DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Hurricanes, floods, droughts and a newly climate-conscious Barack Obama are helping boost efforts around the world to fight climate change. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index hit a near 18-month high on Thursday, as shares of Agrium Inc rose after the fertilizer maker raised its profit forecast and as U.S. manufacturing and labor data drove optimism on the economic outloo... [Full Article]
Alastair Cook was in an upbeat mood after England topped a memorable few days for their captain with a six-wicket win in the fourth one-day international against South Africa at Lord's on Sunday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Financial markets remained in a buoyant mood Monday by figures showing the U.S. economy generated a greater than expected amount of jobs in July and by a growing belief that the European Central Bank could do more in the months ahead to contain the c... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index looked set to open higher on Thursday, tracking global markets, as strong earnings from some global bellwether companies allayed fears of the economic slowdown biting into profits. TOP STORIES * IBM raised ... [Full Article]
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Wednesday as firm demand at Spanish debt sales, positive U.S. corporate earnings and an improvement in a key German sentiment survey boosted investor confidence in riskier assets. MSCI's broadest index of A... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Tokyo was also buoyed by the prospect of comments by Prime Minister Naoto Kan addressing the country's fading recovery.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - A man talks on his mobile phone in Singapore. Buoyed by a decision to boost the Greek economy markets in Tokyo and Hong Kong surged with early gains for Seoul and Singapore.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)... [Full Article]
(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Buoyed by a box office hit in "Avatar" and better-than-expected profits, News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch, pictured in 2009, predicted a rosy future Tuesday for content companies such as his media and entertainment ... [Full Article]