A 400 billion euro plan to power Europe with Sahara sunlight is gaining momentum, even as critics see high risks in a large corporate project using young technology in north African countries
Oil crept up to near $74 a barrel on Monday within sight of a 10-month high, supported by optimism that an economic recovery will spur a rebound in energy demand. A string
European shares hit a 10-month peak on Monday, with euro zone industrial orders data providing more evidence of economic recovery, and miners gaining as metals prices rose. At 1037 GMT, the pan-European
Britain's top shares rose 0.4 percent mid-session on Monday as robust commodity prices pushing miners and oils higher, and financial stocks found support on optimism over the pace of global economic recovery.
Stock index futures rose on Monday after four straight positive sessions for Wall Street, as global stocks hit 10-month highs on hopes that the U.S. economy will soon start to recover from
Is it game over for the recession? Or will consumers stay in hibernation? Investors will watch this week's new home sales and consumer data to see if the economy's recovery is on
Online social networking site Facebook is looking to expand its staff by as much as 50 percent this year, its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told Bloomberg news agency in an interview dated
IPhone maker Apple Inc told U.S. regulators it has not approved Google Inc's Voice application, which could challenge the wireless industry's giants, because it interferes with the iPhone "user experience." Apple told
Microsoft Corp and Yahoo! Inc are joining a group of opponents to a class action settlement that gives Google Inc the right to digitize millions of books, the companies said on Friday.
The Cyprus government has sent aircrafts, small brigade vehicles, firemen and members of the Civil Defence to Greece to help efforts to extinguish fires raging near Athens. Cyprus Justice and Public Order
