European shares fell in early trade on Wednesday as investors shrugged off a Federal Reserve rate cut and focused instead on worries about more banking sector losses. At 0939 GMT, the FTSEurofirst
All nine members of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted for this month's 1 percentage point cut in interest rates and discussed whether an even bigger reduction might be needed.
The number of Britons out of work and claiming benefit rose for a tenth consecutive month in November and by the largest amount since March 1991, official data showed on Wednesday. The
The number of Britons out of work and claiming benefit rose for a 10th consecutive month in November and by the largest amount since March 1991, official data showed on Wednesday. The
A government bailout for automakers was being assembled as quickly and carefully as possible, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday as a new ratings report showed that bankruptcy was the most
Oil rose by more than a dollar to nearly $45 on Wednesday ahead of an OPEC meeting in Algeria widely expected to announce a big cut in production in an attempt to
Mobile phone sales will shrink next year at their fastest pace ever as consumers cut spending, a Reuters poll showed, with analysts increasingly concerned about unsold phones piling up in stores. On
The House plenary began here Tuesday a three-day debate on the 2009 state budget. According to the Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis, the 2009 state budget, as it was presented to the House
Kypros Chrysostomides, Cyprus Minister of Justice and Public Order, resigned today. President Demetris Christofias accepted his resignation. Chrysostomides’s resignation comes in the wake of last week’s escape, from a private hospital, of
Lawyers in Australia expect the internet social network site Facebook to become a new way of tracking down defendants after a landmark court ruling. The Supreme Court in Australia's capital Canberra has
