Sony, a laggard in the booming tablet market, launched its first tablet computers in an ambitious attempt to grab the second spot in the market created and dominated by Apple's iPad.
The AK Party of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is on course to win a third consecutive term when Turkey votes in a parliamentary election in June, according to an opinion poll published
Oil rose above $124 a barrel on Monday, pushed higher by an escalation of violence in the oil-producing Middle East, as well as post-election unrest in OPEC member Nigeria. Brent gained 40
HSBC, Europe's largest bank, is to close its retail banking operation in Russia after just two years, following in the footsteps of British peer Barclays. "Following a strategic review it is clear
Nintendo will launch a successor to its aging Wii game console in 2012 as it bets on a new hit games platform to win back users lured away by rivals Microsoft and
Truck drivers returned to work on Monday after Shanghai took steps to a defuse a strike at China's busiest container port, leaving some drivers demanding more and setting an example of militancy
NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life. Firefighters
Syrian troops and tanks stormed Deraa on Monday, residents said, seeking to crush resistance in the city where a month-long uprising against the autocratic 11-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad first erupted.
Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned, Cyprus-flagged ship they seized in January after receiving a ransom, pirates and a piracy monitoring group said. The pirates said they had released MV Eagle, a
. DR. JIM LEONTIADES CIIM, The Cyprus Business School The ability to compete internationally defines a nations competence – what it is good at compared to other nations. For a good number
