Syrian troops massed near the Turkish border, witnesses said on Thursday, raising tensions with Ankara as President Bashar al-Assad uses increasing military force against a popular revolt. Hundreds of terrified refugees crossed
* To plug gov’t deficit, no measures to cut public payroll * Cyprus companies that have shown profits for the past three years will pay an interim tax of 1,000 euros for
British bookmaker Ladbrokes has made a preliminary takeover approach for rival Sportingbet , sending Sportingbet's shares surging higher. "Further to recent press speculation, the board of Sportingbet announces that it has received
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao heads to debt-stricken Europe seeking to safeguard China's vast holdings of euro-denominated assets as Greece teeters on the brink of default and preserve trade growth with its largest
Pop superstar Lady Gaga, in Japan for a charity concert, on Thursday praised the country for its beauty and encouraged visitors, whose numbers have dropped in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami
Investors reacted with caution on Thursday to a relatively downbeat outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve, sending world stocks lower and boosting the dollar in a search for safety. Europe's debt crisis
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, a political battering ram picked to turn around his country's economic fortunes, may find the force of his oratory not enough to convince sceptical markets and EU
The euro zone would be better off without Greece, a conservative member of Germany's ruling coalition said in an article on Thursday, urging his government to push for an orderly insolvency process
Belgium has asked banks and insurers with exposure to Greece to roll over maturing sovereign bonds for five years at a coupon equivalent to the euro zone rescue fund's lending rate, a
Spanish infrastructure firm Abertis will focus on airport privatisations at home before considering assets coming on the block in debt-ridden economies like Portugal and Greece, its chief executive said. Abertis operates tollways
