• Ahmadinejad grilled by hostile Iran parliament
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was summoned to parliament on Wednesday for an unprecedented grilling by lawmakers who accused him of economic mismanagement and making "illegal
• China starts yuan trading against Australian, Canadian dollar
  China on Monday started trading its domestic currency against two new units, the Australian dollar and Canadian dollar, in the latest move to promote greater internationalisation of the yuan.
• FedEx earns, drop in claims push stocks higher
  Strong earnings from FedEx and a sharp drop in claims for unemployment benefits pushed stocks mostly higher in midday trading Thursday.
• U.S. money funds seen at risk from Europe's debt storm
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and shattered the belief that U.S. money market funds would never "break the buck," Washington rushed to limit the damage. But as Europe's
• Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children
  A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 school children and six adults returning to Belgium from a joyous ski vacation, police said Wednesday.