China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's No. 2 network equipment maker, launched new cloud-computing smartphones on Wednesday, looking to ride a mobile industry boom that drove a 64 percent sales rise
Next, Britain's second-biggest fashion retailer, posted first-half sales towards the top end of company guidance, boosted by its online and home shopping business and showing resilience against a tough consumer backdrop. The
Nationalised British lender Northern Rock posted a reduced first-half loss of 78.8 mln pounds ($128 mln) and said it continues to work on plans for its eventual sale back to the private
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to parliament on Wednesday to try to calm fears over escalating market turmoil that has brought Italy to the edge of a Greek-style financial crisis. With yields
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak flew to Cairo on Wednesday where he will be tried for conspiring to kill protesters, the first Arab ruler to appear in court since uprisings swept the region. Speculation
Barclays is set to cut about 3,000 jobs this year to reduce costs after a drop in bond trading and an insurance mis-selling charge caused first half profits to fall by a
* Bond yields soar; Gov't insists no funding needs til December * Cyprus may soon have to seek an international bailout, becoming the fourth state in the euro zone to request
The United States is poised to step back from the brink of economic disaster on Tuesday as a bitterly fought deal to cut the budget deficit is expected to clear the Senate
Samsung Electronics has delayed the Australian launch of its latest Galaxy tablet due to a patent lawsuit filed by Apple Inc , Bloomberg reported, as both technology companies defend their market share
The European Commission proposed on Monday boosting the EU's contribution to jointly financed development projects for the euro zone's bailout recipients, offering them hundreds of millions of euros of additional funding. The
