Portugal's leading highway operator Brisa (BRI.LS) posted a fourth-quarter net profit of 41.8 million euros ($52.98 million) on Friday, 64 percent below its year-ago net profit, but exceeding market expectations.
Portugal's state-run bank Caixa Geral de Depositos on Thursday posted a 46 percent fall in 2008 net profit.
Endless cocktails, wine and dessert. Private in-suite dinners. Couples massages. Pillow menus and plush bedding. Ballroom dancing classes. These are just some of the posh perks that Silversea Cruises offers. Most upscale cruise lines have always offered unforgettable experiences – for example, you can often wine and dine to your heart's content in fabulous restaurants, and, unlike real life, nev...
Brazil is the largest country in Latin America. It spreads across almost half (47.3%) of South America, and occupies a total area of 8,547,403.5 km2. It is the fifth largest country in the world after Canada, the Russian Federation, China and the United States. Except for a small number of islands, Brazil is a single and continuous land mass. The Equator passes through the northern region, near Ma...
Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo escapes injury in horror smash Thursday despite writing off his Ferrari in a horrible car crash near Manchester airport.
Vodafone Plc announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Apple, Inc to sell its iPhone device in ten countries and two carriers in Italy.
Brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has said that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of a £10 billion takeover big from a consortium of Carlsberg and Heineken. The vote was taken at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday.
The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at U.N. talks in Bali.
South Africa has greatly improved its technology level by increasing its bandwidth beyond the requirements of the world soccer governing body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA).
Going back to "old fashioned banking may not be a bad thing", Chancellor Alistair Darling said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday.
J.K. Rowling said on Tuesday that she will miss being able to retreat into the fictional world of Harry Potter after finishing the seventh and final volume on the teen-age wizard.
India's Taj Mahal was voted last week as one of the new 'Seven Wonders of the World,' drawing global attention to the architectural wonder, while kindling pride and expectation of additional tourists to the 17th century monument to love.
Makers of some of Europe's most famous wines tried to cork an EU plan to drastically cut production, saying on Wednesday it would jeopardise centuries of tradition.
The European Union will work to overhaul its 27-nation treaty to replace an EU constitution it rejected in 2005.
Powerleague Group, then operator of five a side football centres, is searching for a financial partner to help expand into Europe
The Japanese Olympic Commission (JOC) will appoint Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara as the director-general of Tokyo Olympic Bidding Committee for the 2016 Summer Games, the commission said on Friday.
The Federation of Hong Kong Indurstries (FHKI) called on Hong Kong shoes sector to exploit domestic market and leave two ways......
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever NV/Plc said on Monday it agreed to sell the bulk of its frozen foods business to private equity group Permira Funds for 1.725 billion euros ($2.2 billion).
Workers angered by General Motors' plan to shut down an assembly plant in Portugal will stage protests starting next week at GM factories in Germany and Spain, a labor source told Reuters on Friday.
