Euro zone unemployment rose to its highest level in almost 12 years in April but a drop in the number of jobless in Germany in May signalled the labour market could be
Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has fallen to its lowest level in nearly four years, a poll showed on Tuesday, adding to her troubles a day after the federal president's
Turnover in the general services sector dropped by 0.6% in January – March 2010 compared with the same period of 2009 according to the Statistical Service. The general turnover index does not
The European Central Bank warned on Monday that euro zone banks face up to 195 billion euros in a "second wave" of potential loan losses over the next 18 months due to
The financial cost of tackling the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst in U.S. history, now stands at $990 million, BP (BP.L) said on Tuesday as it prepared for
Stock index futures pointed to a sharply lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday following a long holiday weekend, as mounting doubts over the pace of the global economic recovery hit stocks
Apple Inc said it sold 2 million iPads since launching the touch-screen tablet in the United States nearly two months ago and taking it to nine international markets this past weekend. The
Web search group Google Inc is phasing out internal use of rival Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system because of security concerns following a Chinese hacking incident, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Travel abroad from Cyprus fell in April, probably as a result of delayed and cancelled flights as a result of ash from an Icelandic volcano. According to the Statistical Service, 91,737 residents
Manufacturing in the euro zone expanded in May, but at a far slower rate than April's 46-month high as cost pressures and tighter margins drove firms to take their feet off the
