Panasonic Corp will tie up with the top U.S. electronics chain Best Buy Co to market and boost the sales of its 3D TVs in the United States, the Nikkei business daily
Britain's top share index rose 0.2 percent early on Monday as gains by miners, on the back of higher commodity prices, outpaced falls by banks and drugmakers, led by AstraZeneca after a
Easing fears about the U.S. economy and European debt lifted world equity markets on Monday, extending a rally that has taken many bourses into positive territory for the year. MSCI's all-country world
European shares turned briefly negative in early trade on Monday as drugmakers weighed, but gains in miners supported as metal prices rose. By 0857 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top
President Demetris Christofias said on Sunday that vigilance is necessary in order to avert deterioration of the economy, due to the financial crisis. Speaking at a conference organised by AKEL women's movement,
Greece will not need foreign help to deal with its debt problems, central bank governor George Provopoulos said in a German newspaper interview released on Monday. Provopoulos told the Financial Times Deutschland
Asian shares rose on Monday as encouraging U.S. job and consumer data reinforced views that the world's largest economy is steadily recovering, fuelling a move into riskier assets and out of safe
Better-than-forecast U.S. non-farm payrolls lifted world equities and the dollar on Friday, setting Wall Street up for further gains. The U.S. Labor Department said U.S. employers cut 36,000 jobs in February, leaving
European shares were higher in early trade on Friday, following gains in Asia and the United States overnight, and ahead of a key U.S. labour market report. At 0920 GMT, the FTSEurofirst
Britain's top share index opened 0.5 percent higher on Friday, as commodity and banking stocks led a broad-based rally ahead of U.S. non-farm payroll data, though WPP results disappointed. By 0844 GMT,
