Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest maker of PCs, will launch a digital music service across key European markets on Monday, hoping to benefit from consumers' rising appetite for new types of music download services.
The Aussie dollar dipped below 90 cents during Friday's Asian session following a larger than expected 4.3% fall in the Australian Q4 import price index.
Iceland has approached several governments about the possibility of mediating talks on the more than $5 billion its owes to Britain and the Netherlands after the island's banking crisis, Icelandic media reported on Sunday.
Afghan election authorities have agreed to push back a parliamentary election to September from May, pleasing diplomats who wanted time to prevent a repeat of the rampant fraud that plagued a presidential vote last year.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the December 25 failed bombing of a U.S.-bound plane in an audio tape aired on Sunday, and vowed to continue attacks on the United States.
Iceland has approached several governments about the possibility of mediating talks on over $5 billion its owes to Britain and the Netherlands after the island's banking crisis, Icelandic media reported on Sunday.
Apple's global roll-out of it's iPhone got a boost this week as UK's Vodafone sold over 100,000 units within seven days of launching.
Stocks capped their worst three-day slide in 10 months on Friday on fears the White House's plan to curb bank risk-taking would cut profits, and tech shares slumped after Google Inc's disappointing results.
Stocks tumbled in their worst three-day slide in 10 months on Friday on fears the White House's plan to curb bank risk-taking would cut profits and a drop in tech shares after Google Inc's disappointing results.
Major European economies offered support on Friday for U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to limit banks' size and trading activities but indicated they had no plans to follow suit.
The FTSE 100 index was essentially flat early in the London session, but proceeded to drop as much as 40 points, or 1.4 percent, after weaker than expected U.K. retail sales were announced at 9:30 am in London.
France, Britain and Germany offered support on Friday for President Barack Obama's plan to limit banks' size and trading activities but fell short of pledging to follow suit on the proposal that has stunned world markets.
France, Britain and Germany offered some support on Friday for U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to curb banks' size and trading activities, which has stunned markets and could rewrite the world's financial order.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc reported better-than-expected revenue on strong holiday spending but its shares slid more than 4 percent as investors cashed in recent gains.
Airbus and seven European NATO nations adjourned crucial talks over the troubled A400M military transporter plane until Friday and a source close to the talks said they remained far apart on a possible rescue package.
The Aussie dollar bounced back from sub 91 cents to a 0.9135 in Asia yesterday with the release of Chinese economic data which signalled a strong performance in Q4 2009 and indeed throughout the calendar year.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc , under fire for gold-plated pay packages, cut average pay per employee by about a quarter from record 2007 levels, helping boost its profit to a record.
Somalia's hardline al Shabaab rebels threatened on Thursday to attack neighbouring Kenya following a crackdown on Somalis in the capital Nairobi, according to a recording posted on an al Shabaab Web site.
Somalia's hardline al Shabaab rebels threatened on Thursday to attack neighbouring Kenya following a crackdown on Somalis in the capital Nairobi, according to a recording posted on an al Shabaab Web site.
Yemen will stop issuing tourist visas on arrival to foreigners in an effort to prevent militants entering the country as it steps up its war on al Qaeda, a government official and state media said on Thursday.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc , which had been on track to pay employees a near-record amount, instead set aside nothing for compensation in the fourth quarter and gave $500 million to charity.
Intel powers nearly all of today's netbooks and ultra mobile devices, but it may find itself playing catch-up in as little as two years.
