The world's top cell phone maker Nokia unveiled on Monday its new online software and media store, hoping to follow the runaway success of Apple's App Store. The focus of the cell
Consumer demand for data services on mobile phones, such as accessing email or browsing the Web on the go, is rising despite the global economic downturn, a survey released Monday found. The
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Sunday unveiled an 8 megapixel camera phone and unlimited movie download service for mobile phones. The firm also said it would bring to the market in
Asian stocks came under modest pressure on Monday, with dismal economic data and doubts about prospects for the financial industry outstripping investor relief that a U.S. economic stimulus bill had finally passed.
Japan's economy shrank in the last quarter at its fastest rate since the first oil crisis in 1974, hit by an unprecedented slump in exports, and economists warned there was little sign
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed congressional approval of a $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery" and the White House said he would
The G7 economies are struggling to produce a collective response to the worst downturn in decades, raising the danger that an upcoming G20 meeting could in turn hit trouble over the looming
Lloyds Banking Group said its HBOS unit made a hefty loss last year due to bigger-than-expected bad loans, wiping nearly a third off the group's stock market value. HBOS had a pretax
Hopes for a U.S. government plan to subsidise mortgages lifted stocks and oil prices on Friday but the yen and government bonds fell, while investors look to a G7 meeting for further
G7 finance ministers headed to Rome to discuss the global economic crisis on Friday with a warning from Germany that the world could be plunged back into the dark days of the
