German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said the European Commission made a "grave mistake" by agreeing to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China and urged the Commission to ...

Greece's bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector, the country's foreign ...

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out how long interest rates will remain low. King also said the bank could ...

An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry says. Before a referendum due in September ...

The single biggest risk to Britain's nascent economic recovery is continued eurozone weakness, the Bank of England's outgoing governor Mervyn King said in a television interview on Sunday. He called for ...

Many duped savers at Spanish lender Bankia are shunning a state-supervised compensation scheme in favor of expensive lawsuits, prolonging a mis-selling scandal and complicating efforts to restore faith ...

Qatar Holding and an Italian state-controlled investment fund are interested in investing in Italian fashion house Versace, Il Sole 24 Ore said on Saturday. The Qatar sovereign fund is "carefully ...

PARIS, May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the initialling of an energy cooperation treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of South Africa on 7 March 2013, the DRC has ...

Australia a country rich in natural resources and one increasingly gaining attention from investors. Is it time to put some of your international allocation to work in Australia?

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 ...

Reuters Market Eye - The BSE Sensex runs the risk of some consolidation after indexes ended at their highest close since November 2010 on Friday. Earnings will be key, with Coal India Ltd , State Bank ...

China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector ...

NINGBO, China, May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 18 th 2013, The 2013 China (Ninghai) Software Export and Service Outsourcing Conference & Release of 2012 (the 9th) China Software Export and Service ...

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. ...

BERLIN - Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved....

Anya Sverdlov, managing director, Actis Wunderman, will lead the Internet Jury at the upcoming IDEA! Festival, which runs from May 22-24 in Novosibirsk, Russia. IDEA! is open to agencies and advertisers that are creating advertising campaigns in Russia and the CIS territories.

Pacific Drilling S.A. announced today the pricing of the private placement to eligible purchasers of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of Pacific Drilling’s 5.375% senior secured notes due 2020.

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

EUGENE, Ore., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Continental Bank , the operating subsidiary of Pacific Continental Corporation (Nasdaq: PCBK), announced today its Chief Financial Officer Mick Reynolds ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Stock Exchange surged ahead Friday, encouraged by gains from the U.S. markets, after data showed the world's largest economy may be in recovery.

MISSISSAUGA, Canada -- Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) is pleased to announce that Amir Karim, Vice-President, Business Development, Polykar (St. Laurent, QC) was elected Chair of the Board ...

VANCOUVER , May 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO; NYSE MKT: TGB) ("Taseko" or the "Company") announces that its Board of Directors has resolved to adopt a customary Shareholder ...

Cott Corporation today announced the Toronto Stock Exchange has approved its notice of intention to renew its normal course issuer bid for a portion of its common shares as appropriate opportunities arise ...

Transocean Ltd shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him on the board of the world's largest offshore ...

Caterpillar Inc's deal to cut the purchase price of a Chinese mining-equipment maker it bought last year ends an embarrassing episode that overshadowed the company's effort to expand in China and distracted ...

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar headed lower Friday after Statistics Canada reported that consumer prices rose last month at the slowest rate it's seen in more than three years.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - May 17, 2013 - BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000 ® Index (Ticker: BATSK) rose 362.34 points, or 2.0%, this week ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Pacific Mercantile Bancorp . Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (the "Company"), parent of Pacific Mercantile Bank, today announced that it has postponed its 2013 annual meeting ...

RONKONKOMA, N.Y., May 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE), a leading global manufacturer of protective clothing for industry, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state ...

The Toronto Stock Exchange climbed higher Friday, riding a boost from U.S. markets helped by positive data that showed strong signs of recovery for the world's largest economy.The S&P/TSX composite index ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the debt-laden country.

The price of oil rose to near US$96 a barrel on Friday ahead of the release of Conference Board's index of leading indicators for the U.S. economy.

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust today announced the results of matters voted on at its annual Unitholders' meeting held on May 16, 2013 . The voting results for each of the matters presented at the ...