Rio Tinto has been made aware of a trial date for four of its workers in...

Japan's central bank has been encouraging financial institutions to lend more with a new stimulus...

The Federal Aviation Administration in the US has ordered Boeing to fix software in hundreds of 777...

Air traffic in Ireland has slumped considerably over the past...

U.S. stocks ended the day higher Wednesday, with solid demand foir financial shares taking...

Two government advertisements in Britain have been banned because of...

A Colorado man has been accused of running an investment-fraud scheme while still under investigation for an earlier securities-fraud...

Elite travellers are expected to start flying again soon, with airlines now gearing up for business...

Talks have begun in Melbourne, Australia between eight nations on how to incorporate other countries in the largest free trade area ever...

Lawmakers in the US have said they want immediate action on the Chinese currency, which they say is being kept artificially...

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HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday while the euro weakened after Greece said it might seek international assistance to resolve its debt crisis.The largely muted trade came...

BEIJING - Beijing needs to take seriously American concerns about the value of the Chinese currency, but bilateral disputes should not impede cooperation on global issues such as climate change and...

An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Asian stock markets have pushed higher after the U.S. central bank again...

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March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said talks to sell the automaker’s Volvo unit to China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. are proceeding,...

NEW DELHI: Food inflation fell to 16.30 per cent for the week ended March 6 on easing prices of pulses and vegetables, but fuel inflation shot up to 12.68 per cent. For the previous week, food...

(CNN) -- New Jersey authorities are investigating an announcement made over a public address system at a southern New Jersey Wal-Mart telling "all blacks" to leave the...

Layer2, the SharePoint Experts from Hamburg (Germany) announced a strategic partnership with WAND, Inc. - one of the leading providers of enterprise taxonomies - to offer pre-defined Taxonomy...

LONDON -- Power systems firm Rolls-Royce said Thursday that it has obtained a contract from Gas Authority India Limited to supply power systems for a major gas pipeline project. The new contract is...

LONDON -- Aviva said Thursday that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Indonesia's PT Asuransi Wahana Tata. Aviva will acquire a 60% share in PT Asuransi Winterthur Life Indonesia, which...

TEL AVIV -- Novartis , the Basel health-care giant, received from the European Commission clearance to market Menveo to immunize children 11 and older and adults against four groups of meningococcal...

NVS ) said Thursday its meningococcal vaccine Menveo, which analysts say could lead to blockbuster sales, garnered approval from Europe's health regulator. Menveo was approved to treat adolescents...

BANGKOK -(Dow Jones)- The recent stock market rally and the strengthening of the Thai baht against the dollar are due to improvements in the domestic economy, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said...

ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX) said Thursday it is well positioned to deliver sustainable long-term growth in a release ahead of its Investors Day in New York to...

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Statoil said late Wednesday its board of directors has decided to start a process to list its energy and retail business on the Oslo Stock Exchange. MAIN FACTS: -Further to the...

CHL ), the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said Thursday it plans to cut its capital expenditure to CNY123 billion this year from CNY129.4 billion in 2009. The mobile carrier also...

(Recasts, leading with prime minister quote) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- In a thinly-veiled threat to Beijing, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Thursday warned that the...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A rise in the yuan would be a disaster for labor-intensive Chinese exporters, a semi-official trade group said on Thursday, as frictions grow with the U.S. and other Western...

FILE - In this May 20, 2008, file photo, Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., is seen on his first day as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives before a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in...

Australia expressed disappointment Thursday that charges of stealing business secrets against one of its citizens would be tried in a closed court in China, and some lawmakers doubted the mining...

Melanie Smith, who has worked at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. auto plant for 21 years in quality control, holds up a copy of the tentative agreement she voted to accept outside the United...

A federal jury in Tyler on Tuesday awarded the California-based VirnetX $105.8 million in a patent infringement suit they filed against Microsoft in 2007. The verdict came after a week long trial in...

TOKYO — Tokyo stocks fell Thursday with investors increasingly turning to lock in quick profits after the key Nikkei index rose sharply the previous day to an eight-week closing high, while...

data+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 18 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) Tokyo stocks fell Thursday with investors increasingly turning to lock in quick profits after the key Nikkei index rose...

TOKYO, March 18 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Tokyo stocks fell Thursday with investors increasingly turning to lock in quick profits after the key Nikkei index rose sharply the previous ...

Nissan is set to announce it will build its new Leaf electric car in Sunderland, Sky News has learnt. The Japanese car giant is reportedly applying to the European Investment Bank for funding. ...

FDX ) is scheduled to report third-quarter results before the market opens Thursday. The Memphis, Tennessee-based company's performance is a barometer of the economic recovery, as the manufacturing...

FREMONT, Calif. - The union that represents workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., known as Nummi, have voted in favor of a proposed severance package for the 4,600 workers about to...

eMazzanti Technologies was awarded another Microsoft partner competency certification for server platforms. Additional expertise benefits...

Ireland in group of innovation followers with above average performance according to 2009 European Innovation Scoreboard By Finfacts Team Mar 18, 2010 - 5:57:46 AM ...

IMF's Strauss-Kahn says closer cooperation needed in Europe; Commission warns Eurozone’s four biggest countries and Ireland growth forecasts too optimistic By Finfacts Team Mar 18, 2010 - 5:25:09...

When the global economy was on the skids, demand for MBA programs soared. Yet even as the economy recovers from the worst downturn since World War II, students keep flocking to business schools in...

That doesn't mean it was easy for graduates to find work during the downturn. The slowdown in financial services and consulting hit especially hard, forcing some students to consider positions in...

March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said her agency’s oversight of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was “terribly flawed,” days after a...

Demand and admission standards are up, as students around the world look to sharpen business skills and add global credentials with a European...

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd., a Hong Kong-based builder controlled by the Chinese construction ministry, said 2009 profit climbed 48 percent as China’s $586...