By CHI-CHI ZHANG 2010-07-29T03:47:31Z BEIJING (AP) — Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China on Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a…
Day: July 28, 2010
Regulators to meet over new consumer bureau
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will convene a meeting Thursday with the top financial regulators to begin launching the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Litter picking on the sea bed
A team of divers – known as Neptune’s Army of Rubbish Cleaners – are stepping up efforts to keep Britain’s coastline clean and litter free.
Asian shares down on new signs US economy slowing
By 2010-07-29T03:21:23Z TOKYO (AP) — Most Asian markets retreated Thursday after fresh evidence of slower U.S. growth blunted appetite for riskier assets like stocks….