January 25, 2012
Two Vietnamese sailors on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean two years ago have called home saying the pirates had chopped off an arm of the captain. The pirates are demanding a US$2.8-million ransom. On January 20, Tran Van Hung, one of the 26 crew members of the [...]
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February 24, 2009
The company logo of Citigroup is displayed outside Citibank Tower in Hong Kong Monday. The lender could be among the banks that are nationalized under a US government plan. The US, which says it doesn’t want to nationalize banks, may find itself taking a step in that direction if it converts the governmentâs preferred shares [...]
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