AMR Corp's American Airlines has been given approval by a U.S. bankruptcy judge to buy 32 Boeing planes.
Europe faces another year of dismal economic performance in 2012 that will weigh on global growth, but emerging markets and the United States should at least keep the world economy moving in the right direction.
Herewith follows some of my predictions for what may happen in 2012 with respect to some key foreign countries.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has predicted rising inflation and a collapse of the dollar due to the U.S.’s fiscal and monetary policies, but roughly three years into the economic recovery, inflation remains moderate. And the dollar? It’s holding its own and may strengthen in 2012.
The backlash against twenty-four-hour connectivity has started.
The incredible events of 2011 will likely influence global history for decades to come.
For the past decade, cattle ranchers and meat packers watched with despair as America's beef consumption steadily declined, ceding ground to leaner meats as well as vegetarian trends among the health-conscious.
Volkswagen has agreed to grant workers in Germany a rest from e-mails relentlessly filling the inboxes of their Blackberry devices out of hours.
Asia'a markets rose more than 1 percent and U.S. index futures also gained on Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a year-end bounce for riskier assets.
Asian stocks rose more than 1 percent and U.S. index futures also gained on Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a year-end bounce for riskier assets.
It's Christmas time for Lady Gaga and her fans. The pop star Thursday announced that she would leak her unreleased song from Born This Way on Christmas day as a gift to her little monster from their Lady Santa.
Japan has cut its forecast regrading economic growth for 2012 as a cumulative effect of a rising yen, natural disasters and the eurozone debt crisis.
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Asian stocks edged up Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a modest year-end rally in riskier assets.
On Wednesday, Lexus released an official teaser photo of its sporty concept LF-LC car, which it will introduce on Jan. 9 at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Reports say the concept vehicle could be a hybrid.
Softbank Corp will quit its domestic social networking site business after just five years, liquidating a joint venture with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for the Japanese-language version of Myspace, the Nikkei business daily reported.
With governments laboring under too much debt and banks hobbled by too little capital, 2012 is shaping up as another year of hard slog for Europe's economy that could yet test the single currency to destruction.
Facebook revealed its top 10 most popular games played on its social platform this year. Zynga had four games in the top 10, but did not claim the No. 1 spot; Playdom's Gardens of Time had that honor.
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits hit a 3-1/2 year low last week, bolstering views the economy was gaining momentum, even though third-quarter growth was revised down.
In a rare and complex legal case, a Vermont couple who married in April may be split up after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service denied their application for a spousal green card.
After years of speculation fueled by confusion, Nintendo has finally released the official timeline for The Legend of Zelda video game, 25 years after the series first began in a commerative art book, Hyrule Historia.
The inflows into gold-backed exchange-traded funds that helped drive bullion demand sharply higher during the financial crisis have more than halved this year, according to Reuters data, and are unlikely to recover in 2012 as appetite grows for other assets.
