Stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Monday as nagging worries about euro zone sovereign debt continued to weigh on sentiment. Over the weekend, European finance ministers tried to assure their counterparts in the Group of Seven industrialized nations that the euro zone's debt crisis is under control. They said they would make

Britain's leading shares gained 1.1 percent in early trade on Monday, rallying following a sharp decline on Friday, with commodity issues heading the bounce back as crude and metal prices recovered. By 0900 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was 54.71 points higher at 5,115.63, after closing 78.39 points, or 1.5 percent lower on Friday. There

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon. Popular titles such as "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay were once again available in hardcover

IBM is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc. International Business Machines Corp said on Monday its new POWER7 system, including new microprocessors, storage and middleware, will be able to process more data than

Asian shares fell on Monday and the euro dipped as festering debt problems in the euro zone prompted investors to shift out of riskier assets, dousing optimism over a fall in the U.S. jobless rate last week. Japan's Nikkei average sank to a two-month closing low as exporters like Sony Corp were clobbered by a

The solution of the Cyprus problem must be functional and viable in order to be accepted by the Greek Cypriot side, President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has stressed. Noting that neither today’s status quo on the island, nor Cyprus’ division can be accepted, he expressed his determination to do his utmost to

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday the U.S. economy has turned the corner and resumed growth. "We are seeing the corner turn on the economy growing again," he said in a interview with CBS television news. Obama said companies were beginning to hire again, but "it's not happening as fast as we'd like." Signaling

European stocks bucked a three-day losing run on Monday, helping stabilise global shares although euro zone sovereign debt worries remained close to the surface. World equities as measured by MSCI were up slightly, despite losses in Japan and among emerging markets. The main gainers were in Europe where the FTSEurofirst 300 index rose nearly 1