Oil fell towards $115 a barrel on Thursday after a $3 rise the previous session following a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude and gasoline inventories. Concerns about the security of energy transit
The Nasdaq turned positive on Thursday as investors snapped up beaten-down big-cap technology shares, including Research In Motion, while a rebound by financial companies after two days of losses helped the S&P
Take a group of scientists and a video game designer and what do you get? Spore, a game that can help teach players some evolutionary biology. The game is latest from Will
Is the tech-savvy fashionista ready to shop by mobile phone? Polo Ralph Lauren Corp hopes so. Polo is the first luxury retailer to launch a mobile commerce site, hoping to stay ahead
TUI Travel, Europe's biggest travel firm, said on Thursday that demand for package holidays remains strong and it was confident of meeting its expectations for 2008 and 2009, despite slowing economies, Reuters
BMW will recall around 150,000 vehicles in North America to fix a possible defect that may keep the front passenger airbag from opening in a crash, Reuters reported. The voluntary recall concerns
U.S. online auctioneer eBay Inc is seeking to buy a minority stake in Gmarket Inc, lifting shares of the South Korean online retailer by as much as 16%, Reuters reported. Some on
Despite the economy losing some of its momentum, the overall performance of the Sixt Group was satisfactory in the first half of 2008, with consolidated operating revenue from vehicle rental and leasing
The first half of the 2008 financial year developed satisfactorily for Austrian Post. The 7.3% increase in revenue is not only related to the initial consolidation of the newly-acquired subsidiaries, but also
Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG continued to report strong growth in the first half of 2008, generated sales of EUR 140.1 mln in the first six months of 2008 (prior-year period: EUR 61.1 mln),
