Oswald Mosley was cremated at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. I was producing his obituary for BBC Radio 4 so I went along with the late Colin Cross, the author of The Fascists in Britain. Arguably, journalists have no place at funerals and as usual I felt out of place in Mosley’s company. It […]
August 2013
Firefighters found themselves dangling 40 feet above the stage in the Clark Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, the third day of a weeklong course on rescue techniques. Seven members of the Five Cities Fire Authority and two from a Northern California agency are participating in the state-certified Rescue Systems 1 class, said Michael […]
A series of leading fund managers believe the trend towards ‘onshoring’ and ‘nearshoring’ production back from emerging to developed markets could reap rewards. Onshoring is being driven by a combination of factors, not least rising wage inflation and declining competitiveness in emerging markets, while a number of developed nations are also benefiting from more […]
SYDNEY: Asian markets were thrown a lifeline on Thursday when surprisingly strong data on China’s huge manufacturing sector helped offset rising US bond yields, lifting currencies and shares from deep early lows. Assets across the region had been under heavy pressure after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July policy meeting showed it […]
Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:03pm EDT (Adds analysis, quotes, stocks on the move) SYDNEY Aug 22 (Reuters) – Australian shares were down 0.5 percent on Thursday morning, as relief from an upbeat Chinese manufacturing report wasn’t enough to offset a mixed bag of earnings and minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s last meeting, which failed […]
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY | Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:30pm EDT SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets were thrown a lifeline on Thursday when surprisingly strong data on China’s huge manufacturing sector helped offset rising U.S. bond yields, lifting currencies and shares from deep early lows. Assets across the region had been under heavy pressure after […]
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Asia shares, currencies hit as yields jump on Fed August 22, 2013Latest Update: August 22, 2013 05:06 pm Malaysian ringgit bank notes of different denominations are seen in this picture illustration taken in Kuala Lumpur on August 20, 2013. Emerging Asian currencies extended losses today as capital continued to flow out of the region due […]
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY | Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:45pm EDT SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets took a spill on Thursday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July policy meeting showed it was still on track to start tapering stimulus as early as next month, sending Treasury yields to two-year highs. Wall Street stocks sold […]
