HONG KONG, June 5 (Reuters) - The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI reversed course and fell 0.5 percent to 24,005.50 in late morning trade on Thursday. The China Enterprises Index of
increased the survival rate of mice who had been infected with the deadly H5N1 virus, the University of Hong Kong team said in a paper to be published a United States-based journal. And the treatment could help improve the survival chances of people
and arm and dragged him away,' she said by telephone, sobbing intermittently. Liu Xiaobo was later released. In Hong Kong, thousands of people filled more than three soccer pitches in a public park to take part in a solemn annual candlelight ceremony for
HONG KONG: Asian stocks fell on Thursday as worries that persistent global inflation will require higher interest rates, even as banks grapple with a credit crisis, overshadowed a 3-day decline in
83.07 points to 4,900.64. Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.6 per cent, but the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong declined one per cent and China's Shanghai composite dropped 1.9 per cent. India's Sensex tumbled 2.8 per cent amid news that the government is
83.07 points to 4,900.64. Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.6 per cent, but the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong declined one per cent and China's Shanghai composite dropped 1.9 per cent. 'We are cautious about the U.S. market's performance in June, with
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