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Australian 50 dollar note, made of polymer, is seen in this ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:51:44 GMT

(AFP) - Australian 50 dollar note, made of polymer, is seen in this file photo. Two executives at a banknote-making firm part-owned by Australia's central bank have been suspended over a police probe into alleged bribery and kickbacks, according to officials.(AFP/William West)

Indian workers put up the logo of telecom firm Vodafone outside ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:50:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian workers put up the logo of telecom firm Vodafone outside the corporate office in Mumbai, 2007. British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc has sought an extra two months to reply to a two-billion-dollar Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)

In this product image provided by Hewlett Packard, the HP Mini ...

(Canadian Press) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:14:15 GMT

(Canadian Press) - In this product image provided by Hewlett Packard, the HP Mini laptop computer is shown. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Hewlett Packard)

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks to a luncheon meeting ...

(Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:51 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks to a luncheon meeting of the combined Canadian and Empire Clubs in Toronto on Friday November 20, 2009. Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Market charts show weekly figures for Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:14:41 GMT

(AP) - Market charts show weekly figures for Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, NYSE, AMEX and Russell

Chart shows daily market figures for Dow, S&P, Russell 2000 ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:10:12 GMT

(AP) - Chart shows daily market figures for Dow, S&P, Russell 2000 and Nasdaq, along with NYSE and Nasdaq diary; stand-alone;

Chairman of the Board of Saputo Lino Saputo addresses the company's ...

(Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:54:34 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Chairman of the Board of Saputo Lino Saputo addresses the company's AGM in Laval, Que., Wednesday July 6, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS Graham Hughes

A bar of Cadbury's milk chocolate. A charitable trust controlling ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - A bar of Cadbury's milk chocolate. A charitable trust controlling US chocolate maker Hershey is backing a bid of 17 billion dollars for Britain's Cadbury, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)

People using mobile phones walk by a securities firm's electronic ...

(Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:55 GMT

(Canadian Press) - People using mobile phones walk by a securities firm's electronic board indicating global stock prices in Tokyo. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 51.79 points, or 0.5 percent, to 9,492.74, the lowest finish since July 17 when the key index closed at 9,395.32. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty speaks during question period ...

(Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:54 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., on Thursday November 19, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

A Pakistani employee fills the tank of a motorcycle at a gasoline ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Pakistani employee fills the tank of a motorcycle at a gasoline station in Karachi, in July 2009. Oil prices remained depressed Friday amid a strengthening dollar and concerns over sustainable economic recovery.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)

Interactive graphic on the Airbus A380, the world's largest ...

(AFP iactiv) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:34 GMT

(AFP iactiv) - Interactive graphic on the Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, as an Air France super-jumbo makes its first Transtlantic flight with production and delivery delays still plaguing Airbus.(AFP iactiv)

An Airbus A380 operated by Air France lands for the first time ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:34 GMT

(AFP) - An Airbus A380 operated by Air France lands for the first time on a commercial Paris-New York route at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Newspapers are displayed at a newsstand in October 2009 in San ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:40 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Newspapers are displayed at a newsstand in October 2009 in San Francisco, California. US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke speaks during The ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:45 GMT

(Reuters) - Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke speaks during The Economic Club of New York luncheon in New York, November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Hundreds of passengers wait in line in the area of departure ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:56 GMT

(AFP) - Hundreds of passengers wait in line in the area of departure at Santiago airport. Chilean airports resumed normal activity on Friday, after some 2,000 airport workers launched a country-wide strike that caused flight delays, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation said.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is unveiled in Everett, Washington ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is unveiled in Everett, Washington in 2007. US aerospace giant Boeing broke ground Friday for the second assembly plant for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled for its first test flight by the end of the year.(AFP/File/Tangi Quemener)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner listens to a statement ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:18 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner listens to a statement by the chairman of the Joint Economic committee prior to testifying to the hearing on "Financial Regulatory Reform: Protecting Taxpayers and the Economy" on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang

The logo of STX Europe shipyard is pictured in Turku. South ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - The logo of STX Europe shipyard is pictured in Turku. South Korean shipbuilding giant STX is cutting 351 jobs in France through voluntary departures at the historic Saint-Nazaire shipyard, company officials said on Friday.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)

A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:25:32 GMT

(Reuters) - A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in Davos in January 2009. The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

Traders wait for the IPO of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:09:38 GMT

(Reuters) - Traders wait for the IPO of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd as officers of the company ring the opening bell (above) at the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Greenpeace activists lay in front of the Energy Ministry in ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - Greenpeace activists lay in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara in 2008. Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.(AFP/File/Adem Altan)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06:14 GMT

(Reuters) - Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

The Greek socialist government tabled a budget on Friday to ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Greek socialist government tabled a budget on Friday to cut the public deficit to 9.1 percent of output and save the country's economy from the "emergency room," Prime Minister George Papandreou, pictured on November 19, said.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

NYSE floor official Anthony Sherman prepares for the IPO of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:38 GMT

(Reuters) - NYSE floor official Anthony Sherman prepares for the IPO of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Traders await the IPO of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Traders await the IPO of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

NYSE governor Thomas Kay (L) and floor official Anthony Sherman ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - NYSE governor Thomas Kay (L) and floor official Anthony Sherman prepare for the IPO of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

He Boquan, (2nd R) Chairman and Co-Founder, watches as his Chinese ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:14 GMT

(Reuters) - He Boquan, (2nd R) Chairman and Co-Founder, watches as his Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd begins to trade on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo, a Trader works on the floor at ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:28:30 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo, a Trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. The stock market lost ground for a third straight day as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Foreign labourers work at a construction site in front of Dubai's ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - Foreign labourers work at a construction site in front of Dubai's landmark Burj al-Arab hotel in March 2009. The Dubai economy is growing at a five percent rate, less than in previous years but ahead of the most cautious forecasts, the head of a government economic committee said on Friday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)

Buildings under construction in Dubai. The Dubai economy is ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - Buildings under construction in Dubai. The Dubai economy is growing at a five percent rate, less than in previous years but ahead of the most cautious forecasts, the head of a government economic committee said on Friday.(AFP/File/Oliver Lang)

Specialty traders at the Kellogg Capital kiosk prepare for the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:55 GMT

(Reuters) - Specialty traders at the Kellogg Capital kiosk prepare for the IPO of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

CEO of General Motors Co. Fritz Henderson is seen at the Opel ...

(Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:22:11 GMT

(Canadian Press) - CEO of General Motors Co. Fritz Henderson is seen at the Opel headquarter in Ruesselsheim, central Germany, Nov. 10, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Michael Probst)

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:18:17 GMT

(Reuters) - A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Workers walks out during a lunch break at a newly constructed ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - Workers walks out during a lunch break at a newly constructed building near the iconic Malaysian landmark Patronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur in August 2009. Malaysia economy shrunk by 1.2 percent in the third quarter, the country's statistics department said Friday.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)

Customers leave a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - Customers leave a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Beijing in March 2009. Malaysia's finance ministry has issued a commercial banking licence to China's largest bank, the country's central bank announced Friday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

A Sri Lankan vegetable vendor counts money in Colombo on January ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Sri Lankan vegetable vendor counts money in Colombo on January 2009. The International Monetary Fund said Friday Sri Lanka's foreign reserves have reached "comfortable levels," helped by a bailout package, but economic growth was still below potential.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)

An Indian labourer loads stalks of sugar cane onto a cycle rickshaw ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indian labourer loads stalks of sugar cane onto a cycle rickshaw at a wholesale market in Hyderabad. The government promised Friday to ensure that sugar cane farmers do not suffer as it sought to defuse a major row over pricing that has stalled parliamentary proceedings.(AFP/File/Noah Seelam)

People are reflected on a Volkswagen logo in Hamburg, Germany. ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:00 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - People are reflected on a Volkswagen logo in Hamburg, Germany. Volkswagen said its supervisory board has cleared the way for its planned takeover of sportscar maker Porsche.(AFP/DDP/File/Roland Magunia)

A Volkswagen Polo model being retrieved by an automated palette ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Volkswagen Polo model being retrieved by an automated palette from a storage tower near the company's main factory in Wolfsburg. Volkswagen is to invest about 25.8 billion euros ($39 billion) in factories, materials and vehicle types by the end of 2012.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)

Interactive graphic on Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, ...

(AFP iactiv) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:00 GMT

(AFP iactiv) - Interactive graphic on Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, whose supervisory board has cleared the way for its planned takeover of luxury sportscar maker Porsche to forge a merged German car giant.(AFP iactiv)

Workers pack roses for export on a farm in Naivasha, northwest ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - Workers pack roses for export on a farm in Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi. Leaders of the five-member East African Community bloc have signed a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence, the first of its kind on the continent.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)

Workers at a textile processing and export factory in Kenya ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - Workers at a textile processing and export factory in Kenya inspect and cut fabric. Leaders of the five-member East African Community bloc have signed a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence, the first of its kind on the continent.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)

An employee walks past two slabs of flat carbon steel in a blast ...

(DDP/AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:44 GMT

(DDP/AFP) - An employee walks past two slabs of flat carbon steel in a blast furnance in Arcelor's Eisenhuettenstadt facility in eastern Germany. World steel output rose 13.1% in October from the level of output a year earlier, driven largely by production in China, the World Steel Association says.(DDP/AFP/Michael Urban)

Rolls-Royce Cars Asia-Pacific director Colin Kelly in New Delhi. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:10 GMT

(AFP) - Rolls-Royce Cars Asia-Pacific director Colin Kelly in New Delhi. Rolls-Royce says the market for its ultra-luxury cars is picking up dramatically across Asia as the effects of the global financial crisis recede.(AFP/Raveendran)

A man uses a ATM machine at French bank Caisse d'Epargne. ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man uses a ATM machine at French bank Caisse d'Epargne. Banks should step up their lending to support economic growth while taking steps to curb "undue" bonuses, European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet says.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)

Sony Bravia televisions at the Consumer Electronics Trade Fair ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - Sony Bravia televisions at the Consumer Electronics Trade Fair in Berlin. Sony is to launch a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive has said.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)

Night view of the Suncor oil extraction facility in Alberta, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - Night view of the Suncor oil extraction facility in Alberta, Canada. Oil prices were mixed and likely to stay under $80 amid high energy inventories in the United States, the world's biggest energy-consuming nation, analysts say.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)

Iberia planes at Barajas airport in Madrid. Iberia cabin crews ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iberia planes at Barajas airport in Madrid. Iberia cabin crews have axed plans for a series of one-day strikes in the coming weeks after reaching a pay agreement with the carrier, a union spokesman says.(AFP/File/Pierre Philippe Marcou)