ThE FINANCIAL -- Emerging-market stocks fell for the first time in seven days as Standard & Poor's put 15 European nations on watch for potential ratings downgrades, fuelling concern the region's debt crisis will hurt the global economy, according to gulfnews.

The FINANCIAL -- Industrial orders in Germany rose sharply in October, official data showed, raising hopes that Europe's top economy is standing up to the ongoing turmoil in the Eurozone, according to gulfnews.

The FINANCIAL -- New Zealand yesterday said it hoped to tie its carbon market to a counterpart envisaged in Australia as a stepping stone to wider international trade in greenhouse-gas emissions, according to gulfnews.

The FINANCIAL -- Zillow the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced that Bev Thorne, chief marketing officer at CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC, has joined Zillow's Broker Advisory Board, which provides counsel on existing Zillow services for the real estate industry, and evaluates ideas for future products and services.