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World shares jumped and the yen slumped on Friday after the Bank of Japan took one of its main interest rates into negative territory, its boldest step yet to re-inflate the economy.

The 26-year-old from Sparkbrook went to Syria in 2014 after telling her family she was going to Turkey on holiday.

In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, photo, an American Airlines flight taxis at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Vetr raised American Airlines Group from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $46.39 price objective on the stock in a...

The base fare for the company’s UberX service has dropped from $3 to $2.55, and the per minute rate has dropped from $0.40 to $0.35, while the mile rate has dropped from $2.15 to $1.75.

After delighting investors with a surprise profit in the middle of 2015, chief executive officer Jeff Bezos has chose to boost spending again, betting that speedier shipping, intelligent home gadgets and Web technology and services will deliver robust sales growth down the road....

He said that the topic of discussion at the planned OPEC meeting in February with representatives of other oil-producing countries could be the question of oil production reducing for each producer country at the level of five percent, but a general agreement is needed for it.

Banking giant HSBC says it has been fighting a distributed denial-of-service attack against its systems this morning, preventing users from accessing their online accounts.

The US economy slowed sharply in the fourth quarter of previous year to a 0.7 per cent annual rate, down from 2.0 per cent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday. This came a little below consensus expectations of about one percent. “Inventory is...

Set up in 1995, the Corruption Perception Index is compiled every year by Transparency International and reflects perceptions of corruption around the world in public sectors as well as administrative and political corruption. Nepal ranked at 130th and Bangladesh placed at 139th...

Georgia State Police say they were trying to stop a speeder following a 10-mile chase when the…

It also comes at a time of high tension between Israel and Palestinians, with the attacks by Palestinians on Israelis in part fuelled by the occupation and the growth of settlements.

The bank “will cut the interest rate further into negative territory if judged as necessary”, it said. The reaction was immediate with the dollar surging over two yen to 121.14.

Icahn will be given the seats on the board of the company holding Xerox’s services business, the Journal reported.

The move has fuelled rumours that Fox, where James Murdoch serves as chief executive, could be looking to buy the rest of Sky, the maker of programmes including Stan Lee’s Lucky Man and Stella.