Thursday, March 01, 2007
Major Asian markets see more losses
NEWS
Saddam ammo caches deadly
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Four years after the Iraq war began, the country remains awash in
Saddam-era
munitions that provide key ingredients for homemade bombs used against
U.S.
troops, according to administration documents and military officials.
Luxury brands take beating in auto-reliability survey
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Toyota's vaunted Lexus luxury brand has fallen from first to fifth in
Consumer
Reports magazine's annual predicted reliability survey, and it's not the
only
luxury brand taking a drubbing.
Diplomacy could define end of Bush's term
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With less than two years left in office, President Bush is talking to
countries he once shunned. This week, the administration agreed to sit
down
with Iran and Syria. Two weeks ago, Bush agreed to provide aid to North
Korea.
The administration has "come to the conclusion that there are limits to
military power ..." says Richard Armitage, deputy secretary of State
during
Bush's first term.
MONEY
Major Asian markets see more losses
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Major Asian stock markets chalked more losses Thursday, sliding for a
third
straight session amid persistent unease about the global economy despite
an
overnight rebound on Wall Street that was buttressed by upbeat comments
from
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Verizon's army toils at daunting upgrade
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One of Verizon's major weapons in its ongoing war against cable TV
companies
isn't fancy new technology. Or its familiar brand name.
