Asian shares eased on Tuesday on worries about slowing global growth after Germany's business confidence fell in September for a fifth consecutive month and Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest earth-moving equipment maker, cut its earnings forecast. Uncertainty about bailout prospects for Greece and Spain as the euro zone's three-year-long debt crisis rumbles on also weighed

The European Central Bank and Germany's Bundesbank central bank are getting lawyers to check the legality of the ECB's new bond-buying programme, a German newspaper said on Tuesday. German tabloid Bild, which did not name its sources, said ECB and Bundesbank in-house lawyers were checking both what proportions the programme would have to take on

German business sentiment dropped for a fifth straight month in September, raising fears of recession, as companies struggled with a bleaker economic outlook and the European Central Bank's bond buying plan failed to create much boardroom cheer. Germany's relative resilience to the euro zone debt crisis has been steadily fraying as its firms see falling

The International Monetary Fund is set to cut its forecast for global growth next month with uncertainty over whether European policymakers will keep promises to address the euro zone crisis weighing on confidence, the head of the IMF said. "We continue to project a gradual recovery, but global growth will likely be a bit weaker

It is a challenge for every urban driver — finding reasonably priced parking. But before taking another loop around the block, it might be wise to consult a new mobile app. Parking Panda is a parking reservation service that allows drivers to find and book parking spots directly through their smartphones. It also lets those

British Prime Minister David Cameron has held talks with the French and German leaders in an attempt to ensure UK interests are protected if a $45 billion proposed merger between BAE Systems and EADS goes ahead, his spokesman said on Monday. European aerospace group EADS and British defence contractor BAE announced this month that they

Apple Inc sold out of its latest smartphone, with more than 5 million iPhone 5 sales in the three days after it hit stores, the company said on Monday. That number blasted past sales of the iPhone 4. When Apple introduced it in October 2011, it sold more than 4 million units in its first

As the mobile computing wars heat up, chipmakers that supply the crucial components inside smartphones and tablets aim to grab more of the glory. Not content to remain in the shadows of hot consumer brands like Apple or Samsung, chipmakers – including Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia – want consumers to get to know the processors