Hamas Islamist rulers released captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on Tuesday in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a Hamas military source said, in a deal ending a saga that has gripped
Tourism continued to climb in September, with the number of tourism arrivals up by 5.2% over the year earlier to 304,260 compared with 289,126 in September 2010. While there was a 1.7%
Trade turnover increased in the first half of the year compared with the same period of 2010 according to the latest figures on wholesale and retail trade that exclude repair of motor
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways is in talks with Virgin Atlantic to join the UK carrier's bid for Lufthansa AG's British unit bmi, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The
Apple Inc said on Monday it sold 4 million iPhone 4S in the three days since it went on sale Oct. 14. Sales in stores began on Friday in Japan, Australia, France,
The International Monetary Fund has enough capital at the moment, managing director Christine Lagarde said on Monday. "Today, the IMF has appropriate means," Lagarde said on Europe 1 radio. An emerging market
Greece's budget deficit reached 10.6 percent of GDP in 2010, the country's statistics office said on Monday, revising the data slightly up from a previous estimate of 10.5 percent of GDP. "According
BP Plc has accepted a $4 billion payment from partner Anadarko Petroleum towards the Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up, far less than it might have won in court, but a deal
L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt's daughter won control over her mother's business affairs Monday, the daughter's lawyer said, almost two years after she first asked to take over on the grounds her mother
Brent crude futures held steady above $112 on Monday, extending the previous session's sharp gains on hopes European policymakers would reach an agreement to tackle the euro zone's debt crisis and help
