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Experts give causes of emergency landing in Poland
Aviation experts said Wednesday that a LOT Polish Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, made an emergency landing in Warsaw last year because of ...
German tax take seen rising further
Germany on Wednesday raised its tax income forecast for this year and said it expects to take in €29 billion ($37.5 billion) more than in 2011 thanks ...
Spain: Pressure to demand a bailout is easing
Spain is feeling less pressure to seek European financial aid in the short term because its state borrowing costs have dropped since the European ...
Foul-mouthed parrot seeks new home in UK
Everyone has a few faults. In Beaky's case, he swears (a lot) and he bites. Not good qualities for a parrot seeking a new home. Still, honesty is the ...
ECB phases out bond-market crisis measure
The European Central Bank has phased out one of the crisis measures aimed at supporting the shaky banking system of the 17-country eurozone. The bank ...
European austerity hits GlaxoSmithKline Q3 profit
Drug company GlaxoSmithKline saw its third-quarter fall by nearly a fifth as sales fell in Europe and the United States. GSK reported Wednesday that ...
Eurozone unemployment rises to new record
Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is ...
UBS chief: Other banks may need to downsize too
A day after UBS AG announced it was cutting up to 10,000 jobs by 2015, UBS chairman Axel Weber is warning that many of the Swiss banking giant's ...
Savile sex scandal spurs British soul searching
Jimmy Savile was one of Britain's biggest stars — and, allegedly, one of its worst sexual predators. Now the nation is asking whether there was a link ...
AB InBev revenues up despite sales dip
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world's biggest brewer, says its third -quarter revenues rose by 9.1 percent, despite a slight decrease in the global ...
US, EU to ethnic Serbs: You have a home in Kosovo
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured a Serbian Orthodox church in Kosovo Wednesday as she pressed America's close ally to step up its ...
Barclays reports Q3 loss under new CEO
British bank Barclays PLC reported a net loss of 200 million pounds ($322 million) in the third quarter Wednesday as it wrote down the value of its ...
World markets gain in face of US superstorm
World markets rose and Wall Street prepared to get back to business Wednesday after a mammoth storm pummeled the U.S. East Coast, forcing forced the ...
ECB: Loan demand sags in slack eurozone economy
The European Central Bank has more dismal numbers about the slack eurozone economy. The chief monetary authority for the euro reports a "pronounced ...
Lufthansa profits beat estimates despite strike
German airline Lufthansa said profits jumped 30 percent in the third quarter despite a strike and higher fuel prices. The company's CEO said it wasn't ...
Bad weather boosts revenues at utility GDF-Suez
Franco-Belgian utility GDF Suez reported Wednesday that its revenues were up 8.4 percent this year so far, driven in part by weather conditions in ...
Officials debate whether to scrap malaria program
The future of a pricey malaria program meant to provide cheap drugs for poor patients may be in jeopardy after health officials clashed over its ...
Sales up for oil giant Total but profit down
Total saw its revenue grow 8 percent in the third quarter, the French oil giant said Wednesday, but profits slipped 7 percent, in part due to one-off ...
Yacht commissioned by Steve Jobs launched
The sleek, white superyacht glistens under a gray autumnal sky, a posthumous testament to the design aesthetic of Steve Jobs. Just over a year after ...
Australia's Sermanni hired as new US women's coach
When Tom Sermanni shook hands with Pia Sundhage after her last game as coach of the U.S. women's soccer team, he should have asked her for a few tips.
Greece delays austerity vote, warns of 'chaos'
Greece's coalition government will delay a vote on major new austerity measures by another week, warning Tuesday there would be financial chaos if a ...
EU beer brewers refuse to swallow French suds tax
France, the land of wine, is planning heavy taxes on beer, and that is not going down well with brewers — even in other nations. President Francois ...
Syria activists report 23 dead in Damascus suburb
Airstrikes by Syrian jets and shells from tanks leveled a neighborhood in a restive city near the capital of Damascus on Tuesday, killing 18 people, ...
Ford reports $1.63b 3Q profit despite Europe woes
Europe may have lost its appetite for new cars, but buyers in America and China propelled Ford to a better-than-expected profit in the third quarter.
Fiat plans to launch 17 new cars in Europe by 2016
While European competitors close factories and get government bailouts, Italian carmaker Fiat is banking on its under-exposed luxury brands to put ...