
May 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar rose to thehighest since October and New Zealand’s currency also gained asan expansion in Chinese manufacturing added to optimism theglobal slump is easing, spurring demand for high-yielding assets.

May 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar rose to thehighest since October and New Zealand’s currency also gained asan expansion in Chinese manufacturing added to optimism theglobal slump is easing, spurring demand for high-yielding assets.
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Panasonic Corp., the world’s largestmaker of plasma televisions, forecast a second annual loss asthe global slump drives down demand for consumer electronicsranging from flat-screen TVs to digital cameras.
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s retail sales fell for asixth month in March, extending the longest period of declinessince 2002, as the nation’s worst recession and the loss ofthousands of jobs depressed spending.
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Temasek Holdings Pte, a Singaporestate-owned investment company that bought stakes in MerrillLynch & Co. and Barclays Plc amid the global financial crisis,sold its stake in Bank of America Corp.
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- MGM Mirage, the casino companycontrolled by Kirk Kerkorian, plans to sell $2.5 billion in newstock and bonds to pay down near-term obligations as itrestructures more than $14 billion in debt to avoid default.
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Individual investors in Japanincreased bets to the highest in six months that the yen willweaken as the economy stabilizes, jumping back into a trade thatwas all but wiped out last year. Businessmen.