At first glance, Spotify isn't much different from other on-demand streaming music services. It includes roughly the same library of songs, pays the same per-stream licensing fees for music and contends with the same poor ad-sales environment.
A deal reached by European Union leaders broke a deadlock on bank supervision reform on Friday, overcoming British reservations, but leaving much detail still be worked out in practice.
Zimbabwean expatriates in London jeered Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai when he urged them to return home to help rebuild the country's ruined economy after a decade of crisis.
Swiss-based Glencore's bumpy ride in credit markets may trigger it to raise equity, but a possible public listing is years away, bankers familiar with the commodity trader's thinking said.
Eight percent of all consumers in Britain, France, Germany and the United States admit to downloading video illegally from the Internet, according to a survey, showing the scale of the ongoing fight against piracy.
Britain said on Friday it was too early to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe despite the creation of a new unity government in its former colony.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday in detention on Friday as supporters worldwide condemned her trial and called for tougher sanctions against the military regime.
The following are comments by European Union leaders at a two-day summit starting on Thursday in Brussels.
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to tighten financial supervision and create pan-European watchdogs to help prevent another global economic crisis.
Britain is against the idea put forward by France of including Hong Kong on a tax-haven blacklist, the UK's top financial regulator said on Wednesday.
European Union leaders will approve new rules to tighten bank supervision at a two-day summit which starts on Thursday and is intended to show the bloc has the economic crisis under control.
With many beginning to question the sustainability of the recent increase in sentiment surrounding a global economic recovery and commodity prices the Aussie dollar appears to have found some relatively solid topside resistance.
Shire and Johnson & Johnson won the backing of Europe's highest court on Thursday in their battle for data exclusivity against a generic rival for Alzheimer's drug Reminyl, the court said.
French emissions exchange BlueNext has taken its first step toward a carbon trading platform in China with a deal to offer its clients a database of Chinese carbon-cutting projects, its chairman said on Thursday.
Shire Plc and Johnson & Johnson won the backing of Europe's highest court on Thursday in their battle for data exclusivity against a generic rival for Alzheimer's drug Reminyl, the court said.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday that it would buy privately held Arrow Group for $1.75 billion, clinching a long-expected deal by the U.S. generic drugmaker to expand internationally.
The official Apple iPhone 3.0 OS release time has not yet been confirmed by the company, but based on previous roll outs of the company, tech watchers are speculating the update will be out at 10am PST or 1pm EST.
British Airways is asking its staff to work for nothing or take unpaid leave in July, spokeswomen Kirsten Millard said on Tuesday. The airline offered workers to take between one week and one month of unpaid leave or unpaid work.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it will buy privately held Arrow Group for $1.75 billion, clinching a long-expected deal by the U.S. generic drugmaker to expand internationally.
The euro zone's unadjusted external trade surplus rose in April as exports showed signs of stabilising on a monthly basis and fell less than imports, though shipments sank more than a quarter from a year earlier.
The local market was caught by surprise yesterday following the release of the minutes to this month's Australian Reserve Bank meeting.
Barclays' board has recommended shareholders accept a $13.5 billion cash and shares offer from U.S. fund manager BlackRock for its Barclays Global Investors business, the British bank said on Tuesday.
