Expecting mothers in South Korea have inundated hospitals with requests for a Caesarean section delivery on Nov. 11 to secure the unique life-long identity number of "111111" for their children, media reported
– Coalition negotiations far from over – Parties looking beyond Papademos for new PM – EU Court of Justice head tipped as possible candidate Greek political leaders will announce a new coalition government
A plan for former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos to lead a Greek government of national unity has run into trouble, party sources said on Wednesday, prolonging political hiatus as the
European shares looked set to follow Asian equities higher on Wednesday and the euro steadied after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would resign, raising hopes the debt-ridden country would proceed
Italy looks set for lengthy political uncertainty after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's pledge to resign, with his centre-right party calling for elections and the main opposition for a national unity government. After
China's annual inflation rate fell sharply in October to 5.5% in a further pullback from July's three-year peak, giving Beijing more room to fine tune policy to help an economy feeling the
Losses on securities investments at the core of a scandal rocking Japan's Olympus Corp may have once exceeded $1 billion, the Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday, as the firm's share price plunged
Chipmaker Nvidia Corp, rushing to stake out more territory in tablets and smartphones, said its new Tegra 3 processor delivers up to three times the graphics performance of its predecessor and uses
European Union finance ministers failed to agree on Tuesday how to shore up sagging banks and avert a credit squeeze, as rising borrowing costs for Italy threaten to unleash a new and
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign following a humiliating vote in parliament on Tuesday, President Giorgio Napolitano said. The president said after meeting Berlusconi that the 75-year-old prime minister would step
