It's also commonly used as a currency on the black market, frequently among warlords and guerrillas. Researchers at the University of … Most of these tests were performed between 1952 and 1962, the height of the Cold War. Hopes are high that this new …

Data published by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism showed that box office climbed by 13% in local currency terms from KRW642 billion to KRW724 billion in the Jan-June period. In dollar terms that represents a 14% increase from US$634 million …

Somalia, under a Western-backed government that took office last year, is trying to rebuild after 20 years of war in which the nation was carved up into fiefdoms by warlords and then ruled by Islamist militants. Its public institutions remain feeble …

Seven years later, the world's leading emerging-market telecoms company may wish it had some shelter from the controversy it has generated from its association with Iran and Syria, its war-ravaged ally. Touted as one of South Africa's biggest corporate …

Wagner said his father received the currency during World War II and believes the bills are from the early 1940s or earlier. He would like to know if any Herald readers could provide him with the value of the currency and what year it was printed …

From a teenage war correspondent and refugee she is now a presidential adviser and teaches a university course about tolerance and resolving conflict, in a country sitting across political, religious and ethnic fault-lines. Kosovo is still a country …

We believe that operators will take a hit in real terms to profits and ARPUs, and the devaluation will also severely effect sales volumes in nominal terms in Q113. Key Trends & Developments * In March 2013, the National Telecommunications Commission of …

Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of June increased 1.0% year over year, led by gains in the trans-Atlantic and Latin entities, which were partially offset by 1 point of system PRASM pressure from yen devaluation. … losses to …

The cheaper currency makes their products more competitive, giving a much-welcomed jolt to sales, earnings, margins and market share. The yen has now fallen 20% since mid-November — a stunning move for a currency — thanks to aggressive fiscal and …