Victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud will soon receive $2.48 billion to help cover their losses, more than tripling their total recovery to about $3.63 billion, the trustee liquidating the imprisoned swindler's firm
Microsoft Corp said it has fixed a security bug in Internet Explorer that hackers exploited to attack some customers. The attacks prompted the German government and security experts to urge people to
– Top banks need 374 bln eur to hit 7 pct core capital-Basel – Estimate is 111 bln eur less than assessment in April – Shows big banks need to bolster capital for
Europe is unlikely to deliver fully on a promise to cut its representation on the IMF's 24-member board by the fund's Tokyo meeting next month, European officials said, which may irk emerging
A Syrian military helicopter that crashed near the capital Damascus on Thursday hit the tail of a passenger plane but the 200 people on board escaped unharmed, Syria's information ministry said. "The
Both China and the European Union reject trade protectionism, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday after a summit meeting with EU leaders. "We both (China and the European Union) follow free
Facebook has an ugly little secret, a number disclosed nowhere in its voluminous filings to become a public company and now only vaguely addressed by corporate officials. An estimated 5.6 million Facebook
Greece will hike taxes on OPAP, the state-controlled betting agency slated for privatisation, following rivals' complaints to the European Commission that tax provisions of Greek gaming legislation favoured the company. The move
A Los Angeles-area chef charged with murdering his wife, whose body has never been found, told investigators he cooked her corpse for four days in a vat of boiling water to dispose
– Gates, Buffett, Ellison still on top – Only 45 of top 400 are women; Steve Jobs' widow joins list The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13 percent in
