Hong Kong shares rose on Wednesday, helped by an improving global economic outlook, with retailers gaining ground after strong sales figures from cosmetics firm Sa Sa International Holdings and Italian fashion house
Boeing Co has found a way to fix battery problems with its grounded 787 Dreamliner jets which involves increasing the space between cells. "The gaps between cells will be bigger. I think
British retailer JD Sports Fashion is set to make its first move into the Netherlands after opening talks to take on a handful of properties there, two sources familiar with the matter
Despite market activity gaining momentum early in 2013, funding and liquidity pressures will persist for Spanish banks over the coming months, Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday. A number of larger Spanish banks
Italy's centre-left moved on Tuesday to quash fears that it will form a weak government after next weekend's election, saying it was committed to rapid economic reform and that outgoing premier Mario
Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to four Western European countries as well as Turkey, Egypt and the Gulf from Feb. 24 to March 6 on his first trip as the
Fears are growing in Berlin that Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi may return to centre-stage after this weekend's election, imperilling Rome's reform drive and the euro zone's tentative emergence from its
European lawmakers backed an emergency plan to save the world's biggest market for carbon allowances from collapse on Tuesday, but put off drafting the necessary legislation, sending prices down by as much
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi has said that it is important that an adjustment program with Cyprus be agreed, after the presidential elections on the island, the second
Armenia's presidential election was an improvement on recent elections in the former Soviet republic but was not genuinely competitive, international observers said on Tuesday. Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization
