Costs for mining firms are sliding, a rare bright spot in a downturn that will help soften the impact of a crash in metals prices, but some improved costs, such as labour,
Britain's top share index gained 1.4 percent by midday on Tuesday, touching its highest level in a month as investors shrugged off a raft of weak data in anticipation of further growth-boosting
Registered unemployment rose for the third consecutive month in November, hitting construction and real estate the most. According to the Statistical Service, the number of unemployed registered at the District Labour Offices
Vodafone Group Plc said on Tuesday it would make a public offer for navigational and locating services firm Wayfinder Systems, valuing the Swedish company at 239 million Swedish crowns ($30 million). "Wayfinder's
The EU-harmonised consumer price inflation rate (HICP) in Cyprus fell to 3.1% in November, down from 4.8% in October and a peak of 5.3% in July. Compared with the previous month, the
The fate of the U.S. auto industry and millions of jobs are on the line as major players work out details on Tuesday of a plan to extend emergency loans to the
British retail sales fell at their sharpest annual pace in more than three years in November, a survey showed on Tuesday in a grim portent of the all-important Christmas shopping season. The
Profits at Britain's high-street stores are set to plunge by 3.6 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) next year, as a 4 percent drop in sales is compounded by rising costs, according to a
Microsoft Corp will soon launch a full range of online versions of its software products, including the Office suite, and expects the weak economy to accelerate growth of the nascent Web-based software
President-elect Barack Obama faces many difficult tasks when he enters the White House, and now people who want to face similar challenges can give the U.S. presidency a try, too, in a
