In the G-20 meeting to be held in Mexico City from Feb. 25, the U.S., China and Japan will ask Europe to take additional steps to solve the economic crisis before it could receive external help.
Gowan also added to the news service that Despite Annan's personal profile, the key to successful mediation is for him to have genuine political support from across the international system. If the Russians and Chinese don't give him sufficient support, Assad and his supporters are likely to refuse to talk seriously.
Procter & Gamble, the consumer products maker, said on Thursday it would eliminate 5,700 jobs over the next year and a half as the company unveiled a plan to cut $10 billion in costs over the next four years.
The Asian firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name has now launched an attack on the consumer electronics giant's home turf, filing a lawsuit in California that accuses the iPhone-maker of employing deception when it bought the iPad trademark.
The Asian firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name has now launched an attack on the consumer electronics giant's home turf, filing a lawsuit in California that accuses the iPhone-maker of employing deception when it bought the iPad trademark.
Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces call an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to reach desperate civilians in bombarded cities such as Homs when they meet in Tunis Friday.
Apple Inc on Thursday adopted a measure long desired by investors and corporate governance activists, granting its shareholders a bigger say in the appointment of directors to the board of the world's most valuable technology company.
French wine and spirits maker Moet Hennessy wants to produce a super-premium red wine at the foot of the Himalayan mountains in southern China.
Crude prices are likely to hit $125 a barrel as global tensions, demand and cyclical market factors combine to hike the price ever upward.
Apple’s directors dodged the question of what to do with nearly $98 billion in cash and investments that’s waiting to be used. Here's what they could buy.
Former NBA star Michael Jordan filed a lawsuit against a Chinese sportswear company, claiming the brand was built off of unauthorized use of his name.
Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to reach desperate civilians in cities such as Homs which has endured a 20-day bombardment when they meet in Tunis on Friday.
French cinema is known for using gritty and raw techniques to convey a story. So it's no surprise that the country's latest film was inspired by one of the most unsettling murders in American history. On March 13, 1964 a woman named Kitty Genovese was mercilessly stabbed to death outside of her apartment in Kew Gardens, Queens.
French wine and spirits maker Moet Hennessy wants to produce a super-premium red wine at the foot of the Himalayan mountains in southern China, targeting the palates of the country's wealthy wine drinkers, in a move whose results won't be known for years.
If Teheran wants to improve its image on the global stage, they really need to get rid of this Ahmadinejad character
Countries opposed to an EU law forcing the world's airlines to pay for greenhouse gas emissions agreed on a basket of retaliatory measures, adding to a series of threats that have raised the prospect of the globe's first carbon trade war.
Venezuela's economy grew last year, after two straight years of GDP contraction.
Geely Holdings Group Co. said Wednesday it will assemble cars for sale this year in Egypt and North Africa, a move that signals a shift to emerging markets as China's economy slows and auto makers face mounting competition in Western markets.
While Apple is not expected to unveil the iPhone 5 anytime soon, but that doesn't mean fans can't dream about what the next-generation iPhone could possibly look like. Fanning the flame that is iPhone hype, the imaginative minds at Ciccarese Design, led by Federico Ciccarese, have released a new mock-up of a teardrop-shaped iPhone 5, which is really quite beautiful.
A Shanghai court Thursday rejected a struggling Chinese company's request to bar Apple Inc. from selling its popular iPad computer tablet in China over a trademark dispute.
A Shanghai court has rejected a request in a trademark case to stop Apple selling its iPad tablet computers in the city, averting an embarrassing suspension of iPad sales in its own flagship stores.
Mobile chipset maker Qualcomm has unveiled its fifth generation Gobi platform based on its Gobi 4G LTE wireless baseband modems - MDM9615 and MDM9215 - that will support LTE, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA and TDD networks, triggering speculations that iPad 3 (and even iPhone 5) will debut with 4G LTE option.
