ATHENS (AFP) - Thousands of Greek civil servants went on strike Wednesday against wage cuts, paralyzing flights and disrupting rail traffic as Athens grappled to fight a debt crisis that has shaken Europe. More »
PARIS (AFP) - ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, reported on Wednesday a modest profit for 2009, beating analyst expectations that it would make a net loss because of the sharp fall in prices for metals. More »
ATHENS (AFP) - Thousands of Greek civil servants went on strike Wednesday against wage cuts, paralyzing flights and disrupting rail traffic as Athens grappled to fight a debt crisis that has shaken Europe. More »
TOKYO (AFP) - Honda, Japan's second-biggest carmaker after crisis-hit Toyota, Wednesday recalled more than 400,000 vehicles to fix airbags that it said can explode and spray out potentially deadly metal shards. More »
PARIS (AFP) - French auto company PSA Peugeot Citroen on Wednesday forecast that Europe's car market will shrink by a further nine percent this year as the company reported massive losses in 2009. More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the European Union can't quell concerns over Greece's debt burden, the International Monetary Fund may have to step in, whether or not its help is welcome. More »
PERTH, Australia (AFP) - Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, chairman of the reources giant Resourcehouse, on Wednesday insisted a major coal deal would go ahead despite denials from the Chinese buyer that it had signed a binding agreement. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton fired a warning over the economic recovery on Wednesday despite smashing forecasts with half-year profits of 6.14 billion US dollars. More »
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Wednesday that its exports surged in January for the second straight month, solidifying the Asian powerhouse's new position as the world's leading exporting nation. More »
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Web search giant Baidu said Wednesday it expected to benefit from growing customer confidence after Google's threat to pull out of China, as it posted a 48-percent surge in quarterly earnings. More »
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