Germany's foreign minister said on Friday a process had begun to consider how financially strong euro zone nations could help weaker members of the currency union, though it was too early to
Two U.S. teams have developed new materials that may pave the way for ever smaller, faster and more powerful electronics as current semiconductor technology begins to reach the limits of miniaturization. One
World stocks fell to their lowest since November on Friday, eyeing six-year lows, and the euro dropped as concern about the global economy and the banking sector drove investors towards government bonds
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday assured Canada, his country's biggest trading partner, that he would not pursue protectionist policies, and the two neighbors agreed to cooperate on cleaner energy technology. Obama,
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, accused of an $8 billion fraud that spooked investors around the world, was found in Virginia on Thursday and FBI agents served him with a complaint from U.S.
Japan's central bank said on Friday a deterioration in corporate profits had gathered pace, as investors fretted about the health of the rich world's big banks and the economic gloom gripping cash-strapped
Stocks opened higher on Thursday as investors bet Wall Street might hold off from hitting fresh bear-market lows as a search for beaten-down shares provided support. The likely bounce from three-month lows
Japan and South Korea struggled to revive economies hit by collapsing exports, Russian unemployment soared and Britain's budget deficit reached a record high as the financial crisis deepened across the world. With
World stocks rose from the previous day's three-month low on Thursday while the dollar and government bonds fell after European corporate quarterly results came in better than the most pessimistic expectations. Oil
About 300,000 Russians lost their jobs in January as collapsing oil prices and months of market crisis hammered the real economy, bringing unemployment close to rates not seen since the socially unstable
