Top Federal Reserve officials hinted on Thursday that the long U.S. economic downturn could be in its final stages, although the early stages of recovery will likely be far from stellar. Meanwhile,
Apple Inc has scheduled its annual developers conference for the second week in June, with plenty of buzz surrounding its product plans. The company on Thursday announced the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp countersued Intel Corp for breach of contract on Thursday, alleging that Intel made misleading statements designed to undermine Nvidia's licensing rights. The suit seeks to terminate Intel's license
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the G20 on Thursday to back a $100 billion expansion of trade finance to reverse a fall in exports and, with his Brazilian counterpart, called for
Barack Obama will make his debut as president on the world stage next week with calls for global economies to use government spending to jumpstart growth and work on a reshaping of
Japan slipped to the brink of deflation, but tentative signs of economic improvement elsewhere and investor hopes for more steps to support a recovery helped Asian stocks rack up their biggest weekly
Australia rejected a $1.7 billion Chinese bid for OZ Minerals Ltd on Friday, saying one of its mines was close to a weapons-testing site, but invited state-owned Minmetals to restructure the deal.
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias will meet Friday Pope Benedict XVI, in the framework of the official visit he is paying to the Holy See, March 25-28. He will also meet with the
U.S. and European officials outlined plans for strict new financial rules on Thursday to stabilize the economy and curb the risk-taking that nearly wrecked the banking sector and set off a worldwide
Moves aiming at withholding two Cypriot seats in the European Parliament (EP) during efforts to solve the Cyprus problem are not constructive, Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcos Kyprianou said on Thursday.
