European shares fell on Friday, with oil producers leading the losers following negative statements from Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, that refuelled fears about company earnings. At 0818 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 0.1 percent at 822.56 points after gaining 0.8 percent on Thursday. The pan-European index has

* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, as investors turned cautious after oil major Chevron Corp (CVX.N) warned over its second-quarter earnings. * At 0910 GMT, futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures were down 0.3 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures were

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said there may be announcements later this year about netbook PCs running its new Chrome operating system, as the Internet giant makes its deepest push into Microsoft Corp's business. Schmidt also said on Thursday that while the worst of the economic downturn has passed, there aren't any strong signs

Shares in China's Guilin Sanjin Pharmaceutical and Zhejiang Wanma Cable almost doubled in their debut on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Friday, buoyed by strong investor interest in the country's first initial public offerings (IPOs) in 10 months. Local-currency A shares in Guilin Sanjin (002275.SZ), a traditional Chinese medicine maker, kicked off trading at 32.50

Cyber attacks slowing U.S. and South Korean websites could enter a new phase on Friday by attacking personal computers and wiping hard disks, a South Korean government agency and Web security firm said. North Korea was originally a prime suspect for launching the cyber attacks, but the isolated state was not named on a list

The VDMA, whose members include Siemens and Volkswagen, says its incoming business has suffered record declines this year. Now the dearth of credit to tide firms over is a new headache, which frustrated policymakers are blaming on reluctant banks. A poll in the July 6 edition of business weekly WirtschaftsWoche found some 57 percent of

 UBS cannot comply with a U.S. request to disclose the identity of 52,000 U.S. secret account holders, the bank's chief executive Oswald Gruebel said in an internal memorandum, according to a source familiar with the situation. The UBS chief executive officer sent the confidential memorandum to the bank's top executives on Thursday, the source said,

Uncertainty on earnings and economic recovery prospects kept Japanese shares hobbled near seven-week lows on Friday, while prices for commodities such as oil and copper looked to build a floor after recent declines. European shares were set for a slightly weaker start, with a downbeat earnings outlook from oil major Chevron Corp after the Wall