AUSTRALIAN internet job classifieds leader Seek says it plans to make at least two "significant" acquisitions within months despite a tougher local market brought on by the global credit crunch, which affected the company's 2007-08 earnings.

“Right now it looks like a maze,” electrical instructor Al Cabael says, holding up the tangled Day-Glo yellow and blue safety harness for his afternoon students to see. “But you can see how it fits together. You'll have to do that today.”

WASHINGTON: The electoral road to the White House favours Democrats this fall — either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton — and has Republican John McCain playing defence to thwart a presidential power shift. A ...

A key official of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was here on Saipan for a two-day visit during which he met and heard some of the grievances of overseas Filipino workers and immigrants.

NEW DELHI: India’s institutional and business environment is “poor”, with India’s Ease of Doing Business overall rated at 120 out of 178, according to the World Trade Indicators (WTI) 2008 released here on Friday. ...