From San Francisco to Shanghai to Sydney, fans of Apple Inc paid extraordinary tribute to Steve Jobs after he resigned as CEO, calling him an icon for the entire technology industry, not
Asian shares rose on Thursday, pointing to a positive open in Europe, but caution prevailed as investors awaited the outcome of a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole on Friday. Following solid
By Jeremy Gaunt, Reuters European Investment Correspondent World stocks were generally weaker on Wednesday and Wall Street looked set for losses as investors shuffled positions ahead of a highly anticipated Jackson Hole
Moody's Investors Service cut its rating on Japan's government debt by one notch to Aa3 on Wednesday, blaming a build-up of debt since the 2009 global recession and revolving-door political leadership that
Europe's leading shares slipped on Wednesday as tentative rebound lost steam and investors were cautious that a new round on quantitative easing in the U.S. would be announced. At 0714 GMT, the
Hewlett-Packard Co has filed a case in a U.S. court against AU Optronics , saying the Taiwanese company conspired to fix the prices of thin film liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, court
Asian suppliers to Apple Inc have begun manufacturing a lower priced version of its hot-selling iPhone 4 with a smaller 8 gigabyte flash drive, according to two people with knowledge of the
European shares were set to follow Asian gains on Tuesday after a survey of Chinese factory output soothed fears of a hard landing for the world's No. 2 economy, but gold hit
Swiss bank UBS plans to slash around 3,500 jobs, almost half of them from its investment bank, as it seeks to shave some 2 bln Swiss francs from annual costs by the
The Nikkei average rose on Tuesday helped by buying of domestic-demand stocks such as food processors and paper stocks, offsetting concerns about the economies of key export markets and the impact of
