The U.S. recession's grip on the economy appears to be easing but likely has not yet ended, according to a survey of economists released on Monday. The National Association for Business Economics'
U.S. stock index futures were higher, pointing to a firmer start on Wall Street on Monday, with both the Dow Jones futures and the S&P 500 futures up 0.3 percent by 3.56
Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a
The volume of retail trade (excluding automotive fuel) fell by 1.4% over the same month of the previous year in April, according to provisional figures from the Statistical Service. The turnover volume
Asking prices for homes in England and Wales in July are an average of 3.1 percent lower than a year ago, with growing signs the past year's price falls have bottomed out,
The world's population of older people is growing at the fastest rate ever seen and the old will soon outnumber the young for the first time, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. An
U.S. lender CIT Group Inc has reached a tentative deal with bondholders for $3 billion in rescue financing, sources said, as it tries to avoid becoming the latest casualty of the global
Southeast Asian foreign ministers sought ways on Monday to boost their economies, fight terrorism and counter criticism that a new human rights commission will be a toothless body. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit
Asian stocks rose on Monday to their highest level since the dark days following Lehman Brothers' collapse last September while the U.S. dollar fell, as a solid outlook for corporate earnings lured
Exerting tremendous strain on public finances BY SOTIROULA CHARALAMBOUS Minister of Labour and Social Insurance It is widely recognized that population ageing is one of the most important challenges facing the European
