Dubbed "Judgment Day" by local media, the looming verdict has prompted the government to deploy tens of thousands of security forces across the country amid warnings of potential violence by Thaksin's supporters. Opposition groups have said they will only muster a small crowd on the day to save

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AFP Japan's crisis-hit Toyota Motor is set to announce a recall of the latest model of its top-selling Prius hybrid in Japan and the United States due to brake design flaws. "The company has notified its dealers in Japan that it would recall all the (new model Prius) vehicles sold in

An Australian gold mining company denies it has flown Fijian mercenaries in to protect its operation in Papua New Guinea . The local media has labelled the 14 Fijians who arrived at Allied Gold 's Simberi mine in New Ireland earlier this month as mercenaries. PNG immigration

AFP Top managers at Vietnamese budget airline Jetstar Pacific (JPA), part-owned by Australia's Qantas, violated maintenance regulations, Vietnamese regulators say in a report obtained on Wednesday. The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) said the three officials made

Reserve requirements will increase by 50 basis points from Jan. 18, the central bank said on its Web site this evening. The existing levels are 15.5 percent for big banks and 13.5 percent for smaller ones. Chinese lenders added a record 9.21 trillion yuan ($1.3 trillion)

The People’s Bank of China sold one-year bills at a yield of 1.8434 percent after last week guiding three-month rates higher. Lu Ting , a Bank of America-Merrill Lynch economist, said today’s move reflects banks’ expectations for a “moderate” increase in the benchma

Bosses taken hostage ... workers protest outside an Anheuser-Busch InBev plant in Leuven, Belgium. Photo: Reuters Workers at an Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery in eastern Belgium have taken their bosses hostage after an announcement of lay-offs at the world's biggest brewer, local

TOKYO January 5, 2010 JAL stock had soared 35.8 per cent by lunchtime as investors welcomed Tokyo's decision at the weekend to double a state-backed loan to Asia's largest carrier to ¥200 billion ($A2.4 billion). ''There was talk about the company's operating funds drying up..