British online fashion retailer ASOS maintained a heady rate of sales growth in its first quarter, buoyed by strong trading both in its home market and overseas. The retailer, which targets young
Asian shares edged up to a 16-month high on Tuesday and the euro firmed, but prices were capped as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision this week and any
OPEC's oil exporters look set this week to avoid a quarrel about how much crude they produce and argue instead about who should be the group's next secretary-general. Oil prices are roughly
The year 1972 has been in the headlines for Barcelona after Lionel Messi overhauled Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old scoring record but it holds a different significance for Wednesday's King's Cup opponents Cordoba. Barca's
Italian carmaker Fiat is investing 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in luxury brand Maserati, hoping technology and dealerships from its tie-up with Chrysler will help it to take on German rivals BMW
Opel said efforts to try to rescue its Bochum car plant in Germany had been to no avail and it still intended to stop vehicle production there in 2016. "The main reasons
U.S. stocks rose on Monday, helped by gains in McDonald's and technology stocks, but Italian shares and bond prices sank after Prime Minister Mario Monti's decision to resign stoked concern about who
Britain's benchmark share index rose to its highest closing level in nearly 9 months on Monday, with many traders betting that worries over Italy would fail to halt a traditional year-end equities
Father Christmas, aliens, President Vladimir Putin's lateness and "jerks" – Russia's prime minister gave the nation his views on more than he intended on Friday. Dmitry Medvedev let his guard down after
President Mohamed Mursi suspended planned tax increases on Monday, hours after they were formally announced, in a policy swivel that might complicate Egypt's efforts to secure a $4.8 billion loan from the
