Crude fell for a fifth day and gasoline component RBOB tumbled to a 6-and-a-half month low, as the dollar strengthened and the end of U.S. summer holidays approached without triggering a seasonal
Piraeus Bank, Greece's fourth-largest lender, is expected to report a second-quarter loss, hit by a one-off austerity tax and higher loan-loss provisions as the recession deepened. Piraeus will get the ball rolling
. Sweden's centre-right coalition government, seeking a new four-year term in an election next month, has pledged tax cuts for pensioners and more health spending. The centre-right Alliance bloc, led by the Moderate
Egypt's general prosecutor ordered that the government's head of fine arts be detained for four days pending an investigation into the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 mln,
Greek business and household bank deposits shrank for a sixth straight month in June to reach 216.5 bln euros, central bank data showed on Monday. The data showed that since the start
An armed man released the hostages he had taken during a bank robbery in Athens' port of Piraeus on Monday and turned himself in, police said. Three men had stormed into a
Pakistan braced for more flooding in the south as officials were due to hold talks in Washington on Monday with the International Monetary Fund on how to shore up the battered economy
Greece's cash-strapped mobile phone operator Wind Hellas said on Monday sales and operating revenue continued dropping in the second quarter, as recession and competition kept weighing on results. Total revenues dropped to
Russia has enough grain to cover its needs after harvesting 38% less in 2010, a senior official said on Monday, but his data indicated the former exporter is likely to import millions
Formula One signed up Swiss bank UBS as a global partner on Monday in a deal the sport will hope marks a turnaround after the exit of several other financial institutions due
