BRUSSELS — The euro zone's overall budget gap fell last year but deficits in Greece and Portugal were higher than expected, underlining the challenges presented by their austerity programs.
The Chinese mining company Minmetals Resources said on Tuesday that it had dropped its unsolicited bid for Equinox Minerals after being outbid by Barrick Gold.
BANGKOK — Sharp rises in food prices are a threat to economic growth in Asia and could push millions of people back into extreme poverty, the Asian Development Bank said.
MIHARU, Japan — Cherry blossom season reaches its peak this week along the Tohoku coast, but the recent disasters have quelled the normally robust tourist trade.
ISTANBUL — The country’s economy, which crashed in 1994 and 2001 and was set back by the global financial crisis, is showing signs of overheating, fueled by consumer spending.
After nearly four hours of deliberation, the jurors in the insider trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam retired for the day. They will resume on Tuesday morning.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The search giant is throwing its power and data at problems specific to mobile phones, like translating phone calls on the fly.
Since every network will share the same camera feeds of the royal wedding on Friday, competition has been fierce for on-air talent to make coverage stand out.
Marketing to doctors using prescription records bearing their names is an increasingly contentious practice, with three states enacting laws to limit the uses of the records for marketing.
Buying a stake in a start-up that reviews hotels and gets part of the room reservations it helps to make will allow the Travel Channel to profit from the trips it inspires.
The New York Stock Exchange is missing a chance to be a model for good governance as it defends its planned merger with Deutsche Borse and fights off a rival bid from Nasdaq and ICE.
With business picking up after the recession, many hotel chains are refurbishing the décor, amenities and food in their exclusive retreats for premium customers.