U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday ahead of key data expected to show new orders for durable goods rose slightly. * At the G20 summit, world leaders pledged to keep
Twitter is close to securing as much as $100 million of new capital from mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price, private equity firm Insight Venture Partners and five other investors, the Wall
Hewlett-Packard Co predicted that overall IT spending would bounce back next year, but set a fiscal 2010 revenue forecast that came in just below Wall Street's expectations. The IT industry will return
Britain's leading share index was up 0.1 percent early on Friday, as a pledge by world leaders to keep emergency economic support in place until a recovery is more evident helped lift
Group of 20 leaders will aim to implement new rules by the end of 2012 to improve the quality and amount of bank capital and discourage excessive leverage, a draft summit communique
The Group of 20 will agree to phase out subsidies on oil and other fossil fuels in the "medium term," but will not set a firm timetable for the move aimed at
The Group of 20 will take on the role of caretakers of the global economy, giving rising powers such as China more clout, and roll out tougher rules on bank capital by
Asian stocks fell and the U.S. dollar extended gains on Friday after central banks said they were winding down extraordinary stimulus measures, raising fears the days of fast flowing liquidity were numbered.
Britain's top share index fell 0.3 percent by midday on Thursday, led lower by banking stocks with investors cautious ahead of the outcome from the latest Group of 20 leaders' meeting. At
Britain's economy has turned a corner thanks to unprecedented stimulus measures, weaker sterling and the end of the destocking cycle, but the recovery will be slow, Bank of England chief economist Spencer
