British manufacturing output unexpectedly shrank in May, official data showed on Tuesday, making it less likely the economy returned to growth in the second quarter. Manufacturing output fell 0.5 percent on the
The global economy is stabilising as China gains pace and the U.S. economy possibly nears a turning point, Australia's central bank said on Tuesday, while markets struggled to shake off doubts about
Sony Corp said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making its entry into the fast-growing netbook
Britain's economy is not yet out of recession despite a marked easing in the pace of decline in the manufacturing and services sectors in the second quarter, a survey by the British
The United States should be planning for a possible second round of fiscal stimulus to further prop up the economy after the $787 billion rescue package launched in February, an adviser to
Asian stocks edged up slightly on Tuesday but struggled after a slide the previous day, while the yen held gains against higher-yielding currencies as investors doubt the speed of the global economy's
U.S. stocks fell at the open on Monday as investors worried about the strength and timing of an economic recovery, with a drop in oil and commodity prices weighing down shares in
Second thoughts about the U.S. economy's ability to recover soon hit global stocks on Monday, set Wall Street up for likely losses at the open and gave the dollar a boost. Investors
Declining oils and miners pushed Britain's top share index down 1.3 percent by midday Monday, on the back of weaker crude and metals prices as economic jitters intensified, but losses were capped
Britain's top share index fell 1.1 percent early on Monday on concerns about the global economic outlook, with heavyweight oils, miners and banks leading the market lower. By 0821 GMT, the FTSE
