October 01, 2011 | 07:16
World stock markets ended one of the most brutal quarters in years Friday, with bourses in New York and Europe seeing sell-offs to match the 2008 crisis and the dot.com bubble.
December 30, 2010 | 17:54
Manufacturing activity in China fell to a three-month low in December but soaring raw material costs continued to fan inflationary pressures in the economy, an independent survey said Thursday.