Home Depot Inc, the world's largest home improvement retailer, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as it held down costs and consumers took on spring projects. Earnings declined to $1.2 bln, or
Britons' inflation expectations are running at their highest level since 1992, according to a survey on Tuesday which flagged the risk that price pressures could generate higher wage demands. The Barclays Survey
European shares fell by midday on Tuesday, wiping out all gains for the month as worries about the future of the top U.S. home finance groups lengthened the shadow that a year-long
The Central Bank of Cyprus has eased the minimum liquidity reserve requirement in foreign currencies, effectively injecting millions more available cash into the banking system, just over a month after it said
From a set of jade mascots for $40,000 to a face cloth for 72 cents, up to 5,000 official Olympics souvenirs are on sale in Beijing and tourists hoping to snap up
Hewlett-Packard Co has announced a line of portable lightweight computers aimed at business travelers to compete with a product range announced by rival Dell Inc last week. HP said on Monday that
Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 beat Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 in Japan weekly sales for the first time two weeks ago, riding robust demand for a recent Xbox 360 title produced by Namco
Fears that emerging market demand for Dell Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co technology products will slow and that the U.S. dollar will strengthen in the remainder of the year may overshadow earnings in
U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is considering options, such as selling all or part of its asset management unit, with an aim of reaching a deal by the time it
Chinese economic growth can deliver a potentially massive boost to global energy demand with clear implications for long-term oil prices, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Monday. Fisher, speaking
