The United States will continue to be the top choice of most global commercial real-estate investors in 2012, but the country has lost ground to Brazil, which ranked No. 2 this year, according to a survey released Sunday.
Beauty coaching, online wellness, snow showers and sound massages are just a few of the luxury treatments clients at spas around the globe will be experiencing in 2012.
Boxing Day: most Americans know it as the day after Christmas, but what is it exactly, and where did it come from?
KGHM, Europe's No. 2 copper miner, raised its 2011 net profit forecast by 16 percent on Wednesday thanks to the stronger dollar and higher silver prices and volumes.
On Monday, two countries mourned for their deceased leaders; and while North Korea's Kim Jong-il and Czech Republic's Václav Havel were very different men, they are akin in their larger-than-life personae.
Scarce dollar funding and a retrenchment in bank lending will force up premiums for emerging market countries and companies refinancing debt next year, adding to strains on public finances and potentially triggering a surge in corporate defaults.
Epam Systems Inc, an IT services provider with operations in Russia, is aiming to move ahead with its planned U.S. initial public offering in the first quarter of next year, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
Napoleon dreamed of it, De Gaulle fought for it, but Nicolas Sarkozy may have achieved it -- a Europe of Nations with France in the cockpit and Britain on the sidelines.
Napoleon dreamed of it, De Gaulle fought for it, but Nicolas Sarkozy may have achieved it -- a Europe of Nations with France in the cockpit and Britain on the sidelines.
Europe divided on Friday in a historic rift over building a fiscal union to preserve the euro, with a large majority of countries led by Germany and France agreeing to move ahead with a separate treaty, leaving Britain isolated.
European Union leaders gathered on Thursday for a critical two-day summit focused on trying to find a solution to the euro zone debt crisis.
It was a long time ago -- 70 years ago today -- but it's an event no one should forget: the start of the Battle of Moscow, 1941-42, during World War II. Roughly 1 million heroic Russians lost their lives in the bloodiest land battle in human history -- a battle that marked the beginning of the end for Adolph Hitler and for Nazi Germany.
The Euro 2012 draw took place Germany, Netherlands and Portugal all tied together in the so-called 'Group of Death' while reigning champions Spain faces a Italy in Group C.
British Prime Minister David Cameron threatened on Friday to obstruct a Franco-German drive for swift change to the European Union's treaty intended to help save the euro.
Fans of the English national team have been set a new ticket limit by the organizers of the 2012 European soccer championships; they will be allocated only 5,000 seats for the quarter and semi-finals, assuming Fabio Capello's men actually reach that stage.
Leon Cooperman sent a straightforward and scathing letter to President Obama Monday calling for reform and more accountability from President Obama calling for reform and more accountability from the administration.
Increasing the size of the rescue fund is considered imperative given the shaky finances of Italy and Spain.
Ratings agency Moody's said on Tuesday it could downgrade the subordinated debt of 87 banks across 15 European Union nations on concerns that governments would be too cash-strapped to bail out holders of riskier bank debt in times of stress.
Steven Spielberg's War Horse may be one of the final awards contenders to be unveiled this year, but after a month of sporadic screenings, DreamWorks unveiled it with a vengeance this weekend.
Moscow will have the rights to raise the price of gas in the coming years.
Russia has again warned the U.S. about deploying a missile defense system in Europe, with President Dmitry Medvedev saying his nation will deploy new missiles aimed at the shield if the U.S. goes forward with its plan.
President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia will deploy new missiles aimed at the American missile defense system in Europe if it does not go ahead with an agreement with Washington and NATO on how the systems will be built.
