Russia will add flag carrier Aeroflot to the list of firms it wants to privatise as it seeks to exit controlling stakes in major firms over the next 3-5 years, Finance Minister
Two days after the state legalized same-sex marriages, New York's annual Gay Pride Parade seemed more like a brash, colorful wedding procession on Sunday than an annual rally. Parade organizers estimated as
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is threatening to sue the Australian government for possibly billions of dollars over its plan to be the first country to introduce plain, brand-less packaging for cigarettes. The
The Nikkei stock average dropped 1% on Monday, as euro zone debt worries weighed on markets before a crucial parliamentary vote in Greece this week, with investors fretting over fallout from the
Shares in Europe's banks dipped on Monday after regulators slapped an extra capital surcharge on big lenders to make them safer, and told them they could not use contingent capital for the
Greece's parliament begins on Monday to debate a deeply unpopular austerity plan which international lenders are demanding to see approved this week to avert the threat of bankruptcy. Greece's conservative opposition has
The U.S. dollar rose for a fourth consecutive session and equities fell on Monday, with investors nervous ahead of a Greek vote on unpopular austerity measures this week that may sow stronger
The head of bank lobby group the Institute of International Finance (IIF) is to meet the chairman of the main euro zone body working out ways to tackle Greece's debt crisis on
Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters took to the streets on Friday calling for President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, and a rights group said security forces had shot at least one demonstrator dead.
U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Friday after a brief suspension in the trading of some big Italian banks raised new concerns about the European debt crisis, though better-than-expected durable goods orders
