Early-bird bargain-hunters scooped up "Black Friday" deals on everything from TVs to toys across the United States, but many said discounts were not as deep as those offered last year. As retailers
Portugal approved its 2011 austerity budget on Friday, vowing to spur growth and apply tough spending cuts as it seeks to avoid a bailout like Ireland, which Lisbon and the European Commission
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday lashed out at European Union laws aimed at liberalising the continent's energy market, saying they hinder investment and amount to uncivilised "robbery". Putin, speaking to
Two Egyptian opposition pages on the social network Facebook have been deleted from the Internet ahead of Egypt's parliamentary election on Sunday, web activists who run the pages said on Friday. The
Portugal denied on Friday a news report that it is under pressure from most euro zone countries and the European Central Bank to seek a bailout. "This news article is completely false,
India will widen its probe into a multi-million dollar bribery scandal in the banking sector that has tarnished the image of Asia's third-largest economy, with a newspaper reporting on Friday more banks
Australians enjoying the summer sunshine can now know when it's time to cover up and avoid potentially cancer-causing ultraviolet rays thanks to a new iPhone application. Australia has one of the highest
Euro zone nations and its central bank are urging Portugal to apply for a financial bailout from a European rescue fund, Financial Times Deutschland reported on Friday. Without revealing its sources, the
Contagion spreads from Ireland to Portugal and then to Spain, forcing European leaders to exhaust the $1 trillion bailout fund they set up only half a year ago to defend their ambitious
Smartphones and Twitter were the hottest products in Japan in 2010 and travel and leisure were back on the menu, an ad agency survey showed, as penny-pinching consumers rediscovered their fun side.
