an unusually large number of commanders for battlefield failures in Afghanistan in recent weeks, reflecting a new push by the top bras... (photo: USMC / Albert F. Hunt) Denver Post Afghanistan Military Pentagon Photos Troops |
Oil Hovers Near $73 Amid Sliding Stock Markets | Filed at 12:24 a.m. ET | SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices hovered above $73 a barrel Friday in Asia after a major sell-off the previous day as investors dumped stocks and c... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) The New York Times Business Energy Markets Photos Singapore |