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<br></a><br>Australia‘s men‘s basketball team won the four-nation Boris Stankovic Continental Cup in Kunshan City on Monday night, beating Turkey 69-52 in the final. Australia led by fourteen <b>points</b> at half time and Turkey failed to get the margin back to single <br><br>US STOCKS-Wall St slips on China sell-off; energy, banks slide - Forbes<br>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell Monday as concerns about the global economy‘s health weighed on Wall Street following a sell-off in Chinese equities. Energy shares led the decline after the sharp drop in China‘s main stock index, while oil <br><br>GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil, stocks slide on demand worries from China - Reuters<br>NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A sharp sell-off in Chinese stocks raised doubts about China‘s ability to lead an economic recovery, dragging down equity markets around the world on Monday and knocking crude prices down almost 4 percent on demand <br>

<br></a><br>BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to defuse criticism of a taxpayer-funded dinner she hosted for Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Josef Ackermann, hitting a rare glitch in her campaign for re-election on Sept. 27. Opposition lawmakers <br><br>Hudson bank tells customers it received regulatory sanction - Birmingham Business Journal<br>Citizens State Bank , of Hudson, Wis., has informed its customers that it received a cease-and-desist order from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The regulatory order has not yet been made public, but in a letter to customers last week, Gene <br><br>National Bank of Canada: Notice of Intention Regarding the Exercise of - Earthtimes<br>MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- 08/27/09 -- National Bank (TSX: NA) today announced that Gisele Desrochers, Senior Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives Office has expressed her intention to exercise up to 15,000 options, as of September 4, 2009. The <br><br>North Carolina bank subs for Colonial to aid Auburn network - Everything Alabama Blog<br>(AP Photo) In this Aug. 22, 2003, file photo, the corporate headquarters of BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., is shown. AUBURN, Ala. -- A North Carolina-based bank agreed Thursday to advertise from signs at Auburn University sporting events, aiding the <br><br>RBC Bank posts $110M loss on bad loans - Birmingham Business Journal<br>A growing problem with bad loans pushed RBC Bank s second-quarter bottom line more than $110 million into the red, according to a report released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The Raleigh-based bank posted a loss of $110.45 million for <br><br>OPD investigates afternoon bank robbery; suspect still at large - Star-Banner<br>OCALA - Ocala Police Department officers responded Thursday at 1:04 p.m. to Heritage Bank of the Southeast, at 1409 E. Silver Springs Blvd., in reference to a robbery. According to an OPD news release, clerks told officials that a black male entered <br><br>TBW-owned Platinum Community Bank gets heat from regulator - Star-Banner<br>The Office of Thrift Supervision has issued a cease and desist order to Platinum Community Bank, owned by former mortgage giant Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, demanding it stop all unsafe or unsound practices. According to the order issued Aug. 21, those <br><br>Royal Bank, TD Bank, National Profits Top Estimates (Update2) - Bloomberg<br>Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank of Canada reported record profits and Toronto-Dominion Bank s earnings topped analysts estimates as Canadian lenders benefited from surging trading revenue and a housing market <br><br>Problem bank list tops 400 - CNN Money<br>NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The number of institutions on the government‘s so-called “problem bank“ list surpassed 400 in the latest quarter, climbing to its highest level in 15 years, according to a government report published Thursday. The numbers <br><br>Bank of China Posts 2.5% Drop in First-Half Net - Wall Street Journal<br>Bank of China Ltd. posted a smaller-than-expected 2.5% drop in first-half earnings, as a nearly 40% surge in lending offset a drop in net <b>interest</b> income. China‘s third-largest bank by assets will cool the pace of lending in the second half, bank <br>

<br></a><br>As the sowing season comes to an end, latest figures reveal the area under paddy cultivation across the country has shrunk 26 per cent this year. Alarm bells are already ringing. A worried Centre on Monday decided to keep subsidising diesel sale up <br><br>Plans in place to meet rising demand for red meat - Jordan Times<br>AMMAN Authorities and the private sector are working to meet a rising demand for red meat during the summer, which is expected to further increase in the holy month of Ramadan. According to official figures, Jordanians consume around 5,000 <br><br>Iraqi PM meets leaders in Kurdistan - Taipei Times<br>Iraq s prime minister headed north on Sunday to the self-ruled Kurdish region to defuse rising tensions and address a range of disputes that have poisoned relations and threatened to become a new source of conflict for the battered country as US <br><br>Public passions are rising on health care overhaul - Dayton Daily News<br>WASHINGTON Booed, jeered and occasionally cheered in a raucous session with the public, a Democratic senator said Monday that other lawmakers can expect the same as they face voters on the divisive issue of overhauling health care. “I wouldn‘t be <br><br>Risk of tick disease rising in Upper Midwest - KARE<br>MINNEAPOLIS -- Deer ticks are expanding their range in the Upper Midwest, increasing the threat of disease to hikers and others tramping through the region‘s woods. Public health officials say it‘s happening in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and southern <br><br>Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market - Rising - KFFL.com<br>Fantasy baseball waivers and the acquisition of fantasy baseball free agents can make or break a season. You may have adjusted your fantasy baseball cheat sheets over and over during spring training. If your team remains the same after opening day <br><br>Commodities Jump to Six-Week High on Outlook for Rising Demand - Bloomberg<br>Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Commodities jumped to a six-week high on heightening speculation that the global recession is easing, bolstering prospects for energy, metal and grain demand. The Standard & Poor s GSCI Index of 24 raw materials rose as much <br><br>Report: Calif. should gird for heat, rising sea - MSNBC<br>SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Even if the world is successful in cutting carbon emissions in the future, California needs to start preparing for rising sea levels, hotter weather and other effects of climate change, a new state report recommends. It <br><br>Report: California must adapt to changing climate - Sacramento Bee<br>SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Even if the world is successful in cutting carbon emissions in the future, California needs to start preparing for rising sea levels, hotter weather and other effects of climate change, a new state report recommends. It <br><br>Kenney‘s rising star has Tories whispering about leadership - 680 News<br>OTTAWA - Raising a future leadership race with Conservatives is like having the sex talk with teenaged kids. Ewwwwww . . . no way! Can we talk about this some other time? But who might replace Stephen Harper once he leaves is the stuff of constant <br>

<br></a><br>Virginia‘s unemployment rate inched up in June. The Virginia Employment Commission reported Wednesday that the seasonally unadjusted rate rose 0.3 of a <b>percentage</b> point in June to 7.3 percent. Labor analysts said the rise in unemployment came as <br><br>Bipartisan negotiators say they can deliver coverage for 95 percent of - Minneapolis Star Tribune<br>WASHINGTON - Senators trying to reach a bipartisan compromise on health care overhaul are reporting progress paring the costs of the plan as they push for a deal this week. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the Democrat leading the negotiations, said <br><br>Stocks slide on worries about economy‘s path - Arlington Heights Daily Herald<br>NEW YORK -- The latest durable goods report is giving the stock market new reasons for worrying about the economic recovery. Stocks fell moderately Wednesday after the Commerce Department said orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured <br><br>More Virginians Unemployed - WTVR-TV<br>VIRGINIA - RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia‘s unemployment rate inched up in June. The Virginia Employment Commission reported Wednesday that the seasonally unadjusted rate rose 0.3 of a <b>percentage</b> point in June to 7.3 percent. Labor analysts said the <br><br>Qwest 2nd-quarter earnings rise 18 percent on one-time tax savings - Minneapolis Star Tribune<br>NEW YORK - Qwest Communications International Inc.‘s second-quarter earnings rose 18 percent because of one-time tax savings, even as revenue continued to slide as customers abandon landline telephones, the phone company said Wednesday. Qwest‘s net <br>