European shares fell early on Wednesday after two days of gains, led lower by banks and oils and tracking U.S. markets hit by company profit warnings, though Rio Tinto jumped on its
Mobile phone text-message abbreviations and simplifications are not ruining our spelling, but they do take much longer to read and understand than conventional English, a small Australian study has shown. University of
Fourteen of the world's largest mobile phone and chip makers, including Sony Ericsson, Vodafone Group Plc and ARM Holdings Plc, joined the Open Handset Alliance on Tuesday to support the Android mobile
Shares in Sony Corp fell 1 percent on Wednesday after the company said it aims to cut $1.1 billion in costs in its struggling electronics operations through job cuts and other restructuring
Electronic Arts Inc warned its fiscal 2009 profit and revenue will fall short of already-low forecasts due to disappointing holiday sales of its video games in North America and Europe. The surprise
As the saying goes, when America sneezes, Britain catches a cold. What began as a local downturn in the US housing market has spread to the UK – and over the next
Asian stocks rallied more than 3 percent to a one-month high on Wednesday on hopes governments worldwide will help out ailing industries and implement stimulus measures as they fight back against a
The economic recession gripping Britain is likely to be as long and deep as the previous three major post-war downturns, Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Andrew Sentance said on Tuesday. Speaking at
World shares ticked higher on Tuesday, encouraged by higher U.S. stock futures which indicated Wall Street could add to the previous day's strong gains, and an unexpected rise in a German economic
Britain's top share index gained 1.4 percent by midday on Tuesday, touching its highest level in a month as investors shrugged off a raft of weak data in anticipation of further growth-boosting
