A battered pickup truck pulling up to Huaying Trading's back street office in Goma is about all that remains of Congo's once-bustling resources business as an impending U.S. crackdown on so-called conflict minerals scares most buyers away.
Apple Inc. fans has been waiting and expecting the company to showcase the most anticipated smartphone iPhone 5 on Tuesday. The Apple's Let's Talk iPhone event is just hours away.
Apple is set to unveil a new iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5, within hours at its Cupertino headquarters in California.
Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.5 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.5 percent at 0841 GMT.
Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.5 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.5 percent at 0841 GMT.
Anyone hoping that recent falls in commodity prices would provide a boost to powerhouse Asian economies and help lift the developed world out of recessionary danger will be disappointed. The region's focus remains firmly on inflation.
Should the United States tolerate slightly higher inflation, in order to have the economy grow at a faster rate and create more jobs?
Devotees stab knives, umbrellas, and other objects through their cheek in honor of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival now underway in Thailand.
Since July 1, 2002, IBM shares have tripled in value, while Microsoft stock has barely budged.
Gold rose 1.6 percent on Monday, its biggest one-day gain in a month, as bullion resumed its role as a haven from turmoil following its worst monthly loss since the financial crisis in 2008.
With Apple's next iPhone announcement just a day away, experts and analysts make their last-minute predictions on what the world can expect to see come out of Cupertino tomorrow.
Westinghouse Solar Inc expects to start posting profits next year after years of losses, as a deal to buy cheaper solar panels should help it cut prices and increase sales, its chief executive told Reuters.
Signs of a U.S. recession, if not a global recession, are multiplying daily -- so much so that the cover on the latest issue of The Economist shows a black hole with the words, Be Afraid.
Ernst & Young , the world's third-largest accounting and consulting firm, said its global revenues rose 7.6 percent in fiscal year 2011 as investments in emerging markets bore fruit.
One of the three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine Monday used his insights into the immune system in treatments against the pancreatic cancer he suffered for four years.
Gold prices will rise by less than previously expected, according to a new short-term forecast by Swiss bank UBS released Monday.
U.S. stock fell on Monday as new evidence surfaced that Greece would have trouble clawing its way out of a debt crisis, even as data indicated some strength in the U.S. economy.
Gold headed for its largest one-day rise in nearly a month on Monday and silver climbed almost 5 percent after Greece warned it will miss deficit targets set to avoid bankruptcy, unleashing a sell-off in equities and commodities.
Stocks fell on Monday as concerns over Greece's teetering finances returned to the forefront, extending losses from the previous week.
Jack Ma, the founder and CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is keen on buying Yahoo Inc if the opportunity presents itself and has held discussions with other potential buyers about options.
Yahoo shares jumped more than 5percent Monday after the chairman of China’s Alibaba said he’s interested in buying it, and Yahoo announced a news alliance with ABC News.
Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Monday as concerns over Greece's teetering finances returned to the forefront and after equities suffered their worst quarter since 2008.
