Hackers who have shut down websites by overwhelming them with Web traffic could use the same approach to shut down the computers that control train switching systems, a security expert said at
Hamburg businessman and entrepreneur Werner Otto, founder of the mail-order company OTTO and the shopping centre developer ECE, died on Wednesday, December 21, at the age of 102 in Berlin, his family
Greece's conservative New Democracy party on Tuesday dropped its insistence on holding elections as early as Feb. 19, potentially giving technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos a few more weeks to pass reforms
Europe faces another year of dismal economic performance in 2012 that will weigh on global growth, but emerging markets and the United States should at least keep the world economy moving in
Asian shares eased on Tuesday as investors squared positions in thin volume before U.S. markets reopen after a long weekend and investors see fresh data that could offer clues about prospects for
Greece's fourth-largest lender Piraeus Bank decided on Friday to raise 400 million euros in fresh capital and hired Barclays Capital to arrange the sale of its Egyptian unit, as it scrambles for
Europe’s prime high streets showed strong resilience between first and third quarter this year, according to recent analysis by Colliers International for their biannual EMEA Retail Rents Map. The majority of markets
As Europe faces the danger of recession, one industry is planning massive growth. The European offshore wind industry is set to more than triple its annual investments over the next decade –
The Danish EU Presidency, starting on January 1st 2012, wants to make a significant contribution in bringing the EU out of the current economic crisis, according to Danish Ambassador to Cyprus Kristen
It all began with a slap and a slur hurled at a poor vegetable seller by a policewoman in a provincial Tunisian city. Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a protest that
