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
The U.S. economy is gaining momentum and should push through next year with only a few bruises despite an almost certain European recession and slower global growth. A firming in the anemic
Asian stocks rose more than 1% and U.S. index futures also gained on Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a year-end bounce for riskier assets. European
Shareholders of Greece's largest lender National Bank approved a capital boost of up to 1 bln euros ($1.30 bln) through a sale of new preferred shares to the state, an official at
British Airways owner IAG is to buy Lufthansa's UK unit bmi for 172.5 million pounds ($270 million) in cash, it announced on Thursday, seeing off rival bidder Virgin in the race to
With House Republicans under attack from friends and foes, U.S. Democrats held out for victory in a fight over extending a payroll tax cut for millions of workers that is set to
Asian shares fell and the euro struggled on Thursday as doubts remained over how much of the funds that banks raised from an inaugural long-term European Central Bank tender will actually flow
European stocks rallied and the euro was well bid on Wednesday as investors priced in an improvement in the economic outlook and looked forward to a big take up by banks of
Asian stocks and the euro rose on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. and German data and strong demand for Spanish debt tempered risk-aversion, with investors' focus turning to a European Central Bank tender
Real power in North Korea now probably belongs to a coterie of advisers following the death of Kim Jong-il, not his youngest son, an untested man in his 20s who has been
