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All rights reserved. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/financenews/afp_index.html AFP Finance News en-us Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:07:03 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091108/33/29mmn.html Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:35:11 GMT BEIJING (AFP) - China's new Nasdaq-style market saw a week of wild yo-yo swings as frenzied investors sent the start-up shares to & quot;ridiculously & quot; high levels, analysts say, warning a correction is on the cards. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091107/33/29mki.html Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:11:51 GMT WASHINGTON (AFP) - With unemployment fast becoming one of US President Barack Obama's biggest domestic challenges, focus is shifting from & quot;too-big-to-fail & quot; manufacturing and financial giants to struggling small businesses. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091107/33/29mk6.html Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:51:14 GMT BERLIN (AFP) - Employees of the embattled German department store chain Karstadt, owned by the insolvent retail group Arcandor, agreed Saturday to take salary cuts as part of a last-ditch effort to save their jobs. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091107/33/29mk4.html Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:29:09 GMT LONDON (AFP) - Thousands of British Airways cabin crew are to vote on whether to take industrial action, the Unite trade union said Saturday, in a row over job cuts and new contracts. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091107/33/29mk8.html Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:23:32 GMT LARNACA, Cyprus (AFP) - Cyprus opened an ultra-modern airport on Saturday that it hopes will boost flagging tourism and boost prospects of it becoming a regional transport hub. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091107/33/29mk7.html Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:19:12 GMT WOLFSBURG, Germany (AFP) - Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus brought ideas for creating micro & quot;social businesses & quot; from Bangladesh to Europe Saturday with support from several of the world's leading corporations. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091107/33/29mig.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:13:58 GMT SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29med.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:52:51 GMT SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said Friday. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29mb3.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:007:31 GMT NEW YORK (AFP) - General Motors said Friday it will seek a new chief for European operations with Carl-Peter Forster quitting following the automaker's decision to hang on to its Opel/Vauxhall division. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29mdn.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:55:35 GMT ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - Hosts Britain told the G20 it had & quot;no reason to give up & quot; on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29mcx.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:32:26 GMT GENEVA (AFP) - The World Trade Organisation said Friday that 400 trade dispute cases had been filed since the agency was formed in 1995, with the United States and the European Union lodging the most complaints. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29mcv.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:24:24 GMT DUBLIN (AFP) - Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators rallied across Ireland on Friday to protest government plans for tough austerity measures, police and reports said. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29mcu.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:12:33 GMT ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss bank UBS, fined by British authorities for allowing unauthorised transactions to be carried out on customer accounts, said Friday it had & quot;taken full remedial steps & quot; to address the problem. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29mct.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:005:23 GMT MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AFP) - Ukraine has paid Russia for October gas supplies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday, after her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had warned against late payment. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/afp/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/091106/33/29mb0.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:10:41 GMT LONDON (AFP) - British Airways revealed a quadrupling of net losses in its first half on Friday, and axed an extra 1,200 jobs in an & quot;essential & quot; cost-reduction programme.