By Krisztina Than (Reuters) A massive international rescue package for Hungary is intended to stabilise financial markets and may help the Socialist minority government, but ordinary Hungarians are likely to suffer from
Britain will announce plans to boost bank lending to small businesses on Thursday that could include the European Investment Bank shouldering more risk. "Having recapitalised the banks, we want to ensure that
About a hundred Greek flights will be grounded on Thursday due to a 24-hour strike by Olympic Airlines unions opposing the government's plan to privatise the ailing flag carrier, the company said
Shares in carmaker Volkswagen nearly halved on Wednesday after controlling shareholder Porsche took steps to ease a squeeze on shortsellers that more than quadrupled the stock in days. Porsche itself had prompted
The United States is expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday, a measure Japan, the European Central Bank and Britain are forecast to follow by the end of next week to bolster
European shares surged 3 percent early on Wednesday, led by banks and heartened by major rallies in U.S. and Asian stocks as investors bet on a U.S. rate cut that could help
British mortgage approvals rose last month for the first time in over a year, data showed on Wednesday, although the slight pick up from August's record low does little to suggest the
Global economic slowdown will hurt the mobile gaming market this year and next, after it already suffered an unexpected slump last year, the head of gaming at Nokia said on Wednesday. "This
Hewlett-Packard Co on Wednesday will unveil a new mini-notebook in a move to gain ground in the fastest-growing PC category, which until now has been dominated by its smaller rivals. Netbooks —
Microsoft Corp is betting its next Windows operating system will be faster and easier to use and avoid the missteps of Windows Vista that alienated many users of the software that powers
