Barclays Plc shareholders are expected to comfortably approve the British bank's sale of asset manager Barclays Global Investors to BlackRock when they vote on the $13.5 billion deal on Thursday. The bank
By Louis Charbonneau The United States is ready to hand over more than $2 billion in new and old contributions it owes the U.N. peacekeeping department, Washington's U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, said
FRONTEX has been in touch with the Turkish authorities in terms of the practical cooperation of the border control since 2006, however has not as yet been able to sign a working
Cypriot football team APOEL, of Nicosia, has qualified in the UEFA Champions League play off. APOEL qualified even though it was defeated on Wednesday by FK Partizan in Belgrade with 1-0. APOEL
Cytamobile-Vodafone, the leading mobile telecommunications provider in Cyprus, announced today that it will offer the choice to its customers to use their mobile phone and laptop while on flight, with its new
Asian stocks edged up close to 11-month highs on Thursday on strength in resource-related shares, while the Australian dollar gained after a surprise rise in employment prompted increased bets on higher interest
The Bank of England will decide whether to expand its quantitative easing programme later on Thursday, and economists are split down the middle over the central bank's choice. The outcome of Thursday's
The biggest winners since the U.S. stock market got another dose of bull market fever in mid-July have been the companies with the most beaten-down shares and the ones whose business outlooks
Stocks in Shanghai dropped 3 percent on Thursday, weighed by speculation China may take more steps to rein in liquidity, slashing the Australian dollar's gains, while copper slid from 10-month highs after
Oil rose towards $72 a barrel on Wednesday, ahead of key inventory data expected to show a fall in U.S. crude stocks and supported by higher European equities and a weaker U.S.
