HSBC Corporate Banking Ireland has completed its first cross-border Chinese renminbi (RMB) trade transaction this week, becoming the first bank to announce such a transaction in Ireland.

A WOMAN who spent two hours in the sea without a life jacket after falling from a yacht has described her ordeal as “terrifying”.

US President Barack Obama welcomed China’s announcement today that it will allow a more flexible exchange rate for its currency, saying it would help protect the economic recovery.

GLENCAR MINING, the AIM and IEX listed company with gold exploration interests in Africa, said yesterday a preliminary independent resource study by SRK Consulting (Britain) has reported a mineral resource of 520,000 ounces of gold at Komana West in Mali.