Microsoft Corp will release three versions of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that rival Google Inc launched three years ago. The news
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday he was optimistic some leading economies could grow this year, but the European Central Bank urged banks to resume lending to secure a recovery.
Oil prices slipped more than $1 to below $59 a barrel on Monday, hitting their lowest in almost two months on concerns over the state of the global economy. The market dropped
By Laurence Fletcher Valuations of cyclical stocks have risen too far as a result of the recent market rebound, according to Octopus Investments fund manager David Crawford, who has been switching into
President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias said that the government may soon make announcements concerning assistance to the Institute of Neurology and Genetics. Speaking after a visit to the Institute,
Stocks opened higher on Monday after influential bank analyst Meredith Whitney upgraded Goldman Sachs Group to "buy" and gave a bullish assessment of the financial sector's likely performance, sparking hope that quarterly
Microsoft Corp will release a free version of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that arch rival Google Inc launched three years ago.
European shares reversed course on Monday and headed higher as Wall Street looked set for a positive start, although world shares were lower with particularly heavy losses in emerging markets. Investors in
Britain should return to growth in 2009, although the fate of the global economy remains uncertain, British finance minister Alistair Darling said on Monday. "I remain confident that our economy will see
European share prices were still weak by midday on Monday after hitting an 11-week low, with persistent concerns about the strength of an economic recovery and company earnings in the second quarter
