Storming performances by the German and French economies propelled growth in the euro zone well above forecasts in the first quarter while also highlighting the yawning gap between the bloc's strong and
Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype is likely to boost videoconferencing from workers' desktops, posing further risks to video technology providers like Polycom and Logitech. The cheaper end of the $3 billion
The Cyprus economy seems to be sliding, with quarterly economic growth in Cyprus slowing for the fifth consecutive quarter in January-March, according to the latest flash estimate from the Statistical Service. On
Greece seems not to have met the terms of its international rescue package, a senior European policymaker said, while Athens countered that playing a "blame game" was hindering any chance of resolving
Britain's biggest department store chain John Lewis said revenue fell last week even though fashion sales got a boost from shoppers trying to copy the look of Royal Wedding highlight Pippa Middleton.
Doctors in Japan used Twitter to reach chronically-ill patients in the wake of the devastating March earthquake and tsunami, telling them where to go to get life-saving treatment after phone networks became
Storming performances by the German and French economies in the first quarter highlight the yawning gap between the euro zone's strong and weak and suggest the forecast for growth in the bloc
The Cypriot Presidency of the EU in the second half of 2012 will be ''extremely important'', Commissioner for the Internal Market and Service Michel Barnier has said. Barnier, who is visiting Cyprus
Cyprus ranks fourth as regards notifications in the EU rapid alert system for all dangerous consumer products, called RAPEX. Notifications in RAPEX do not include food, pharmaceutical or medical devices. They include
Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 80 people at a paramilitary force academy in the northwest on Friday, and vowed further bloodshed in retaliation for the death of Osama bin Laden
