| |  Latest News Tata announces new plant for Nano BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The Tata Nano was unveiled at India's biggest car show in Delhi in January Indian firm Tata Motors is to build the world's cheapest car in the western state of Gujarat. Tata group chairman Ratan Tata said the Gujarat deal offered the best chance of making the car, the Nano, as quickly... photo: AP / Ajit Solanki Former French PM could face trial BBC News French prosecutors have called for former PM Dominique de Villepin to face trial over an alleged plot to smear President Nicolas Sarkozy. He is suspected of targeting Mr Sarkozy when the pair were seen as rivals to succeed President Jacques Chirac.... photo: AP/Steven Senne Suicide Bombing Kills 27 in Sri Lanka Voa News In Sri Lanka, a suicide bombing by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels has killed at least 27 people, including a top former army general. About 80 others were wounded. The latest violence erupted as the army said it is poised to capture the northern town from where the rebels have been leading their campaign for an autonomous Tamil homeland. Anjana... NYSE: Fear still stalking Wall Street Taipei Times STOMACH-CHURNING WEEK: In spite of the US government rescue package, there is a nearly unbearable amount of fear and panic in financial markets, analysts said A brutal week on Wall Street ended with the approval of a massive US government lifeline for the troubled financial sector, but investors are still searching for a reason to cheer. The US$700... Paulson bailout won't impress sceptics The Australian THE passage of the $US700 billion ($895 billion) Paulson bailout might offer a band-aid solution to the crisis in confidence facing debt and equity markets, but it won't fix investor scepticism about the debt-laden, outlandish external management models that continue to exist in most listed infrastructure stocks. The onus is now squarely on... |
