National Bank of Greece, the country's top lender, said on Friday it sold 450 mln euros of privately placed 10-year bonds to investors to boost its regulatory capital. National said the sale,
Two rigs that have been drilling relief wells at BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil leak are preparing to move out of Tropical Storm Bonnie's path, a spokesman for the rig operator
Iran's Oil Ministry said the country had signed a 1 bln euro pipeline deal to take gas to Turkey and a Turkish firm called Som Petrol said it was the partner in
Tens of thousands of holidaymakers were left without electricity on Friday after a series of defaults on a high voltage power grid supplying power to the Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, power utilities
The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape. Armed with a gun instead of a lightsaber, the man entered a Chase
Tropical Storm Bonnie threatened efforts to plug BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil leak on Friday and officials said many of the vessels and rigs involved in the operation would prepare to
India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35. India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal this week unveiled the low-cost computing device that is
The euro slipped on Friday after a Spanish newspaper reported some of the country's 18 savings banks had failed stress tests to see how strong they would be if economic conditions worsened,
Several of Spain's 18 savings banks, including some that have been involved in recent mergers, have failed tests to see how they would cope with worsened economic conditions, a newspaper reported on
Britain's top share index was higher on Thursday, led by firmer banks after recent upbeat earnings from U.S. peers and ahead of European stress test results, while strong June retail sales data
