If Aubrey de Grey's predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could
Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center began ticking on Tuesday toward the final flight in the 30-year-old U.S. space shuttle program, a cargo run to the International Space Station. Liftoff of
Greek banks will support the government's drive to pull the country out of its debt crisis, the head of the Greek bank association said on Wednesday. "We will support the state in
Shares of banks in peripheral euro zone countries fell on Wednesday on fears the region's debt crisis could spread after ratings agency Moody's downgraded Portugal's credit standing to "junk" and said Lisbon
Bulgaria's banking system is strong and well capitalised, central bank head Ivan Iskrov said on Wednesday, seeking to ease concerns about the Balkan country's exposure to Greece. Greek banks account for 28%
The European Banking Authority's (EBA) stress test of European banks is likely to have limited rating implications and should have a variety of positive effects for banks, Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday.
China Unicom subscribers can look forward to a ten-fold increase in their access data rates thanks to a faster information highway across the country. Nokia Siemens Networks is deploying a 5,000 kilometer,
European shares inched higher in thin volume on Tuesday, rising for the seventh straight session, with French retailer Carrefour leading the gainers after listing its Spanish discount chain. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300
Britain's FTSE 100 rose for an eighth straight trading day on Tuesday, as earnings hopes lifted Tullow Oil and bid talk boosted Reckitt Benckiser. Tullow, up 3.8%, said it expected to post
China broke international law when it restricted exports of coveted industrial raw materials, the World Trade Organization ruled on Tuesday, in a landmark case that may trigger new rows over growing global
