More gloom on prospects for the global economy sparked by weak U.S. corporate results depressed commodity prices, knocking energy stocks and dragging Britain's top share index to a 10-week low by midday
China may have told world leaders it wants a better, more stable global reserve currency system, but analysts say Beijing is in no rush to dethrone the dollar because it has vast
European shares fell on Friday, with oil producers leading the losers following negative statements from Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, that refuelled fears about company earnings. At 0818 GMT, the FTSEurofirst
* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, as investors turned cautious after oil major Chevron Corp (CVX.N) warned over its second-quarter earnings. * At
Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said there may be announcements later this year about netbook PCs running its new Chrome operating system, as the Internet giant makes its deepest push into
Shares in China's Guilin Sanjin Pharmaceutical and Zhejiang Wanma Cable almost doubled in their debut on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Friday, buoyed by strong investor interest in the country's first initial
Cyber attacks slowing U.S. and South Korean websites could enter a new phase on Friday by attacking personal computers and wiping hard disks, a South Korean government agency and Web security firm
The VDMA, whose members include Siemens and Volkswagen, says its incoming business has suffered record declines this year. Now the dearth of credit to tide firms over is a new headache, which
UBS cannot comply with a U.S. request to disclose the identity of 52,000 U.S. secret account holders, the bank's chief executive Oswald Gruebel said in an internal memorandum, according to a source
Uncertainty on earnings and economic recovery prospects kept Japanese shares hobbled near seven-week lows on Friday, while prices for commodities such as oil and copper looked to build a floor after recent
