Britain's top share index was up 0.2 percent in early trade on Thursday as investors paused after hefty gains earlier in the week, while Diageo fell after it cut its profit target.
Airlines carried 11.3 percent less cargo and 2.9 percent fewer people in July than in the same month a year ago, a global industry body said on Thursday. But the year-on-year declines
Microsoft Corp is slashing the price of its high-end Xbox 360 model by $100, ratcheting up the stakes in the game console fight this holiday season. Microsoft will drop the price of
Cypriot international Chrysis Michael played a captain's role here Thursday night by bagging a brace to ensure Cyprus minnows APOEL Nicosia reached the Champions League groups following a 3-1 win over Copenhagen.
World stocks lost ground for a second straight day on Thursday and the yen broadly gained, with equity investors avoiding risky assets and preferring to take profits from a rally to 10-month
With the U.S. economy mired in recession, workers are finding themselves stuck in bad jobs with such annoyances as managers who berate employees and bosses who hold meetings in bed. Unable to
British house prices rose for the fourth month running and at their fastest monthly rate in 2-1/2 years in August, the Nationwide Building Society said on Thursday, in a further sign the
Nokia Oyj will try again to tackle Apple Inc's iPhone in the top-end of the handset market with a bet on Linux software, several industry sources told Reuters. Top handset maker Nokia
European shares fell by midday on Wednesday, snapping a four-session winning streak and shrugging off better-than-expected German economic data, with oil and gas stocks leading the losers. By 1030 GMT, the pan-European
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the bank financial strength rating (BFSR) of Gulf Bank in Kuwait to D+ from C-. Consequently, the long-term global local currency (GLC) and long-term foreign currency deposit
