Ecuador court fines Chevron $8-bln for polluting Amazon

A court in Ecuador has fined US oil explorer Chevron (NYSE: CVX) $8-billion for polluting part of the country's Amazon region.

U.S.

Dan Fuss, vice chairman of Loomis, Sayles & Company

Interview: Dan Fuss of Loomis Sayles on his tactical and long-term view of Treasuries

03:00 PM ET

Dan Fuss speaks to IBTimes about his short-term and long-term outlook for U.S. Treasuries.

EU/UK

Pedestrians walk along Oxford Street as the shops open for the Boxing Day sales in central London

UK retailers expect sales to worsen in 2011

04:26 AM ET

Majority of the retailers in the UK expect sales to worsen in 2011 amid growing concerns over weak consumer demand and inflationary pressures.

Emerging Markets

Russian oil tycoon Khodorkovsky found guilty

05:34 AM ET

Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were declared guilty of fraud by the Moscow's Khamovniki court on Monday.

Asia-Pacific

Bank of Japan Governor Shirakawa bows to greet reporters after a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo

BoJ board concerned about Fed's QE2

03:26 AM ET

Bank of Japan's board is concerned about the U.S. Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, as Japan continues to bank o...

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