World stocks rose for a third straight session on Wednesday and the dollar set a two-month peak against the yen after upbeat U.S. housing market data fanned expectations for a solid recovery
Britain's top share index advanced for a third straight session on Wednesday, reflecting strength on Wall Street on optimism about the housing sector, with commodity stocks and banks among the top risers.
North and South American users of Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry smartphone suffered widespread delays in message services on Tuesday, just a week after another outage struck the popular corporate network. Customers
Audiences have given Hollywood a big present in advance of Christmas — U.S. and Canadian movie ticket sales for 2009 were expected to cross the annual $10 billion mark on Tuesday night
Indian and Australian shares led Asian stock markets higher on Wednesday, while oil and gold came under pressure as the dollar held firm thanks to optimism about the U.S. economy. Leading European
World stocks rose for a second day running on Tuesday and the dollar clung onto gains despite data showing the U.S. economy grew in the third quarter at a slower pace than
The Bank of England's unprecedented quantitative easing programme has helped Britain stave off a Japanese-style depression though the balance of risks to growth and inflation remains to the downside, policymaker Adam Posen
The U.S. economy grew at a much slower pace than initially thought in the third quarter, restrained by weak business investment and a slightly more aggressive liquidation of inventories, according to data
Oil slipped to around $73 per barrel on Tuesday after OPEC agreed to roll over its production targets and ahead of data expected to show a fall in crude and distillate inventories
Stock index futures were higher on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, as investors awaited a final reading on third-quarter economic growth and existing home sales data. Existing home sales are
