New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against Pakistan after suffering an abdominal tear.The 34-year-old returned to the side for the first time since 2007 in the opening match in Dunedin and took
Returning fast bowler Shane Bond inspired New Zealand to a thrilling 32-run victory in the first Test against Pakistan in Dunedin.Bond, playing his first Test since 2007, followed his 5-107 in the first innings with 3-46 as Pakistan, set 251 to win,
SHANGHAI, Nov 27 - China auctioned on Friday its first ever 50-year government bond at the low end of market expectations, mainly buoyed by demand from insurers and pension funds in the world’s fastest expanding major economy.The Ministry of Finance
KABUL, Afghanistan — The television set crackles with breaking news: Terrorists have smuggled a nuclear bomb into Kabul and are preparing to take out the Afghan capital. There is panic and pandemonium. Facing imminent immolation, the nation's
Shane Bond returns to Test cricket after an absence of over two years as New Zealand look for a positive start to their home series against Pakistan.Fast bowler Bond, 34, will spearhead their attack in Dunedin after ending his association with the u
The mounting level of debt in the industrialised world is prompting a growing number of investors to use the derivatives market to bet on the chance of rich governments defaulting on bonds. The volume of activity in sovereign credit default swaps –
Kazakhstan is to launch its first international bond in a decade to bolster its public finances and set a benchmark for companies to return to the capital markets.Kazakhstan, which last issued a bond aimed at international investors in 2000, plans t
The subsidiary of China’s sovereign wealth fund that controls the country’s largest state-owned banks is planning to sell bonds in the interbank market for the first time in what could be the country’s biggest bond issue to date, according to people
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