Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan's No. 3 bank, plans to invest in Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Japanese media said, in what would be the third big Japanese investment this week on Wall
Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for regional policy, is today presenting the results of the urban audit – a health check on 321 European cities, produced in association with EUROSTAT. The audit is based
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday moved for the second time within 24 hours to keep the wheels of the financial world turning, this time acting in concert with Australia and Scandinavia
French utility EDF launched a 12.5 bln pound ($23.14 bln) agreed takeover bid on power producer British Energy, helping to secure Britain's nuclear future. EDF, the world's biggest maker of nuclear energy,
Britain's biggest spread-betting firm IG Group said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy 87.5 percent of Japanese online foreign exchange trading firm FXOnline Japan KK for 112.2 mln pounds ($207.7 mln).
European shares rose in early trade on Wednesday, as investors reacted positively to news that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will invest $5 billion in Goldman Sachs. By 0709 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300
Japan's new prime minister, Taro Aso, was tipped to appoint several outspoken nationalist allies for his cabinet on Wednesday, including a China critic for the finance job, while keeping a fiscal reformer
Research In Motion is preparing to launch the long anticipated touch-screen version of its BlackBerry smartphone, according to an official promotion e-mail from U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless. The device will be known
T-Mobile has rolled out Google's answer to the iPhone as the Web search giant makes its biggest stab yet at leaping from consumers' computers into their pockets with a device cheaper than
Asian financial shares and U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday after Warren Buffett surprised the market with a $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs Firmer stocks knocked some of the safe-haven premium
