Asian shares edged up while the Australian dollar and commodities pared early losses as investors bet China's latest interest rate hike would not change the optimistic outlook for the global economy in
Call it the year of feast and famine. Many of the world's big advanced economies have pledged frugality for 2011 while fast-growing emerging markets run the risk of overheating. The global economy
Teams of scientists have cracked the genetic codes of the wild strawberry and a certain type of cacao used to make fine chocolate, work that should help breeders develop better varieties of
Jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky faces a verdict this week in a second trial whose outcome will test the Kremlin's readiness for reform and shape Russia's political climate ahead of a
Break out the party favours and the bubbly it's almost time to ring in the New Year. To avoid another night in with the television, Men's website AskMen.com (www.askmen.com) offers its top
Unemployment rate in Cyprus reached 5,8% of the labour force (males 5,7% and females 5,9%) for the third quarter of 2010, according to the Republic's Statistical Service. The unemployment rate amounted to
World stocks clung near two-year peaks while oil rose towards the $92 per barrel mark on Friday after yet another burst of strong economic figures from the United States encouraged some year-end
Arab OPEC ministers began arriving in Cairo on Thursday ahead of talks expected to broach how high an oil price the world economy can stand as the market hovers near two-year peaks
New U.S. claims for jobless benefits dipped last week and consumer spending increased in November for a fifth straight month, reinforcing views of a solid economic growth pace in the fourth quarter.
Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk has agreed to buy oil assets in Brazil from South Korea's SK Energy for $2.4 bln to gain access to current production and growth potential, Maersk said. The Danish
