Monday, 17 June 2013 08:41
Singapore's central bank censured a record 20 banks after it found more than 100 traders in the city state tried to rig key borrowing and currency rates.
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Singapore's central bank censured a record 20 banks after it found more than 100 traders in the city state tried to rig key borrowing and currency rates.

The troubled US city of Detroit has defaulted on its debt payments as it threatened to become the country's largest ever municipal bankruptcy.

The International Monetary Fund has assailed US government spending cuts as "excessively rapid and ill-designed" as it cut the economy's growth forecast for 2014.

Europe's newest passenger jet, the Airbus A350 plane has landed safely after its first test flight.

India’s central bank has intervened to curb the slide of the rupee after it hit record lows.

The US Justice Department has filed a joint lawsuit with Arkansas against oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp over the pipeline spill in March of thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil in a suburban neighbourhood.

The World Bank has lowered its growth estimate for the global economy in 2013, but said that expansion appeared more stable than just before the 2008 financial crisis.

Facebook Inc, the world's No 1 social network, has announced that it will adopt hashtags, one of the most recognisable features of its younger rival Twitter, in a move to position its web service as an important complement to television, sporting events and breaking news.

India’s central bank has intervened to curb the slide of the rupee after it hit record lows.

Sony Corp has priced its latest PlayStation 4 console $100 lower than the new Xbox One by rival Microsoft Corp as competition for gamers' pockets intensifies before the year-end holidays and gift-giving season.
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