It turns out everyone just wants to be a rock star. Music genre games "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" are bona-fide smash hits, entering the rarefied air once reserved for only the
A spacecraft sent on a mission to inspect comets has filmed the Earth and its moon from 31 mln miles away, making an alien's-eye view of our world. The two brief sequences
By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) – The rollercoaster that is world stock markets hit the dips again on Friday, falling on bank worries after Merrill Lynch posted
LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) – European shares slipped in early trade on Friday, as banks fell after disappointing results from Merrill Lynch overnight and heavyweight oils lost ground as crude traded well
Euro turn sends mixed signals The 100 basis point recovery of the euro against the dollar from the Thursday NY low of 1.5783 to 1.5888 on Friday morning has distorted the short
The dollar surged against the yen on Thursday and erased earlier losses versus the euro as oil prices plunged and investors worried that high energy costs and financial market turmoil were slowing
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it had raised its long-term counterparty credit rating on Russian Foreign Economic Industrial Bank (Vneshprombank) to 'B-' from 'CCC', and affirmed the 'C' short-term rating.
Asian stocks fell on Friday, hurt by resource-related shares stung by oil's 10 percent decline this week and by weaker-than-expected results from Merrill Lynch, which deflated hopes for a recovery in the
Borrowers who have lost their homes, thousands of dollars and their good credit ratings can at least have a laugh thanks to real estate agent and Web site creator Lisa LaShawn. LaShawn
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Alexander Downer, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, as his Special Adviser on Cyprus. Described by the UN as a “highly respected diplomat”, Downer
