Metals, grains, oil slide on recession fear

Copper hit a 33-month low, gold tumbled and oil slid further on Thursday as prices of industrial materials and other commodities were undermined by growing fears of global recession. Oil slumped to

Pressure on G7 as financial chaos continues

Here is a chronology of the recent global market chaos: Sept. 14/15 – Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc files for bankruptcy protection; Merrill Lynch & Co Inc to be taken over

Acer gains on netbooks, HP keeps global PC lead

Taiwan's Acer Inc surged past global champion Hewlett-Packard Co in European personal computer sales in the third quarter, in the clearest sign of the move toward cheap, small mini-notebook computers, research firm