Britain's top share index rose on Thursday as miners gained on firmer metals prices which were boosted by a brightening demand outlook, while mobile phone heavyweight Vodafone rose after an upgrade from
Liverpool's bitter ownership wrangle rumbled into Thursday after George Gillett and Tom Hicks launched an 11th hour legal bid to stop the club being sold to Boston Red Sox owner John W
Stumbling out of a nightclub and walking home barefoot with aching feet after dancing all night in killer heels could be a thing of the past for women thanks to new vending
Greek riot police used force and tear gas to disperse about 150 protesting contract workers on Thursday who had blocked access to the Athens Acropolis to press wage claims, a Reuters eyewitness
China's economic growth in 2011 will probably be marginally weaker than economists had expected three months ago as the government maintains its curbs on credit growth, according to a Reuters poll. The
Oil rose for a second day on Thursday, approaching five-month highs, dragged higher by a broad-based rally in commodities as investors dump the dollar in a flight to value-preserving assets. U.S. crude
The U.S. dollar tumbled to a 10-month low on Thursday after Singapore unexpectedly tightened policy to let its currency rise, lifting Asian stocks and copper to two-year peaks and gold to a
Euro zone members Slovenia and Cyprus said on Wednesday they were concerned by the recent appreciation in the value of the euro and its impact on competitiveness and exports from the single
European shares touched a three-week high on Wednesday, after the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested it was closer to introducing fresh stimuli to the economy. Technology shares featured among the
Moody's Investors Service has raised the outlook to stable from negative on the B3 long-term foreign currency deposit ratings of 14 Ukrainian banks. The outlook on three banks' outstanding foreign currency debt
