European Union rules to tighten derivatives rules won't be agreed until at least the early autumn, as a global crackdown on the opaque sector faces delays on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Hundreds of bankers will lose their jobs over coming weeks, victims of what senior bosses say is likely to be an industry-wide culling of staff in response to a sharp downturn in demand for trading and investment banking services.
Reserve-rich Asia can afford to turn on the government spending taps should a recent bout of sluggish economic growth deteriorate into a deeper downturn.
Today is the Fourth of July, which marks the celebration of the United States' 236th birthday. This day marks the attainment of freedom from the Great Britain and the emergence of a sovereign country.
Britain has pledged to offer £38-million ($61-million) to Ethiopia in order to feed more than one million people who have been devastated by a severe drought.
Samsung's strategic Smartphone Galaxy S2 which Samsung made to battle Apple's iPhone has sold 3 million units globally.
The Korea-based company has no intentions to replace the popularity of the Galaxy S series in the market.
Switzerland's UBS is still facing difficult market conditions after a tough second quarter and is reviewing its mid-term goals, the bank's chairman was quoted as saying on Sunday.
In his book NASA conspiracies British journalist and author Nick Redfern has raised many questions on the space agency efforts in exploring outer space, including the Apollo moon landings, the controversial face on Mars, UFO sightings and other secret space programs.
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, attended a tree planting ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on the third day of their royal tour of Canada on Saturday.
Google's move to dismiss the case against it with regards to last years controversial WiFi sniffing was rejected, putting it in a position to face charges for wire-tapping.
Since the dawning of cellular phones researchers have pondered whether there existed a link between usage and brain cancer, but evidence for both sides always emerges.
Virtually since the dawning of cell phones various reports have emerged suggesting that the device increases the risk of brain cancer, only to be refuted by another study shortly thereafter.
The original version of a painting called Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World), attributed to a disciple of Leonardo da Vinci, has been discovered and authenticated to be the work of Renaissance painter himself.
Though Britain’s Catherine (Kate Middleton), Duchess of Cambridge, sported an outfit of the colors of Canada’s national flag, she opted for a glamorous purple dress for the evening celebrations of Canada Day.
Carolyn Bourne tells future daughter-in-law to go to finishing school
The potential future king and queen of Britain began their Canadian tour Thursday afternoon.
Barry Manilow, the piano man who didn't write his big hits despite proclaiming otherwise in I Write the Songs, is back in stores with his first album of original material in a decade.
Thirty years ago this month, the streets of urban Britain exploded with violence. While the UK had seen riots and street demonstrations throughout its long and tumultuous history, the disturbances of 1981 represented something new – for they largely involved the frustrations and anger of Britain’s large immigrant populations.
Kia Abdullah, who periodically writes for the Guardian newspaper, said she felt no sympathy for the three teenaged men who were killed in a bus crash in Tuesday, since they came from comfortable middle-class backgrounds.
Tokyo's Levitating Girl, Natsumi Hayashi, is a Japanese teenager who has garnered an international Internet fan base after she published photos of herself floating on her blog.You too can 'levitate,' now that Hayashi has revealed her secret power:
When PC giant Hewlett-Packard spent $1.2 billion to buy Palm Inc. in July 2010, everyone was wondering what HP would do with Palm's critically-acclaimed operating system WebOS.
