World stocks approached their highest since September 2008 on Thursday on optimism about global growth next year, while the dollar fell on expectations of further money-printing in 2011 by the U.S. Federal
World stocks approached their highest since September 2008 on Thursday on optimism about global growth next year, while the dollar fell on expectations of further money-printing in 2011 by the U.S. Federal
Oil rose further above $91 on Thursday, ahead of U.S. weekly inventory data expected to show a drawdown in crude stocks for the fourth consecutive week due to an abnormally icy winter.
China shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites this year, netting almost 5,000 suspects in the process, a government spokesman said on Thursday, vowing no let-up in its campaign against material deemed
Japanese stocks ended the year with a whimper on Thursday as a stronger yen knocked shares of major exporters lower, but markets elsewhere in Asia rose, cementing solid gains for 2010 led
Singapore's Marina Bay Sands will open the world's first ArtScience museum in February, the latest attraction at its $5.5 billion gambling complex built by U.S. casino giant Las Vegas Sands . With
Employment in the sector of Other Social and Personal Service Activities increased by 10.3% in 2008, compared to the previous year, and reached 35.619 persons, the Statistical Service of Cyprus announced today.
Global stocks edged higher on Tuesday on expectations the U.S. economy is on track for recovery while oil prices edged close to a 26-month high as winter weather drove demand. The dollar
She may marry into Britain's royal family in April, but Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton will not take her place alongside the royals at Madame Tussauds until later in 2011. The London
Asian shares rose on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei maintaining a fourth quarter rally as investors hunted bargains in one of the developed world's cheapest markets, but Australia's main index lagged as bad
