February 3, 2012
MOBILE, Alabama: An assailant stabbed a Mobile police officer to death Friday afternoon outside Mobile County Metro Jail before fleeing in a police cruiser.
The incident began outside the jail at around 3:50 p.m. when the suspect identified as Lawrence Wallace Jr., 24, stabbed the officer before fleeing in the squad car, Lori Myles, spokeswoman for the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, said.
Middle East
March 27, 2010
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has postponed its scheduled March 31st executive board meeting, which had to review Pakistan’s economy and approve the much-awaited fifth tranche worth $1.2 billion under an $11.3 billion standby agreement, officials said on Friday.
Middle East
November 12, 2009
NEW YORK – The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange:
NYSE:
Macy's Inc., down $1.57 at $17.86
The department store's third-quarter loss shrunk on inventory controls and localization, while it raised its full-year outlook.
Toll Brothers Inc., up $3.02 at $21.41
The luxury builder said buyers signed 42 percent more contracts for new homes in its fourth fiscal quarter, though revenue was lower.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., up $1.46 at $3.88
Middle East
October 31, 2009
NEW YORK – Regulators have shut California National Bank of Los Angeles and eight smaller related banks as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults.
The banks closed on Friday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation were in California, Illinois, Texas and Arizona. They were divisions of privately held FBOP Corp., a bank holding company based in Oak Park., Ill.
Middle East
September 22, 2009
KARACHI: Eid cards sale starts picking up across the country from the middle of the month of Ramazan, but with the latest technology getting increasingly in vogue, the sale of Eid cards in the past few years has recoded significant diminishing trend.
Middle East
August 19, 2009
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s new government will tap European Union aid in efforts to stop unemployment in the bloc’s poorest nation reaching double-digits, Social Minister Totyo Mladenov said.
“Our efforts from now on will be to tame unemployment’s rampant growth,” Mladenov told Reuters in an interview late on Monday. “If it goes over 10-12 per cent, the situation will become dangerous for the whole economy.”
Labour authorities this week launched a crackdown on the employment of workers unofficially on the “grey economy”, he said.
Middle East
August 9, 2009
PKonweb Report
AUG 8: Firing reportedly occurred during a meeting of the banned group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leaders, and Hakmiullah Mehsud, the spokesman of the TTP, was wounded or killed, local TV channels reported Saturday.
Armed clash was reported to have occurred between two groups of banned TTP during the Shura (council) meeting of its leaders to elect a new chief, and Hakmiullah Mehsud, the spokesman of the TTP was wounded or killed, the private TV channel DAWN News reported.
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