The dollar was steady against other major currencies in Asian trade on Thursday as investors looked to a Bank of Japan policy meeting amid speculation of further monetary easing. The euro bought $1.3217 and 107.49 yen in Tokyo morning trade, almost flat with New York trade late Wednesday. The dollar was also little changed at 81.33 yen. The greenback was likely to move within the 81.00-81.60 yen range on Thursday as the market awaited …

The euro edged up in Asia on Wednesday, supported by positive expectations over the European Central Bank's second batch of low-interest loans to eurozone banks. The single currency fetched $1.3482 in Tokyo afternoon trade, compared with $1.3466 in New York late Tuesday. Against the yen, the euro was unchanged at 108.34. "There is a strong sense of anticipation," a senior trader at a major Japanese trust bank said as the market awaited a flood …

A scrap dealer trying to cut the metallic body of an old petrol tanker with oxy-acytelene gas cutter caused a blast followed by a fire engulfing three other tankers on Tuesday evening, causing severe burn injuries to four children. A local mob in Sadar Bazar's Maccheran locality then went on a wild spree, stoning the tankers and a JCB machine. The mob also stoned a Fire brigade vehicle and a police jeep as both police and fire brigade arrived …

Oil prices rose in Asian trade as traders capitalised on a weakening US dollar, analysts said. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in January, rose 35 cents to USD 74.28 a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for January delivery climbed 57 cents to USD 77.00. A weakening greenback was providing impetus for traders to buy crude, analysts said. "The dollar is weaker this morning... people tend to look at the dollar for direction," …

This energetic bittersweet comedy (more accurately perhaps - drama with a sense of humour) turns a contemporary eye on something that is taken too much for granted in Indian cities, especially Mumbai ' private space. It's about the clash between a stockbroker who is not allowed to sleep at night and a small-time trader who won't let him (as the secretary of the building society they live in). This seemingly trivial, even laughable, problem eventually …