Asian stocks, dollar dip on bailout concerns

Asian stocks mostly fell and the U.S. dollar dipped against major currencies on Thursday, pressured by doubts over the U.S. government's proposed $700 billion bailout plan and worries about the economic fallout

Cyprus not immune to global crisis

The global credit crisis will have a profound impact on Cyprus, but with some delay, as the hard and long process of de-leveraging risk begins, according to a markets expert. Chris Pavlou,

Oil rises $2 on US fuel supply concerns

Oil rose more than $2 to over $109 a barrel on Wednesday as concerns about U.S. fuel supply outweighed anxiety about the U.S. government's $700 billion plan to rescue the finance industry.

IG Group buys Japan’s FXOnline

Britain's biggest spread-betting firm IG Group said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy 87.5 percent of Japanese online foreign exchange trading firm FXOnline Japan KK for 112.2 million pounds ($207.7 million).