Life expectancy in Europe is continuing to increase despite an obesity epidemic, with people in Britain reaching an older age than those living in the United States, according to study of trends
Japan bought billions of dollars to restrain a soaring yen on Friday and traders reported intervention by European central banks, kicking off joint action by the world's richest nations to calm markets
The United States, in a sharp shift in tone, wants the United Nations to authorize not just a no-fly zone to aid Libyan rebels but also air strikes against Libyan tanks and
A surge in oil prices could threaten forecast economic growth for Cyprus of 1.5% this year, Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said on Thursday. "The external environment is difficult and fragile," Stavrakis told
Cyprus will offer up to 200 mln euros in 26-week treasury bills in an auction on March 28, its public debt management office said on Thursday. The bills will have a March
Moody's Investors Service said in a new report that displaced demand from Japan's nuclear shutdown will shift to Asia-Pacific thermal-energy producers such as Australia's upstream Woodside Petroleum (Baa1 negative), Indonesia's thermal-coal miner
The ongoing turmoil in parts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is creating considerable uncertainty for oil and gas companies operating in the region, but is likely to have only
Moody's Investors Service believes that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the Russian banking system gained traction in 2010, a trend that is likely to accelerate in 2011. "Moody's considers this to
– Europe looks to get tough with new data privacy rules – Google, Facebook, others face new legal landscape – EU and U.S. trying to create a level playing field When it comes
The yen briefly hit record highs versus the dollar on Thursday as quake-hit Japan's nuclear crisis unleashed a global risk sell-off, while world stocks ticked higher after Tokyo stocks came off earlier
