Oil rose towards $72 a barrel on Friday, gaining for a third day, supported by views on equity markets that the economy may be stabilising and due to geopolitical concerns over key
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday, as stocks were poised to add to the previous session's gains. At 0900 GMT, futures for the S&P
Equity markets and high yielding currencies gained on Friday while bonds and the dollar fell, as U.S. jobs and factory data the previous session rekindled hopes that the global economy may be
Britain's top share index gained 0.7 percent early on Friday as upbeat news from housebuilder Taylor Wimpey lifted sentiment about the health of the economy, while rising oil prices pushed energy majors
Asian stocks snapped a four-day slide on Friday and government bond yields climbed after upbeat U.S. factory and jobs data provided more evidence that the global economy is recovering from its deep
Microsoft Corp is willing to invest up to 10 percent of its operating income in its Internet search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as
Software giant Microsoft Corp is launching a free PC security service next week in what could be the biggest challenge to date for anti-virus companies with billions of dollars in annual revenue.
LG Electronics will start selling this month flatscreen monitors that can function as virtual computers, saving costs by allowing multiple users to run programs off a single standard PC. LG's new liquid
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner urged Congress to act quickly on the Obama administration's regulatory reform proposals, saying past efforts had started too late after the will to act had faded. Geithner, in
The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 added to gains while the Nasdaq turned positive on Thursday after a reading of business conditions in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region came in much better
