Greece unveiled legislation on Thursday to make its discredited statistics service fully independent after the European Union demanded it put an end to the release of flawed economic data. The draft legislation,
European shares fell around midday on Thursday as banks were pressured by jitters over the fiscal health of euro zone peripheral countries, while the European Central Bank (ECB) kept interest rates on
The Bank of England put a hold on its unprecedented 200 billion pound asset-buying programme for the first time in 11 months on Thursday, but left the door open for more so-called
The number of workers filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, according to a government report on Thursday that pointed to a labor market still under stress even as
U.S. stock index futures extended declines on Thursday after data showed initial claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week. * S&P 500 futures dropped 11.2 points and were below fair value,
Highest price for a work at auction Alberto Giacometti’s L’homme qui marche I (Walking Man I) sold for £65,001,250 or €74,185,983 at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday night, becoming the most expensive
The Bank of England announced on Thursday no increase to its unprecedented 200 billion pound asset-buying programme, halting the scheme after 11 months in a move that could signal a return to
Toyota Motor Corp expects costs and lost sales from its massive safety recall to total $2 billion by the end of March, keeping it in the red for the year despite its
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it aimed to treble smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make
The Consumer Price Index for January 2010 decreased by 2.22 units or 1.97% to 110.38 units, compared to 112.60 in December 2009, and the rate of increase of the Index and therefore
