Author Ben Mezrich wants readers to enjoy his new book about the founding of social networking website Facebook like a page-turning thriller and ignore criticism of his reporting methods. Mezrich's book "The
In a bid to bring art to the digital age, Christie's is rolling out a new application to bring Impressionists to the iPhone. The auction house, a purveyor of fine art, jewelry,
U.S. and European data and company results offered hope the global recession had eased but still showed the West lagging Asia, where two major central banks flagged the need to rein in
European equities advanced for a third straight session to hit a two-week high on Wednesday as reassuring results from Goldman Sachs and Intel boosted banking and tech shares, while oils tracked crude
The decline in the value of trade in the world's major industrialised economies began to slow in the first four months of 2009, though volumes continued to fall at double digit rates
O2, the British mobile phone unit of Spain's Telefonica, launched Britain's first cash-card service from a mobile operator on Wednesday to give itself a foothold in the promising mobile-money market. The Visa
Global stocks rose to their highest level in nearly two weeks on Wednesday as blockbuster results from major firms such as tech bellwether Intel Corp underpinned appetite for riskier assets. Goldman Sachs
EBay Inc is pulling the plug on its annual eBay Live! event, eschewing the large networking affair for a series of more intimate gatherings to connect sellers. The company notified sellers on
It took a child to stump the creators of the BlackBerry, one of the world's top selling smartphones and a part of most executives' attire. "Are you going to make a phone
European stocks rose to a two-week high on Wednesday, as forecast-beating earnings from Intel, Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs reassured investors on the outlook for corporate profits. At 0800 GMT, the
