Gold hit a fresh record high on Thursday as the dollar struggled, while emerging market stocks climbed to their highest level this year. Wall Street looked set for a buoyant start and
Britain's leading shares gained 0.9 percent early on Thursday led by strength in commodity and banking issues after Alcoa kicked off the U.S. third-quarter earnings season with a bang. At 0829 GMT
* Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 rise 0.9 to 1 percent, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday. * At
Dell Inc plans to launch a smartphone with Google's Android mobile software on carrier AT&T's network, a source said, marking the PC maker's first foray into a cut-throat U.S. cellphone arena. Dell
Text messaging can help smokers quit the habit, according to an international study. A review of four trials conducted in New Zealand, Britain and Norway, found that programs to help people stop
Oil rose above $70 a barrel on Thursday, retrieving some of the previous session's losses, supported by signs of global economic recovery and a weaker U.S. dollar. Oil dropped almost 2 percent
Irish voters' approval of the European Union's Lisbon treaty has exposed divisions within Britain's opposition Conservative Party over how far to press their campaign against the treaty. Following are views on how
By Wayne Cole Australian employment surged past all expectations in September and the jobless rate dropped in what might be a surprisingly early turning point, adding to the case for more interest
The Cyprus Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, have signed a research and educational collaboration agreement for the development of the Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CaSToRC) of
European shares moved higher in early trade on Thursday, with banks and commodity stocks the biggest gainers as investors awaited rate decisions by the Bank of England and European Central Bank. By
