Agreement Reached On Greenhouse Gas Targets Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world’s biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.... Read Full Article First Test-tube Baby In The World Gives Birth – Without IVF Louise Brown, who was the world’s first test-tube baby, has given birth to a child, believed to be a boy, it was reported last night. Ms Brown, 28, conceived without the aid of in-vitro fertilisatio... Read Full Article Ex-Executive Of Computer Associates Receives Prison Sentence A former executive with Computer Associates who pleaded guilty to securities fraud was sentenced to seven months in prison and seven months of home detention.... Read Full Article Pakistani Discord Undercuts Vow To U.S. To Fight Militants Pakistani officials disagree about whether to gear up a counterterrorism campaign against militants or to try to shore up a conventional force focused on potential threats from India.... Read Full Article A Climate Meeting Packed With Nobel Winners Fifteen Nobel Prize laureates assembled in Potsdam, Germany, for a momentous task: saving the world from global warming.... Read Full Article |
World Business Briefing: France: Funds Affected By Subprime Loans ReopenBNP Paribas, the French bank, said it reopened two investment funds it had frozen amid problems in the subprime mortgage sector in the United States. A company spokeswoman said the BNP Paribas ABS Euribor and the BNP Paribas ABS Eonia funds were reopened. The bank, based in Paris, had previously said it would reopen the funds. BNP Paribas is expected to reopen the Parvest Dynamic ABS fund today. When the bank froze the three funds this month, they held about 1.6 billion euros ($2.19 billion) of assets. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationAdler to start quest for new philosophy on life...Post union set to launch rolling programme of disruption in pay dispute... A Chairman Is Appointed to Rebuild Sallie Mae... UK hedge fund gets starring role in new film... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - World Business Briefing: France: Funds Affected By Subprime Loans Reopen |
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