Stronger than expected recovery in leading industrialised nations has boosted global trade confidence but subdued growth in emerging markets makes for a contrasting trade outlook around the world,...

Ever since the last election, the government has taken clear steps to allow hotel owners to raise their properties by up to two storeys.   This will, no doubt, be pleasing news to the many...

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index extended its all-time high as data showed that US companies added to payrolls last month. US employment figures are expected to move ahead added further by...

The Obama administration has stalled for more than four years on deciding whether to approve a fast-growing salmon that would be the first genetically modified animal approved for human...

A police investigation may never determine the reason why the Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared, and search planes scouring the India Ocean for any sign of its wreckage aren't certain to find...

European stocks closed in positive territory yesterday with the Eurostoxx 50 adding 0.78% to close at 3,186.34, a level last recorded in September 2008.  The CAC 40 recorded a slightly better...

Greece will start receiving its next 8.3 billion euros ($11.4 billion) in bailout loans at the end of the month, eurozone finance ministers said Tuesday, citing progress after "many painful...

European stocks had a negative day yesterday notwithstanding some progress in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and dismal inflation data which increases the chances for stronger ECB action. Contrary to...

Japan raised its sales tax Tuesday, moving to stabilize government finances but at the risk of undermining a shaky economic recovery.   It's a gamble the world's No. 3 economy cannot...

Official data show the eurozone's inflation rate in March decreased for the third consecutive month to a new low of 0.5 percent, a development likely to add pressure on the European Central Bank...