British retailers sold a record combined number of DVDs, games and music in 2008 despite the economic gloom, boosted by the popularity of Nintendo's Wii and single downloads, trade bodies said on
Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on Bahrain's sovereign ratings to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’. These ratings are the country's A2 local and foreign currency government bond ratings, the A2 country ceiling
The popular mobile internet site Nokia.mobi has extended its offering with the launch of Here and Now, a new section that provides the latest world news, music, celebrity buzz, as well as
Aegon has agreed to acquire Banca Transilvania's 50% shareholding in BT Aegon, the two companies' jointly-owned Romanian pension business. Aegon will pay EUR 11 mln for the stake, which will give it
Global stocks rose on Wednesday, extending a rally into a 10th straight day, inspired by hopes massive U.S. government spending and tax cuts will continue to support the dollar and stimulate demand
Marks & Spencer, Britain's biggest clothing retailer, reported its worst quarterly sales performance for a decade and said it would cut around 1,230 jobs in a bid to save money in a
Officials from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank on Sunday vowed to fight the damaging effects of deflation as the global economy suffers a deep and lengthy recession. In just
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was examined at least eight times in 16 years by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, who often came armed with suspicions,
For videogame publishers the start of 2009 marks a new phase in gaming with the release of new titles no longer confined to the top holiday sale months but spread throughout the
Dolby Laboratories Inc, a company best known for its audio technology, is now targeting one of the most buzzed-about areas in video: bringing digital 3-D entertainment to the home. Dolby says it
