New York--US agriculture and seed giant Monsanto restated its hope to acquire Syngenta Wednesday despite repeated rejections by the Swiss company, calling the...
New York--US agriculture and seed giant Monsanto restated its hope to acquire Syngenta Wednesday despite repeated rejections by the Swiss company, calling the...
Washington--The surprise contraction of the US economy in the first quarter of this year was not as bad as originally estimated, the Commerce...
London--Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli, jailed for seven years for gambling away $2.3 billion (2.1 billion euros) in Britain's biggest ever fraud, has...
Paris--Airbus will sell 23 helicopters to Saudi Arabia for 500 million euros ($560 million) and launch a feasibility study into building two nuclear...
Abu Dhabi--Local investors have gone on a buying spree to stock up on shares in UAE telecom giant Etisalat after the government decided...
Berlin--Germany on Wednesday said talks on a final debt deal to keep Athens in the euro were still far from finished, and stressed...
Athens--Greece rejected Wednesday a "counter proposal" from its European-IMF creditors that was issued in response to Athens' latest debt plan, a government source...
Beijing--Russia became China's top crude oil supplier last month for the first time in a decade, Bloomberg News reported, as Moscow seeks new...
Frankfurt---German business confidence fell to its lowest level in four months in June as uncertainty about Greece caused the outlook for Europe's biggest...
Kuwait City---Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have begun talks to resolve a dispute that halted oil production in the neutral zone between the Gulf...
London---Most European stock markets pushed higher at the start of trading on Wednesday, building on two days of gains on hopes of deal...
London--Eurozone stock markets retreated Wednesday as renewed questions arose over whether Greece and its international creditors will reach be able to quickly reach...
Frankfurt---German business confidence fell to its lowest level in four months in June as the outlook for Europe's biggest economy clouds over, the...
Hong Kong---Asian markets rose for a third straight day Wednesday, with Tokyo hitting a more than 18-year high, on confidence Greece will finally...
London--Expectations of a decline in US crude inventories were pushing oil prices higher in European trading on Wednesday. London's benchmark Brent contract for...
The Hague---Dutch retail giant Ahold and its Belgian rival Delhaize on Wednesday announced their merger, creating one of the world's largest retail companies...
Geneva---The global insurance industry gained momentum last year, as economies improved and the long suffering life insurance sector returned to growth in Europe...
Athens---The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday increased for the fifth time in 8 days emergency liquidity funds for Greece's banks, a Greek...
