Three weeks after it agreed a $1 trillion safety net to protect the euro, the European Union is struggling to convince financial markets it has got what it takes to save the
World equities rose for the third day running on Friday and the euro extended gains against the dollar as investors refrained from betting on further trouble in the euro zone's debt crisis
Nokia sold less than 100,000 top-of-the-range N900 smartphones in its first five months on the market, researcher Gartner said, indicating it has yet to mount a serious challenge to the iPhone and
Apple Inc's iPad launched in overseas store shelves on Friday, with buyers storming Japanese and Australian shops to be among the first outside the United States to snap up the long awaited
BP Plc still does not know whether its "top kill" operation designed to plug the biggest oil spill in United States history will be successful and puts the cost of tackling the
Stock index futures pointed to a mixed start for Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq trading flat to 0.3 percent lower by 0808 GMT
The cost of protecting government debt against default in Greece and other peripheral euro zone sovereigns fell early on Friday in low volumes, according to Credit Default Swap monitor Markit. Five-year CDS
Smokers in Cyprus consume more cigarettes per day than other Europeans, with the percentage of the smoking population standing at 32%. Ahead of the 2010 No Tobacco Day on May 31, the
Asian stocks rallied for a third straight day on Friday as China's pledge to remain invested in Europe lifted sentiment but the euro surrendered some of its gains after rebounding from near
Greek labour unions will strike in June to protest pension reform and are trying to mobilise workers across Europe to take joint action against austerity measures, the private sector union GSEE said
