2:39pm GMT
BANGKOK - U.S. President Barack Obama denied on Sunday his upcoming trip to
Myanmar was an endorsement of the government there, calling it an
acknowledgement of the progress made in shaking off decades of military rule and
encouragement for it go further.
2:18am GMT
LONDON - BP Plc plans to spend up to 3.7 billion pounds buying back its
shares after agreeing last week to pay record criminal penalties over the
Deepwater Horizon disaster, Britain's Sunday Times said in an unsourced
report.
17 Nov 2012
BEIJING - China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping has praised his predecessor
Hu Jintao for voluntarily stepping down from both his party and military posts,
promising to uphold his legacy of defence modernisation, state media said on
Saturday.
17 Nov 2012
DUBAI/JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Barclays did not make any "illegal payment" to
win a banking license in Saudi Arabia, the bank said in a statement in response
to a newspaper report last week that said U.S. authorities were looking at
whether improper payments were made.
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