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Spanish police have arrested three men accused of masterminding one of the biggest computer crimes to date -- infecting more than 13 million PCs with a virus that stole credit card numbers and other data.

The euro rebounded from a 9-1/2-month low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors awaited new plans to address Greece's debt crisis and held out hope for some form of help from the European Union. Earlier, the euro dropped as low as $1.3435, its lowest since May 2009, after Greece's biggest public union called for a 24-hour strike on March 16 to protest expected austerity measures from Athens. For more please [ID:nATH005239].

South Korea's state run Korea Gas Corporation (Korea Gas) said it will invest $1.1 billion to jointly develop natural gas fields in Canada with local firm Encana Corp. In a statement issued here, it said the deal will secure enough gas shipments to South Korea.

In quiet day for earnings and U.S. economic data releases, the stock market continues to rally modestly.

General Motors has tripled its funding of European arm Opel and cut its request for state aid in a bid to win over European governments and labor.

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co announced a sharp rise in February sales, benefiting from recall woes at rival Toyota Motor Co.

General Motors Co is recalling 1.3 million compact cars in North America to address a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes and one injury, the company said on Tuesday.

Amid the celebrations that erupted as Canada won ice hockey gold on Sunday most people probably did not notice who won the media's vote as the tournament's most valuable player -- American Ryan Miller.

If Canada's dramatic overtime gold medal win over the United States marked the National Hockey League's final bow on the Winter Olympic stage, they depart to a rousing standing ovation.

Canadian cancer drugmaker Aeterna Zentaris Inc (AEZ.TO) said on Monday that European health regulators granted its perifosine blood cancer treatment orphan drug status, marking the second such designation for the drug.

Canada herded 60,000 man-made moose and made its dignified Mounties dance in the Olympic host nation's playful poke at what it means to be Canadian as the Winter Games came to a close on Sunday.

Sid the Kid became the Man by scoring what will be forever remembered as Canada's golden goal in a 3-2 Olympic final overtime win over the United States on Sunday to cap one of the most compelling sporting showdowns ever seen on a sheet of ice.

The Vancouver Winter Olympics ended in spectacular triumph on Sunday with a dazzling closing ceremony that mixed traditional pomp with self-deprecating humor to put the icing on 17 days of unrelenting drama and action.

Prudential's bid to buy American International Group's Asian life unit is a bet against Asian stock markets as falling share prices across the region would make the alternative of listing the business in Hong Kong less attractive.

After surviving a minute of edge-of-your-seat terror, Canada got the happy ending they desperately craved -- a gold medal ice hockey game against the United States to cap off the Vancouver Olympics.

Italy's Giuliano Razzoli whooshed through sleet and fog to lead in the first run of a tricky men's slalom race on Saturday that tripped up nearly half the racers including Olympic comeback kid Bode Miller.

Brookfield Properties Corp unit BPO Properties Ltd will convert its structure to a real estate investment trust from a corporation.

South Korea's Kim Yuna can finally relax and not need to think about the future after the teenager rose to the occasion and won the gold medal in the women's figure skating on Thursday.

Canada's ice hockey women celebrated their gold medal win on Thursday by taking to the ice afterwards drinking beer and smoking cigars but they look likely to escape a rap from Olympic chiefs.Sports | LifestyleYes, we will look into this matter but it is not an investigation, Mark Adams, International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman told Reuters.Without a formal investigation the IOC it looked unlikely the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Hockey Canada or the players would fac...

The panic that gripped Canada a few days ago swung to giddy optimism on Thursday as the men's ice hockey team's path to the Olympic gold suddenly looked a lot less daunting.

Alexei Grishin of Belarus defied low expectations and a rival's high difficulty jump as he twisted through the air in the men's aerials on Thursday to win his country's first ever Winter Olympics gold.