Japan's Nikkei average climbed 3.7 percent to a three-month closing high on Thursday, with Sony Corp and other electronics firms cheered by an economic stimulus plan that spurred hopes of revived consumer
Demand for visas for highly skilled workers has fallen sharply from last year as the American economy has slowed, the U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Wednesday. The department's U.S. Citizenship and
By Eva Kuehnen It has neither train station nor cinema, but this Bavarian town has not been bypassed by globalisation. Ambition and leverage have brought it to its deepest crisis since World
Japan should spend a larger-than-expected $154 billion to stimulate its economy, the country's ruling party said on Thursday, but South Korea's central bank left interest rates unchanged and said the economy there
Asian stocks pushed back towards a six-month high on Thursday as technology shares resumed their rally, while Japan's surprisingly big stimulus spending and signs of stabilising economic activity drove up government bond
Stock market investors hoping that adages and simplistic trading patterns offer a chance to make easy profits may have to dig a little deeper — and act faster — in an age
European equities rose in afternoon trade on Wednesday, gathering strength from positive U.S. stocks, as banks advanced after recent losses and miners followed firmer metals prices. At 1351 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300
Britain's recession is far from over and will be much deeper than previously feared despite unprecedented stimulus measures from the Bank of England, a Reuters poll showed. Over 40 economists in the
Sales of petroleum products were down in the first two months of the year in a possible sign of alower economic activity. During the period January – February 2009 the total sales
The outlook for the Arabian Gulf real estate market for 2009 is negative, reflecting tightening access to funding, declining demand and a need to preserve cash, Moody's Investors Service said in a
