A faulty part or a design issue may have caused the explosion in an engine on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Singapore, Qantas chief
Asian stocks rose for a fifth day on Friday, with commodity-related shares helping regional markets outperform other parts of the world this week after U.S. Federal Reserve action revived a move into
Hong Kong shares posted their biggest weekly gain since May 2009, driven by financials and commercial property developers, on optimism over earnings growth and underpinned by surging fund flows into the region.
Royal Bank of Scotland expected market conditions to remain challenging into the fourth quarter, as charges on the value of its own debt hit the third-quarter results of the part-nationalised British bank.
The Irish government will delay publication of the details of its four-year fiscal plan until after a by-election for an empty parliamentary seat is held on November 25, The Irish Times reported
Greece resumed the shipment of all mail and packages abroad after midnight on Friday, following a suspension it imposed in the wake of a spate of parcel bombs sent to embassies in
Cyprus is gradually developing into an essential business bridge between the European Union and the Middle East, Asia and North Africa, President Demetris Christofias has said. In his address at the Inauguration
Discussions over a proposed joint venture between the Republic of Cyprus and Qatar will continue on November 28, in Doha, the Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis announced today. Stavrakis was speaking after a
The outlook for the South African banking system has been changed to stable from negative, largely reflecting the improving macro-economic conditions that will likely have a positive impact on the sector's credit
The ECB kept interest rates at 1 percent as expected on Thursday, leaving markets focused on how Jean-Claude Trichet explains a transatlantic policy split after the Federal Reserve launched a new bid
