On June 21, starting at dusk, over 150 musicians featured performances along Water Street in Gastown. Every kind of music was heard - from jazz, classical, and acoustic to heavy metal, indie and pop. Founded in France in 1982, throughout the years Fete de la Mausique has become an international musical festival celebrated in Canada, the USA, Germany, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Australia, Vietnam, Congo, Cameroon, Fiji, Colombia, Chile, Nepal, and Japan.
Ben Bernanke will have to answer at his press conference the big soft patch question.
Lady Gaga's net worth is $110 million, and her earning potential is sky high
The head of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund, predicted that Greece and other European economies would default on their debts to resolve their problems as the euro area deals with its debt crisis.
Yahoo Inc, China's Alibaba Group and Japan's Softbank Corp said on Wednesday they have made substantive and encouraging progress toward an agreement over the ownership of the Chinese company's Alipay e-payment unit.
The euro stabilized on Wednesday and Asian shares rose after the Greek government won a vote of confidence as expected, prompting investors to shift focus to the U.S. Federal Reserve's news conference due later in the day for further cues.
The evidence of double-dip recession in the US economy is growing, with the latest indicators reflecting deteriorated economic conditions not seen in the past three decades.
Qantas Airways expects its full-year earnings to come in close to market expectations but faces heavy losses on international routes and continues to grapple with rising fuel prices and flight disruptions, it said on Wednesday.
Australia's government unveiled legislation on Wednesday to crack down on cybercrime in the wake of recent cyber attacks on multinational companies and institutions, from Google to the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Senate.
Adobe Systems Inc reported on Tuesday a 54 percent jump in quarterly net profit and held on to its sales growth target, but warned of weakness in demand for its applications in Europe.
Germany's Daimler warned of increasing economic risks in emerging markets such as China that could cause the auto industry's growth engine to sputter.
Lady Gaga arrives in Japan, goes simple with bald cap, and attends the MuchMusic Awards in Toronto on Sunday.
Google has used the Solstice to celebrate the work of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami
The singer arrived in Japan all in green.
The swollen Missouri River had posed a serious threat to a riverside nuclear power plant in the state of Nebraska in the United States after levees built to hold back the rising floodwaters failed.
Shares of major Chinese lenders China Construction Bank <0939.HK> and Agricultural Bank of China <1288.HK> fell to multi-month lows on Tuesday, hit by potentially souring loans, an economic slowdown and tighter capital requirements.
The euro inched up in choppy trading on Tuesday on hopes that squabbling policymakers will come up with a solution to avoid a debt default by Greece, sentiment that also buoyed Asian shares.
TOP500 released the latest list of top ten most powerful, high-performance computers in the world at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday.
The euro inched up in choppy trading on Tuesday on hopes squabbling policymakers will come up with a solution to avoid a default by Greece, sentiment that also buoyed Asian shares.
Foster's Group on Tuesday rejected a A$9.5 billion ($10.1 billion) cash takeover offer from SABMiller as too low after the global brewing giant offered only a slim premium for Australia's largest brewer.
Sega Corp.'s database has been hacked. The multinational video game developing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan has sent an email to users to notify Sega Pass system users that their emails, dates of birth and their passwords were compromised by hackers. The stolen passwords were encrypted.
Brazilian planemaker Embraer sees good chances of firm orders from U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines, which will likely make a decision to renew its fleet by October, a top company executive told Reuters on Monday.
