British display screen maker Plastic Logic has scrapped the launch of its long-awaited e-reader QUE, which had been seen as a potential challenger to the hugely popular Kindle from Amazon. The firm
Turkey has delayed implementation of fiscal reforms and may loosen their parameters, its industry minister said, potentially putting at risk medium-term goals for cutting its budget deficit and public debt. Targets for
Britain's top shares fell early on Wednesday, with banks and commodity-linked stocks leading a broad-based retreat after measures by the U.S. Federal Reserve to bolster its economy failed to provide much reassurance.
Atrium European Real Estate is suing its founder, Austrian coffee roasting heir Julius Meinl V, and his bank for over 2 bln euros in damages, it said on Wednesday. The surprise claims
Japan's Nikkei average fell 2.7 percent on Wednesday, marking its worst day in nearly a month as a stronger yen deepened worries about the longer-term prospects for Japan's economy and the technical
Royal Bank of Scotland, a major creditor of English soccer club Liverpool Football Club, is supporting the club's sale by offering financing to potential buyers, banking sources familiar with the matter said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Tuesday to crack down on benefit fraud and to cut waste in the welfare system as a step towards cutting the record peacetime budget deficit.
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, will start the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Wednesday along with most other Gulf states. Senior religious councils in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the issuer rating for Aldar Properties PJSC, one of the largest property developers in Abu Dhabi, by two notches to Ba3 from Ba1 and assigned a probability
Greece's budget shortfall shrank 39.7 percent for the first seven months of the year compared with the same period last year, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. The central government budget deficit,
