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Asian stock markets slid Thursday, pulled down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs that the shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.
Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.
Yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly topped 1 percent for the first time in a year on Thursday, unnerving some investors at a time when Japan's already overburdened government finances are...
Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of...
Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that...
Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many...
The price of oil fell below $94 per barrel Thursday after a private survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy...
The price of oil fell below $93 per barrel Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is fading.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.
MORTON, TX (KCBD) - Faculty and students of Morton I.S.D. are mourning the death of their high school boys' basketball coach Trip Robison.
Robison, 31, was the coach in Morton for the past two years. He coached the varsity boys basketball team, helped coach junior high basketball and was also a football coach.
The Cochran County Sheriff's Office says Coach Robison was found dead in his home Saturday night. According to the Morton ISD Superintendent Vicki Rice, Robison died of natural causes. Services for Robison will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the school gymnasium. He will be buried at Resthaven in Lubbock.
Monday and Tuesday basketball games have been canceled. The varsity basketball team met with counselors on Sunday and the junior high team met with counselors Monday morning. Those counselors will also be available for others who need them.
Rice also tells KCBD NewsChannel 11 the Morton Varsity basketball team will be pallbearers at Coach Robison's funeral.
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