Royal Dutch Shell says it is losing the equivalent of 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day because of recent attacks against its installations in...

The UK's third largest natural gas producer, BG Group, is still having discussions with Australia’s Origin Energy over its bid for the power...

China’s state-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission is to set up a US$2.7 billion company in Shanghai to develop and build a large passenger...

The JVC company in Japan will merge with Kenwood Corp on October...

The wristwatch industry worldwide is being adversely affected by fake...

A 3139 hectare cattle and sheep farm in New Zealand’s King Country has sold for NZD$32...

Specialist glossy magazines on anything from cigars, golf and fashion are becoming popular in...

The Italian government wants to find solutions for Alitalia that will keep it both Italian and privately...

The World Bank Group has awarded millions of dollars to 16 African organisations for innovative lighting...

Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp has withdrawn its bid to buy the New York area newspaper...

Washington, May 11 : Software as a service and cloud computing might not ring a bell for many today, but that's what is going to rule the roost in future for corporate giants. And with Google unveiling a re-branded Web Security for Enterprise, it has raced ahead of Microsoft in taking a major step towards the...

NEW YORK -- After slashing inventory and cutting expenses, the retail industry is still bracing for the largest overall quarterly profit decline in at least nine years when merchants report their...

A prototype of an electric car is displayed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, May 11, 2008. A Silicon Valley start-up company presented Sunday a prototype of the electric car it says will revolutionize...

NEW YORK (AP) -- With millions of stimulus checks going out to taxpayers, Wall Street wants to know where that money will be spent - and this week's data could help investors gauge the mind-set of...

Microsoft has issued a warning that its latest service pack for Windows XP prevents users from downgrading from Internet Explorer 7 to older versions of the browser. "If you choose to install XP SP3,...

By MARI YAMAGUCHIASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOKYO -- Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the...

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business - if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers - or buying new ones - to cope with...

. Members can browse photos of a little blonde girl practicing yoga in a white leotard or strutting down a homemade runway in swimsuits. The site also sells videos of a coifed Jessi engaged in...

DETROIT - United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday he thought the union had been close to a contract deal to end a strike against American Axle — until the auto parts supplier...

He is among an estimated hundreds of thousands of taxpayers – from legal immigrants to soldiers based abroad – who won't be getting a share of the stimulus package because of a provision...

Research ), Canada's biggest energy company, said on Sunday it plans to split into two separate oil and natural gas firms in an effort to wring out more value with crude prices at record...

Once one starts listing the examples of Japanese culture infiltrating the United States, it's pretty hard to stop. One of the most-anticipated summer movies, "Speed Racer," is based on a '60s anime....

Don Lundberg accessed the Web at Lindbergh Field while waiting for a flight. In all of the airports, they saw Web surfers browsing with unencrypted connections. Their report included screen shots...

NEW YORK – News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island daily paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. The...

Although badly bruised, Yahoo Inc. has the strength to stand alone in the aftermath of Microsoft Corp.'s abandoned takeover bid, provided the Sunnyvale Web portal can execute its strategy of making...

As San Diego's real estate market has struggled the past couple of years, Antwane and Holly Rucker felt the financial implications in more ways than...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The unemployment rate drops. Productivity grows. The trade deficit shrinks. Sounds great, right? Not so fast. Borrowing radio broadcaster Paul Harvey's signature saying:...

BEIJING: China on Sunday took for the first step to fulfil its long-held dream of manufacturing jumbo aircrafts. It has registered a $2.7 billion company that could take on Airbus and...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Mubadala Development Co, an Abu Dhabi investment arm which manages over $10 billion in assets, said on Sunday it will develop an offshore island into a new business district...

China has launched a new commercial plane maker which it hopes will one day compete with the likes of Boeing and Airbus, state media have reported. China Commercial Aircraft will aim to develop...

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has withdrawn a bid to buy US newspaper Newsday only days after seemingly being in pole position to acquire it. News Corp, whose titles include the Wall Street...

If you play an online game that you enjoy, there's one surefire way to spoil the experience: read the forums on the official site. There you will find a vast underworld of lost souls keening their...

John Prescott told Tony Blair to sack Gordon Brown. In his memoirs the former Deputy Prime Minister says he also told Mr Brown to resign as Chancellor. Paul Brennan reports on yet more bad news for...

Jimmy Mizen had just turned 16 Jimmy Mizen, 16, was found with serious neck injuries in Lee, south east London on Saturday.His grieving parents have described the attack as "pure aggression"...

DURHAM -- For the fresh-faced and hopeful students who will toss their caps in the air at Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill's commencements today, there is a silver lining in this economy: For the...

BRUSSELS: Microsoft has lodged an appeal at a European court against a record 899 million euro ($1.39 billion) fine imposed on it by the EU Commission for defying a landmark anti-trust ruling. ...

In what threatens to be the biggest dispute since the building of the Skye Bridge, property company Oatridge has submitted plans for a 30,000sq ft food hall, with Tesco named as its preferred...

Citigroup, the beleaguered investment bank, is to wind down Nikko Principal Investments (NPI), a UK and Australian-based private equity business, as part of a structural overhaul announced on Friday....

@d:tech West conference on digital marketing, it was this: American couch potatoes are tiring of television and migrating to computer screens. "Television viewership is down 15 percent in homes that...

Multinational software giant Microsoft says it is teaming up with Wellington's Oscar-winning animation studio Weta Workshop to help disabled people use computer technology. "Weta Workshop...

PARIS: The world's largest steel group ArcelorMittal said on Saturday it has finalised the 810 million dollar (525 million euro) sale of a plant in the United States to Russian steelmaker...

NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc.'s new chief executive, Vikram Pandit, plans to stick with a global banking model after months of intense review — but only after shrinking the company by...

Aceto Corp. , the Lake Success-based biochemical distribution company, reported record quarterly sales and earnings that rose 83 percent from its net income for the same period last year. Aceto...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Friday morning, the Jindal administration formally unveiled plans for the expansion of the local Coca Cola bottling plant. The new Coke Production and Distribution Center in...

At the time, Shell said deliveries of liquefied natural gas -- gas cooled to liquid under pressure for transportation in special tankers -- could begin in...

On Mother's Day, millions of Americans turn to greeting cards to thank their moms for spending Saturday mornings watching Sponge Bob instead of sleeping late, forgiving them for spilling nail...

Posted on: Saturday, 10 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Michael Liedtke, South Florida Sun-Sentinel May 10--SAN FRANCISCO -- It's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago....

Sempra Energy gave $50,000 to one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's pet causes last month, just days after the governor complained publicly about activists impeding the Sunrise Powerlink proposed...

Thousands of Britons will soon be grabbing for their hat and sunscreen, as the unusually warm temperatures settle into a five day stretch of beach-weather...

The UPS competitor, based in Memphis, Tenn., said it expects profits of $1.45 to $1.50 per share for the three months ending May 31, down from the previous $1.60 to $1.80 range."Since we provided...