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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds may fall, lifting 10- year yields from near the lowest since March, on speculation global stocks will rebound after the Federal Reserve cut the interest rate it charges banks to help ease a credit crunch.

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks may advance after the Federal Reserve unexpectedly cut the discount rate to ease a credit crunch, boosting stocks in the U.S. and Europe.

Despite Japan’s so-called lost decade from 1991-2002, when its economy stagnated, the country still remains the world’s second largest economy after the United States and well ahead of Germany and China.

HAKONE, Kanagawa Pref. (Kyodo) Sakura Yokomine took full advantage of the lead she took after two rounds to hold off a hard-charging Shiho Oyama by two shots at the Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies on Sunday. Yokomine, who had a four-stroke cushion at the beginning of the day, survived a shaky stretch late in the final round to capture her second title of the year and seventh overall after a ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — While plenty of activities are coming up, most seem to be crowded toward the weekend. With this being the first full week of school, perhaps that’s a good thing.

POLICE are investigating a seven-vehicle pile-up on the freeway between Sydney and Newcastle, in which two people were injured.

GAURAV SINGH Gill (co-driver Moosa Sheriff) went through the motions in the 2.40km Super Special stage on Sunday to emerge victorious in the Bosch K1000 Rally here.

Latest championship standings post-Rallye Deutschland, round 10 out of 16 in the 2007 FIA WRC.

Sebastien Loeb wins in Germany for the sixth year in succession; Francois Duval takes the runners-up spot after Marcus Gronholm's error in the final test; Mikko Hirvonen completes the rostrum...

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Francois Duval takes his fourth stage win in a row and cuts the gap to Marcus Gronholm in second overall to just 5.6 seconds.

Mitsubishi Ralliart Australia boss, Alan Heaphy, says that he is still no closer to being able to announce plans for the team’s 2007 season, despite Christmas fast approaching.

It’s a sadly familiar story – young driver makes his way up the rally ladder only to find that when he gets to the top, there’s nowhere to go.

Francois Duval makes it three from three in the short SSS - his fifth stage win of the event.

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Francois Duval tops the times again, as Chris Atkinson crashes out.

Francois Duval continues to shine and sets the pace in SS15 increasing the gap to Mikko Hirvonen three-fold.

The story of how the London pop band Dirty Vegas moved to Massachusetts begins with "Days Go By," the mega hit that made the group famous back in 2002.

Low-slung and lovely, the 2008 Nissan Altima coupe is the prettiest car penned by the brand's talented designers since the Murano and 350Z debuted in 2002. It's also the latest model to attempt to take root in the hothouse environment that is the market for front-wheel drive sporty coupes. Like exotic orchids, front-drive sport coupes are delicate and short-lived. The conventional wisdom is that ...

Seven people, including two from Harrisburg, were hospitalized following a multiple-car crash early Saturday on Interstate 5 near Brownsville. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office assisted Oregon State Police in handling the wreck, which happened about 2:30 a.m. at milepost 216.

TOKYO: Asian stocks had their worst week in 17 years and the yen gained the most since December 2005 as investors fled high-yielding, or riskier, assets funded by loans in Japan’s currency.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of major banks said it endorsed the Federal Reserve's action to cut the discount rate earlier on Friday as a step that could improve credit market conditions.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shortly after the Federal Reserve surprised markets on Friday with a half-point cut in the rate it charges on loans to banks, the New York Fed president called top bankers to encourage them to borrow money from the central bank.

It’s been a quiet summer for Chris Lubanski, but the Royals’ outfield prospect is showing signs of heating up in the final weeks of the minor-league season.

Queensland police are appealing for public help to find a missing 13-year-old girl and her 32-year-old brother-in-law.

HAKONE, Kanagawa Pref. (Kyodo) Sakura Yokomine shot her second straight 6-under 67 Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies. The six-time winner on the Japan LPGA tour started the day with an eagle on the par-3 first hole as she did in the opening round and birdied Nos. 5, 6 and 9 before making the turn at the par-73 Daihakone Country ...

It had to happen some day. With inter-association and inter corporate rivalry showing no signs of abating, there will soon be another national racing championship. Such situations are looked at with suspicion in other disciplines. Not in motor sport. The JK Tyre National Racing Championship has been established for some years now. Rival tyre firm MRF, yesterday, unfolded its own version of a ...

MIAMI, Okla. — Lodonna and Patrick Yarbrough of Tulsa drove to Miami three weeks ago to assess for themselves if the campus of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College would be up and going after the devastating flood in early July by the time their son arrived on campus for the fall semester.

Coimbatore: A seven-member contingent representing the Asian Motor Racing Club of Sri Lanka has confirmed its participation in the MRF International Challenge, the country’s largest racing event, which begins at the Kari Motor Speedway ...

ANDERSON, Mo. — He was a light that naturally drew people, in life as well as death. Before he was slain in his church on a Sunday afternoon, the late Kernel S. Rehobson had shown many facets of himself, his son Kevin Rehobson recalled Saturday morning.

England Lions batsmen put the Indian attack to sword with an exhibition of power-hitting before the skies opened up with a vengeance, forcing a premature end to the practice match at the Northampton County Ground here on Saturday...

Reigning world champion Sebastien Loeb is on course for a record-breaking sixth consecutive Rally Germany crown after establishing a 37.8-second lead ahead of the final day.

Despite the attention given to takeover bids for the Netherlands-based ABN Amro, which will likely be the largest banking takeover ever, Asia Pacific's banking sector has seen rapid growth in mergers and acquisitions, with more expected in the future.

RALLYING: Sebastien Loeb is on course for a record-breaking sixth consecutive Rally Germany crown.

Sebastien Loeb ends day 2 with a good 40-odd sec cushion; Marcus Gronholm is on course for the runners-up spot, while Francois Duval and Mikko Hirvonen are battling for the final spot on the podium, the former 5.1 secs in front...

Chris Atkinson sets the best time in the final test of the day, while Sebastien Loeb is second to further extend his lead.

Reigning world champion Sebastien Loeb is on course for a record-breaking sixth consecutive Rally Germany crown after establishing a 37.8-second lead ahead of the final day.

Sebastien Loeb ends day 2 in Germany with a good 40-odd second cushion; Marcus Gronholm is on course for the runners-up spot, while Francois Duval and Mikko Hirvonen are battling for the final spot on the podium, the former 5.1 secs in front...

Sebastien Loeb wins SS13 - his fifth stage win of the event and extends his lead by 4.1 seconds.

Tokyo, Japan, Aug 17, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TSE: 7011; 'MHI') has received an order for a large-scale purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant from Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. (PKN ORLEN), Poland's largest oil refining and petrochemical company.

The sight of a sobbing man holding his dying son in his arms was enough for Jennifer Elder to spring into action.

The Federal Reserve lowered the interest rate it charges banks and acknowledged for the first time Friday that an extraordinary policy shift is needed to contain the subprime-mortgage collapse that began roiling the world's financial markets two months ago.

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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks tumbled for the fourth week, posting their biggest drop in 17 years as a deepening U.S. housing slump and spreading credit crunch cooled investor demand for equities. BHP Billiton Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corp. fell.

Mitsubishi Corp., Japan's largest trading company, and PT Pertamina will seek $800 million in loans to develop Indonesia's fourth liquefied natural gas plant. Read more ...

Japanese banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., may face losses from their holdings of collateralized debt obligations and other asset-backed products, as risk aversion spreads from... Read more ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Friday it has received an order to build a large-scale chemical plant for Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A., Poland's leading oil refining and petrochemical... Read more ...

HAKONE, Kanagawa Pref. (Kyodo) Sakura Yokomine and Akane Iijima shot 6-under 67s to share the lead after the opening round of the New Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies on Friday. Yokomine eagled the par-5 first hole and added five birdies against a lone bogey at the par-73 Daihakone Country Club. The popular 21-year-old has seven top-five finishes, including her sixth career victory at the Chukyo TV ...

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Asian currencies tumbled this week, wiping out this year's gains in the Singapore dollar and South Korean won, as losses linked to the subprime market sparked the worst five-day decline in the region's stocks since 1990.

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year notes had their biggest weekly gain since the government started issuing the securities in 2000 as concern over a global credit crunch fueled demand for sovereign debt.

TOKYO — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said Friday it has received an order to build a large-scale chemical plant for Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A., Poland's leading oil refining and petrochemical company.

The usual rough and tumble story of a rough road rally. The first day of the Bosch K 1000 rally here (near Bangalore) saw two pullouts, 'ditched', so to say, in the dirt. Meanwhile, rally favourite Gaurav Gill took the lead after five stages, clocking only 28:18 penalty points. Gill (co-driver Moosa Sherief) is driving a modified Mitsubishi Cedia 2000 cc, and is a part of Team MRF. He maintains ...

NEW DELHI: The India Japan Business Leaders Forum, comprising CEOs of top companies from both sides, will be launched during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the country next week. M. S. Asahi of Mitsubishi, K. Furukawa of ...

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The benchmark Nikkei index was down by 5.4 percent as investors who have been borrowing yen to invest globally rushed to cut their losses.

The yen climbed to a fourteen-month high against the dollar in volatile trading on Friday as tumbling Asian stock markets gave fresh impetus to the brutal unwind of carry trades seen in the previous session.

HAKONE — Sakura Yokomine and Akane Iijima shot 6-under 67s to share the lead after the opening round of the New Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies on Friday.

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks fell more than 5 percent Friday to a one-year low as the dollar's sharp drop against the yen fueled concerns about earnings outlooks in a market already hurt by the U.S. housing loan crisis.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei share index fell on Friday at its fastest pace since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, as a morning slide in share prices turned into an afternoon rout.

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Seven hours after basketball player Ryan Francis was killed by shots fired from a high-powered weapon, police arrested Deanthony Ford and found a large, .50-caliber handgun under the driver’s seat of the Mitsubishi Montero Sport he was driving.

Asian banking shares, led by Australia's Macquarie Bank, rallied on Friday after financial stocks on Wall Street staged a late bounce on speculation of a cut in US interest rates.

JAKARTA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia's state oil and gas firm, Pertamina, will sign an agreement to build a $1.2 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Sulawesi island with Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. , a Pertamina official said on Friday.

Japanese financial markets continued to show a strong aversion to risk on Friday morning, though finance shares regained some favour.

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese banks including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. may face losses from their holdings of collateralized debt obligations and other asset-backed products, as risk aversion spreads from subprime mortgages to other markets.

An executive at Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has told Reuters that the institution would not rule out pursuing the acquisition of a commercial bank in either Europe or the US in a move to expand its global footprint.

TOKYO - Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. aims to take a slice of the growing green fuel market with a planned annual 2 million kiloliters of green ethanol output capacity by 2017, a senior manager told Reuters on Thursday.

Mitsubishi driver Molly Taylor’s excellent run in the Australian Rally Championship continued at the weekend, when she finished both Heats of Toyota Kluger Rally South Australia in the top 20.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Japan's biggest bank, plans to sell bonds linked to earthquake risk to tap demand from investors seeking higher returns and from companies to hedge the cost of... Read more ...

Canadian mining companies including Barrick Gold Corp. and Teck Cominco said on Thursday their operations in Peru suffered no material damage from a 8.0-magnitude earthquake that shook the country overnight.

TOKYO: So, Asia finally unshackled itself from the US economy. Riiiight! Just ask executives at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial. Shares in Japan’s largest bank fell to a two-year low on Wednesday amid losses from the US mortgage crisis.

Sources close to the developments told Business Line that this move could lead to major changes in the relationship between Hindustan Motors and Mitsubishi. “It is evolving. We don’t know how the future ties are going to develop from here onwards,” sources said.

Shares of Japanese companies listed on U.S. markets declined Thursday, shadowing an overseas selloff last night that could be nearing an end, according to one analyst.

Shares in London accelerated declines at the end of a frantic session that saw the index of the UK's leading companies end down more than 4 per cent.

Investors in the US followed counterparts in Asia and Europe and sold equities as worries about the the fallout from collapse of the subprime mortgage market mounted.

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The Dow Jones-Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi-UFJ weekly business barometer decreased by 0.1% in the week ended Aug. 4 after a 0.3% increase in the prior week, according to data reported Thursday.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The Dow Jones-Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi-UFJ weekly business barometer decreased by 0.1% in the week ended Aug. 4 after a 0.3% increase in the prior week, according to data reported Thursday.

When a company has a record setting 12 wins – seven consecutive since 2001 – at the famous Dakar Rally that constitutes a remarkable heritage. Known as the toughest race in the world, it’s just one of the records held my Mitsubishi Motors in rallying and racing.

European equity markets approached their lowest levels of the year on Thursday as concerns about financial companies and their exposure to the tightening of the credit market gathered pace.

Within five days last month, two of the biggest banks in the city, WestLB and IKB Deutsche Industriebank, removed their top executives after losses from trading and investments in U.S. subprime mortgages.

Asian share prices slumped to three-month lows after two major banks, Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui, reported losses on investments related to U.S. subprime loans.

Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. <8306.T>, would consider buying a commercial bank in Europe or the United States to expand its international operations, a senior executive said on Thursday.

Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- So, Asia finally unshackled itself from the U.S. economy. Riiiight! Just ask executives at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. Shares in Japan's largest bank fell to a two-year low yesterday amid losses from the U.S. mortgage crisis.

Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. , would consider buying a commercial bank in Europe or the United States to expand its international operations, a senior executive said on Thursday.

TOKYO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The following stocks are on the move on Thursday: **MITSUBISHI MATERIALS, NONFERROUS SMELTERS DOWN ON PRICE FALL**

Worrying reports from Australia and Japan send stocks lower Wednesday.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. had unrealized losses of about ¥5 billion on investments related to U.S. subprime loans as of the end of July. Read more ...

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks trading in the U.S. fell to their lowest in nine months on concern mounting losses from the credit markets will reduce earnings. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and BHP Billiton led the decline.

Japanese bonds rose on speculation that widening losses linked to U.S. subprime mortgages would spur demand for government debt.

Asian stocks slumped to a three-month low, led by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, after the banks reported losses on investments related to U.S. subprime loans.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks trading in the U.S. fell to their lowest in nine months on concern mounting losses from the credit markets will reduce earnings. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and BHP Billiton led the decline.

Broad index loses all its gains as credit problems crunch Wall Street.

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Asset management firm Van Eck Global launches an investment fund designed to track the strength of the nuclear power industry due to renewed interest in nuclear power.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Global stocks retreated, led by financial shares, on concern the fallout from the subprime- mortgage rout is spreading. Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, fell after Merrill Lynch & Co. lowered the stock to ``sell.''

Stocks opened marginally lower after another down day in Asia and Europe amid signs that turmoil in the U.S. mortgage market is continuing to spread.

Financial stocks led a broad retreat in Asia today, amid more signs that the turmoil in the American mortgage market was spreading.

Many Syrians say their electricity woes are more a function of government incompetence than of international pressure.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency would like to announce that the launch of the Lunar Orbit Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) was rescheduled as follows.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks slumped to a three-month low, led by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., after the banks reported losses on investments related to U.S. subprime loans.

Authorities have issued a public warning over the illegal drug para-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), or "Red Mitsubishi", following the death of a 20-year-old NSW man.

TOKYO : Shares in Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) fell heavily Wednesday after the group said it had suffered about 43 million dollars in losses on US sub-prime loans.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks slumped to a three-month low, led by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., after the banks reported losses on investments related to U.S. subprime loans.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks dropped to the lowest at least since December after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. disclosed details of their losses on investments related to U.S. subprime loans.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Basis Capital Fund Management Ltd. told investors losses at one of its hedge funds may exceed 80 percent as the U.S. subprime mortgage rout prompted creditors to force the Sydney-based company to sell assets.

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Murchison Metals announced that the signing of definitive agreements to effect the establishment of new iron ore and infrastructure businesses in the Mid West region of Western Australia with Mitsubishi Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, will take place on 19 September 2007.

Asian indexes has sharply dropped early yesterday in the wake of Wall Street's losses on problems in U.S. credit markets, reported Marketwatch. Financial shares of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Sompo Japan Insurance in Japan, and Macquarie Bank in Australia were noted losing ground across Asia.

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei fell 2 percent to hit its lowest for the year on Wednesday as investors sold financial shares such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and exporters after a wave of credit worries hit U.S. stocks overnight and the yen strengthened.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei fell nearly 2 percent to hit its lowest for the year on Wednesday as investors sold financial shares such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and exporters after a wave of credit worries hit U.S. stocks overnight and the yen strengthened.

TOKYO/SYDNEY, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Shares of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. , Macquarie Bank Ltd. and other large banks in Asia tumbled on Wednesday, hit by renewed concern about their exposure to the high-risk U.S. subprime mortgage market and turmoil in global credit markets.

Pedestrians walk past a branch of Japan's mega bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, in Tokyo, 15 February. Shares in Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) fell heavily Wednesday after the group said it had suffered about 43 million dollars in losses on US subprime loans.

TOKYO (AFP) - Shares in Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) fell heavily Wednesday after the group said it had suffered about 43 million dollars in losses on US subprime loans.

Many Syrians say their electricity woes are more a function of government incompetence than of international pressure.

Worries about a global credit squeeze pushed Japan's Nikkei to a five-month low and other Asian indexes to two-month lows, while the yen extended gains as investors shunned risky trades.

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Tokyo's broad TOPIX index hit its lowest point in more than eight months on Wednesday as investors sold financial shares such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and exporters after a wave of credit worries hit U.S. stocks overnight and the yen strengthened.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks slumped to a two-month low, led by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., after the banks reported losses on investments related to U.S. subprime loans.

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Tokyo's broad TOPIX index hit its lowest in more than eight months on Wednesday as investors sold financial shares such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and exporters after a wave of credit worries hit U.S. stocks overnight and the yen strengthened.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian indexes reacted sharply Wednesday to another sell-off on Wall Street on additional problems in U.S. credit markets. Financial shares continued to lose ground across Asia, led by those of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Sompo Japan Insurance in Japan, and Macquarie Bank in Australia.

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Tokyo's broad TOPIX index fell 2 percent on Wednesday as investors sold financial shares such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as well as exporters after a wave of credit worries hit U.S. stocks overnight and the yen grew stronger.

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks dropped after Wal- Mart Stores Inc. cut its profit forecast and money managers continued to suspend investor redemptions, sending U.S. shares tumbling.

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - A wave of credit worries that hit U.S. stocks overnight and a stronger yen are seen dragging down Tokyo stock market on Wednesday, with selling of exporters and financial shares such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group .

NEW YORK : The US dollar and the yen firmed on Tuesday as investors sought a safe haven in a credit crunch that is roiling financial markets. The US currency also benefited from monthly government reports on US trade and inflation, traders said.

Asian financial stocks fell after the Australian mortgage lender Rams Home Loans Group said that "unprecedented disruptions" in credit markets could reduce its profit.

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Us dollar and euro banknotes. The European single currency fell below 1.36 dollars on Tuesday and hit a four-month low against the yen, with trading dominated by risk aversion amid more turbulence on financial markets.

Amazon.com is now selling a Mitsubishi 65-inch 1080p HDTV for $1,949 -- 35 percent off the suggested list price of $2,999. The DLP set offers 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, three HDMI 1.3 inputs, Plush 1080p processing and weighs just 78 pounds.

Patricia Moore and Troy Hadlock, Gettysburg, a son, Aug. 7, 2007, at Hanover Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gilbert (Beth Cryton), Hanover, a daughter, Aug. 8, 2007, at Hanover Hospital.

But core Producer Price Index shows little inflationary pressure.

ADELAIDE-based copper and uranium explorer Archer Exploration announced the start of its exploration program on the West Roxby project in the Far North of SA yesterday, as it debuted on the stock exchange.

(RTTNews) - Tuesday, Asian markets closed trading mixed. Wellington stocks declined on profit taking and a weaker New Zealand dollar, while Sydney stocks end in the red on renewed credit concerns.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Prices paid to U.S. producers rose more than forecast in July on higher fuel costs. Excluding food and energy, the inflation rate was less than predicted.

LONDON (AFP) - The European single currency fell below 1.

SHANGHAI - August 14, 2007: Mitsubishi Motors' 9th-Gen Lancer displayed at U.S. Auto Shows earlier this year will be introduced to China and produced locally in China, the company said recently.

Thieves steal four cars from a house in Surrey during two separate burglaries within days of each other.

JAKARTA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold does not expect a recent Indonesian audit on its massive mine in Papua to mean it has to alter its work contract, a company official said on Tuesday.

"We will try to make the most of the C4's potential to score a top result, but that's no foregone conclusion," says Citroen #2 driver.

(RTTNews) - Tokyo shares closed higher Tuesday, going into close, on bargain hunting. The market witnessed volatility during the course of trading though subprime concerns eased to some extent.

_ The U.S. dollar fell into the upper-117 yen zone and the euro hit its lowest level in four months against the Japanese currency Tuesday in Tokyo, as market participants fled from high-yielding currencies on fears of a credit crunch.

Two suspected robbers were killed while two others were arrested by policemen after a shootout in Kawit, Cavite Tuesday morning, radio DZMM reported. Senior Superintendent Fidel Posadas, Cavite Police Provincial Office director, identified the slain suspects as Jonathan Asajar and Salvador Sorabia.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Malaysia and Brunei are close to resolving a sea boundary dispute that has held up oil exploration for four years and only need to sort out some details, Malaysia's prime minister said on Tuesday.

JPMorgan Private Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management in Tokyo say they are selling the yen because five straight months of declining consumer prices will delay an increase in interest rates by the Bank of Japan.

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Asian stocks were modestly higher on Tuesday as investors shrug off the earlier negative sentiment as energy related stocks rose.

Archer Exploration has started exploration its West Roxby uranium project in South Australia following a modest debut on the ASX.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Malaysia and Brunei have made good progress on resolving a sea boundary dispute that has held up oil exploration for four years and only need to sort out some details, Malaysia's prime minister said on Tuesday.

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Nikkei average gained 0.3 percent on Tuesday, as trading firms such as Itochu Corp. and other energy-related stocks lured buyers looking for cheap valuations and solid profit prospects after recent falls.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose to near the strongest in four months against the euro as credit-market losses prompted investors to shun riskier assets funded by loans in Japan.

13 August 2007 MUSCAT -- National Bank of Oman (NBO) National Bank of Oman (NBO) yesterday signed a $325 million syndicated term loan facility with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Citibank, N.A. and ING Wholesale Banking acting as the initial mandated lead arrangers and book-runners.

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Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose to near the strongest in four months against the euro as credit-market losses prompted investors to shun riskier assets funded by loans in Japan.

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui's term ends next March, and the question of who will replace him has become complicated after a big win for the main opposition Democratic Party in upper house elections last month.

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Deputy Bank of Japan Governor Toshiro Muto looks to be the favourite candidate to take over from BOJ Governor Toshihiko Fukui when his term ends next March.

Asian stocks are mixed in Tuesday trading, as fears continue over sub-prime loans and the global economy.

(RTTNews) - Tuesday, the media reported that Larsen & Toubro is planning to bid for 4,000 MW ultra mega power projects. The company intends to bid for indigenous coal-based projects in Bihar and Orissa. The company said that it would submit its bid for the Krishnapattnam project also.

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Nikkei average was nearly flat on Tuesday, as trading houses such as Itochu Corp. rose while bank shares fell, which some attributed to growing doubts about the chances of a Bank of Japan rate rise this month.

National Bank of Oman (NBO) signed a $325 million syndicated term loan facility with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Citibank, N.A. and ING Wholesale Banking acting as the initial mandated lead arrangers and book-runners, reported Times of Oman. The facility was increased but scaled back to $325 million, making it the most successful syndicated loan transaction signed for an Omani bank.

Overnight concerns from the US that credit-market losses would continue to spread meant shares generally fell across the Asia Pacific region Tuesday morning, with Jakarta, Sydney and Seoul leading the drop.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average moved sideways on Tuesday, with trading houses recouping their recent losses while bank shares such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group continued a slide amid lingering credit concerns.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average slipped 0.1 percent on Tuesday with banks shares such as Mizuho Financial Group Inc. continuing a slide amid lingering credit concerns, while shippers and other recent gainer recouped their previous losses.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian financial stocks declined after Australian mortgage lender Rams Home Loans Group Ltd. said ``unprecedented disruptions'' in credit markets may reduce its profit.

NBO ties up $325 million syndicated term loan facility - Oman

(RTTNews) - Volatile trading is being witnessed in the stock market in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday morning, with alternate bouts of gains and losses among the stocks.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese financial stocks dropped on continued concern U.S. subprime investments will lead to losses. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., which has slumped 13 percent in the last three weeks, paced declines.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian financial stocks declined after U.S. subprime lender Aegis Mortgage Corp. filed for bankruptcy, renewing concern credit-market losses will spread.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose for a second day against the euro and the dollar on speculation investors are reducing riskier assets funded by loans in Japan amid concern losses related to U.S. subprime mortgage defaults are spreading.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks declined after U.S. subprime lender Aegis Mortgage Corp. filed for bankruptcy, renewing concern credit-market losses will spread.

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of Japanese companies that showed the most first-quarter profit growth may climb on speculation a recent sell-off has made them cheap relative to their earnings outlook.

The yen's seven-week rally seems like it is ending. Declining consumer prices will delay rate increases by the Bank of Japan, so investors are selling.

Japanese Ambassador Masahiko Horie picking a winning ticket at the ‘buy ’n fly’ summer promotion raffle for Yokohama tyres, at the Salwa Road showroom of Ali Bin Khalifa al-Hitmi & Co. The promotion began on July 5 and ended on July 31. Also present on the occasion were Mitsubishi Corporation general manager Hiroshi Takeda, general manager of Ali Bin Khalifa al-Hitmi & Co. Adli Sourani, sales & ...

Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia wants to renegotiate its contract with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world's second-largest copper producer, potentially cutting output and boosting royalties from the Grasberg mine.

MONTREAL, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CGI Group Inc. ( Nachrichten ) (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB) announced today that it has successfully increased its credit facility to $1.5 billion from the current $1.0 billion level.

Nancy Jane Harrison, 72, of Damascus was pronounced dead at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda after a collision involving her car and two other vehicles on Woodfield Road near Watkins Road at about 1:20 p.m., county police reported.

8:45 a.m. No injuries or towing resulted from a two-vehicle accident on Friar Run Road. 9:10 a.m. A disorderly conduct complaint was received in the 800 block of York Street.

Nasser will team up with Kent Bedford in 2008.

A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who set fire to 13 cars at Island Mitsubishi on Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd (BCHB) will issue up to RM6 billion conventional and Islamic commercial papers (CPs) and Medium-Term Notes (MTNs) programmes for its short- and long-term funding needs, its managing director/chief executive officer, Datuk Nazir Razak said today.

8:45 a.m. No injuries or towing resulted from a two-vehicle accident on Friar Run Road. 9:10 a.m. A disorderly conduct complaint was received in the 800 block of York Street.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- SVPCO -- Electronic Clearing Services, the electronic check and check image exchange business of The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., today announced that M&I Marshall&Ilsley ( Nachrichten ) Bank, (M&I), an affiliate of Marshall&Ilsley Corporation , is now connected to the SVPCO Image Payments Network.

The decapitated head of a man discovered last week in Pasig City has been identified by a relative, ABS-CBN News reported Monday. City police said Andy de los Reyes identified the victim as Erano Arellano, a locksmith from Tarlac City. Arellano was identified through a scar on his forehead.

Asian stocks mostly advanced but remained volatile Monday on concerns over the health of global credit markets, with financial-services shares ending mixed after suffering big losses late last week.

Many investors had expected the worst on Monday, following last week's turmoil but Asian stocks were calmer, responding to central banks use of liquidity to soothe fears of a credit crunch following losses on subprime loans in the US.

SINGAPORE, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Malaysian shares rose 0.68 percent on Monday after the central bank pledged to inject money into the banking system, led by Malayan Banking and builder Gamuda, lifting the index off its four-month low.

TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Japanese trading houses are stepping up their investment in environmental projects around the globe, betting on tidy profits from selling carbon credits as rising emissions mean Tokyo faces missing its Kyoto target.

Genoa Color Technologies has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a US district court in New York state against Mitsubishi and Samsung. The lawsuit concerns infringement of Genoa's United States Patent No. 7,113,152 entitled "Device System and Method for Electronic True Color Display."

KUALA LUMPUR/BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Malaysia and Brunei have reached a tentative deal to end a maritime border dispute that has halted oil exploration off Borneo island for four years, sources in both countries said on Monday.

Asian stock markets made a tentative recovery and the yen steadied on Monday after central banks around the world pumped money into banking systems to soothe fears of a global credit crisis.