About 500 striking workers at a Hong Kong port operated by billionaire Li Ka-shing agreed to a 9.8% pay rise on Monday, ending one of the city's longest-running industrial disputes. The workers,
Asian shares were capped on Tuesday by caution over weak global growth data, but renewed hopes for a steady U.S. recovery propelled Japanese equities to a near five-year peak. European stock markets
J Sainsbury, Britain's third largest supermarket group, said on Tuesday it was in advanced negotiations with Lloyds Banking Group to take full ownership of the Sainsbury's Bank joint venture. The statement was
Did the “billions” of the Russian oligarchs (that were never here in the first place) leave Cyprus and head for the Baltic states? Well, Moody’s Investors Service is worried that the rising
Moody’s maintains a stable outlook for the UK’s general insurance sector, driven by expectations that rate increases and meaningful expense reductions will mitigate the adverse effects of the challenging macro-economic environment and
Warren Buffett accumulates Twitter followers even faster than he makes money. The 82-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" joined the service and sent his first tweet on Thursday, picking up more than 45,000 followers
U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, with the S&P at a fresh intraday high, after strong job market data and on hopes the first rate cut by the European Central Bank in ten months
Intel Corp's board elected three-decade insider Brian Krzanich as its next chief executive, disappointing some investors looking for aggressive change as the world's largest chipmaker increasingly finds itself left out of the
Slovenia borrowed $3.5 bln on international markets on Thursday to shore up its ailing banks and stave off a bailout, bouncing back to finish an issue it had aborted two days earlier
Etihad Airways and Air France have announced a number of new codeshare destinations in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe for summer 2013, following their strategic agreement last October to foster closer commercial
