The London Stock Exchange shrugged off weak trading in its main capital markets business to hit quarterly growth forecasts, driven largely by the addition of the FTSE index unit acquired last year.
President Vladimir Putin hosts visiting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in the Kremlin on Wednesday to talk business, energy and regional power politics. Projects by construction company Enka, such as Moscow’s distinctive
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban grabbed the opportunity presented by the launch of credit talks with the IMF this week to signal new moves to bolster growth at the expense of looser
Construction work can start on the United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power plant, the government said on Wednesday, opening the way for a consortium of South Korean companies to build the multi-billion
Asian shares were on the back foot on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a gloomy view of the U.S. economy, but hopes that the central bank is moving closer
Greece's coalition government will seek a bridging loan to tide it over while it scrambles to find 11.7 billion euros of spending cuts to bring a derailed bailout plan back on track
Samsung Electronics Co has bought chipmaker CSR Plc's mobile phone connectivity and location technology for $310 million in a deal that strengthens the South Korean company's smartphone platform and patent portfolio. CSR's
Goldman Sachs Group Inc's quarterly profit fell 12% as investment income plunged, reflecting the pressure the bank faces as demand for its services remains tepid and regulators clamp down on bank risk-taking.
Shares of Facebook Inc fell about 1% on Tuesday, extending the previous day's losses after an investment analyst reported a decline in U.S. users for the No. 1 social network. Capstone analyst
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main political partner pulled out of his grand coalition on Tuesday, accusing him of surrendering to ultra-Orthodox Jews in a battle over military conscription. Netanyahu will remain
