Britain's top share index rose early on Tuesday on strength among miners as metals prices rose and among banks as investors awaited quarterly numbers from Goldman Sachs. By 0759 GMT, the FTSE
Facebook netted a $6.5 billion valuation for its common shares on Monday, further underscoring the fast-growing Internet social networking site's high rank among technology and media industry heavyweights. Russia's Digital Sky Technologies
Microsoft Corp will release three versions of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that rival Google Inc launched three years ago. The news
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday he was optimistic some leading economies could grow this year, but the European Central Bank urged banks to resume lending to secure a recovery.
Stocks opened higher on Monday after influential bank analyst Meredith Whitney upgraded Goldman Sachs Group to "buy" and gave a bullish assessment of the financial sector's likely performance, sparking hope that quarterly
Microsoft Corp will release a free version of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that arch rival Google Inc launched three years ago.
European shares reversed course on Monday and headed higher as Wall Street looked set for a positive start, although world shares were lower with particularly heavy losses in emerging markets. Investors in
European share prices were still weak by midday on Monday after hitting an 11-week low, with persistent concerns about the strength of an economic recovery and company earnings in the second quarter
London's leading share index in mid-session on Modnay was flat in light volume as gains in defensives and energy stocks, which shrugged off weaker oil prices, were offset by falls in banks
World shares fell on Monday, with particularly heavy losses in emerging markets, as investors fretted about a coming wave of corporate earnings and confidence in a rapid global economic recovery faded. Oil
