The global economic crisis is not over and unemployment will still go up in the months to come, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany warned on Thursday before a meeting of
Greek voters go to snap polls on Oct 4 to choose between conservative Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Socialist contender George Papandreou. The ruling New Democracy party trails Socialist PASOK by
World stocks and oil prices rose on Thursday, bolstered by firmer Chinese shares, while the euro held firm after the European Central Bank left interest rates at record lows as expected. The
Jose Manuel Barroso vowed on Thursday to seek more cooperation within the European Union and the euro zone if elected for a second five-year term as president of the EU's executive European
The European Central Bank kept interest rates at 1.0 percent on Thursday, moving attention to President Jean-Claude Trichet's view of the fledging euro zone recovery and new ECB economic projections. All 80
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, following a four-day losing streak. At 5:04 a.m. EDT, futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.6 percent,
Oil prices rose towards $69 a barrel on Thursday, drawing support from a sharp fall in U.S. gasoline inventories that revived hopes of a demand recovery in the world's largest fuel consumer.
The euro zone services economy jumped back almost to recovery in August, and is on course to grow in the current quarter led by a resurgent Germany and France, key data showed
The World Trade Organisation must remain vigilant about protectionism as job losses continue to mount in the wake of the global crisis, Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Thursday. Many countries had raised
The global recession is coming to an end faster than thought just a few months ago and may already be over, according to forecasts published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
