The FINANCIAL -- A new Harris Poll finds that a 2-to-1 majority now gives President Obama negative ratings on his handling of Afghanistan, a six-point increase in his critics over the last two months.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, the number of dollar millionaires in China is expected to grow to 450,000 by the end of this year, despite the overall decline in global wealth, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has said.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, a 20-year-old South Korean model has been found dead in her Paris apartment, her modeling agency said.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, a suicide bomber blew himself up on November 20 morning while riding a motorcycle through a crowded area of Farah in southwest Afghanistan, killing at least six people, local police said.

The FINANCIAL -- HAVANA, Cuba has sharply criticized a recent report on human rights violations in the country prepared by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization.