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Cancer drugs give Roche a 2012 profit boost
Growing demand for its cancer medicines and diagnostic tests used by clinical laboratories helped Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG post a modest 2.
Israel is a no-show at its UN human rights review
Israel became the first nation to skip a U.N. review of its human rights record without giving a reason — and then won a precedent-setting deferral ...
Authorities: NY judge opens door to Swiss records
A federal judge on Monday authorized the Internal Revenue Service to require UBS AG to produce records about U.S. taxpayers who may hold bank accounts ...
Around world, gun rules, and results, vary wildly
After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the statistic is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with ...
Correction: Davos Forum-Algeria story
In a story transmitted Jan. 25 and Jan. 26 about Algeria's deadly hostage crisis, The Associated Press mischaracterized Algerian Foreign Minister ...
AP Interview: CERN chief firmer on 'God particle'
The world should know with certainty by the middle of this year whether a subatomic particle discovered by scientists is a long-sought Higgs boson, ...
Indonesia readies for $1 trillion trade talks
Indonesia may hold the key to a $1 trillion injection into the global economy. That's how much the World Trade Organization believes is riding on ...
AP Interview: Haiti eyes tourism, other businesses
Haiti's prime minister says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so it ...
Davos summit ends with warnings on global economy
The crisis mood is gone, but that doesn't mean you can slip back into your old ways — that's the message from top international finance officials ...
Topless protesters take on elite Davos forum
Three women angry over sexism and male domination of the world economy ripped off their shirts and tried to force their way into a gathering of ...
Banking official: Watch those asset prices
A top international finance official is warning banks to be cautious about the prices of investments that have gone up sharply because of current low ...
AP Debate: Training needed to redesign job market
Training the youth for the challenges of a fast-changing world has to be central to any strategy to rebuild the job market following a financial ...
Religion comes to Davos forum
Who created Davos, and why does it exist? Questions about God and religion were rife at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos this ...
AP Interview: Ohio's Kasich enthuses over Davos
Embarking on what he called a reluctant trade mission, Ohio Governor John Kasich said Friday that his state's economic comeback was generating ...
Economist: Euro crisis could erupt again this year
Is the euro crisis over? A leading U.S. economist says not by a long shot. Even as the head of the European Central Bank talked Friday of "positive ...
Tina Turner on her way to Swiss citizenship
Tina Turner is on her way to becoming a Swiss citizen. The American rock diva has lived in the Zurich suburb of Kuesnacht since the mid-1990s.
Activists shut down Shell station at Davos
Activists with a big fake polar bear have occupied a Shell service station in the Swiss resort of Davos to protest Royal Dutch Shell PLC's oil ...
Cameron: I don't want a country called Europe
British Prime Minister David Cameron wants nothing to do with a United States of Europe, an idea that's gaining currency as the countries that use the ...
AP Interview: Cameron wants UK to remain in EU
British Prime Minister David Cameron shrugged off the possibility that his country may vote to leave the European Union, and argued Thursday that his ...
Big banks, under pressure, on defense at Davos
If there is one place bankers should be able to let down their guard a little, you would think it would be at the World Economic Forum in Davos, an ...
Official: China recovering from 'soft landing'
China's economy is now recovering from a "soft landing," but the big challenge in 2013 will be to prevent overheating while still promoting growth, ...
Turkey: Syrian regime's actions equal war crimes
Syria's bombardment of its citizens should be declared a war crime and aid groups must be given greater access to the millions suffering there, ...
Verbruggen defends UCI warnings to 'doping' riders
Former International Cycling Union president Hein Verbruggen defended the governing body's doping policy during the Lance Armstrong era, and said it ...