- Switzerland close to deal in U.S. tax dispute: finance minis...
- 2013-05-18 12:01
- ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax, the finance minister said on Saturday.
- France gets Pentagon backing to buy U.S.-made drones - paper
- 2013-05-18 11:40
- PARIS (Reuters) - France has received approval from the U.S. Pentagon to buy two Reaper drones for intelligence gathering, and now only needs backing from Congress, Le Monde newspaper said on Saturday.
- French probe finds LVMH built up Hermes stake in secret-pape...
- 2013-05-18 11:26
- PARIS (Reuters) - The French stock market authority has found LVMH secretly bought shares in rival Hermes to build a stake, and not merely make a financial investment as the luxury group has claimed, a newspaper reported.
- Bernanke, in commencement address, upbeat on innovation outl...
- 2013-05-18 11:21
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted an upbeat picture on Saturday for the potential of innovation to lift living standards, delivering a sweeping look at the last 100 years that included memories of his 1963 South Carolina home.
- New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
- 2013-05-18 10:08
- SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry.
- Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
- 2013-05-18 10:06
- SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, which some attendees faithfully wore...
- Greece's Piraeus hire banks to advise on share issue - sourc...
- 2013-05-18 10:04
- ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's second-largest lender Piraeus Bank has hired four international investment banks as advisers on its 7.33 billion euro (£6.2 billion) share issue, two bankers close to the procedure told Reuters on Saturday.
- Alpine in talks with FCC on financing - CEO
- 2013-05-18 08:50
- VIENNA (Reuters) - Alpine, the Austrian unit of Spanish construction group FCC , will hold talks with its owners on how to meet its financing needs and has many options open, Chief Executive Arnold Schiefer said.
- Exclusive - EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for tra...
- 2013-05-18 01:03
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.

- British Girl Drowns In Pool At Egyptian Resort
- 2013-05-17 23:29
- China April housing inflation quickens to two year high
- 2013-05-17 23:22
- BEIJING (Reuters) - China's housing inflation quickened in April, marking the fourth consecutive year-on-year rise and challenging policymakers who are trying to cool record home prices while supporting economic expansion.
- MPs accused of ‘demonising’ US companies
- 2013-05-17 22:32
- The National Foreign Trade Council questions why American companies were singled out for scrutiny and says criticism was ‘misguided’
- Los Angeles Labor Leader Puts Focus on Immigrants
- 2013-05-17 21:53
- Maria Elena Durazo, a labor leader, has pushed for safeguards for workers, including those not authorized to work in the United States, and an overhaul of immigration policy.s   Â
- The Saturday Profile: Olli Rehn Tries to Shed ‘Austerityâ€...
- 2013-05-17 21:34
- Olli Rehn, the European Union’s top economist and a focus of anger across Europe against harsh belt-tightening policies, says he is not a doctrinaire adherent to austerity measures.   Â
- Government launches investigation into two Serco, G4S contra...
- 2013-05-17 21:14
- LONDON (Reuters) - The government said on Friday it had hired a team of auditors to investigate whether it was overcharged on two contracts with outsourcing firms Serco and G4S.
- Yahoo to vote on $1.1 billion Tumblr buy - AllThingsD
- 2013-05-17 21:12
- SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion (725 million pounds) in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday.
- Should we all be more psychopathic?
- 2013-05-17 21:09
- Contactless 'charging errors' at M&S
- 2013-05-17 20:56
- Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit
- 2013-05-17 20:47
- Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.   Â
- Ofcom plans simplified phone numbers
- 2013-05-17 20:47







