Google guys Sergey Brin and Larry Page once walked into a venture-capital firm and were able to express their company's vision in one sentence: "Google provides access to the worlds information in one click."...
President-elect Barack Obama plans on Monday to announce six experienced hands to fill top administration posts, moving at record speed to name the leadership team that will guide his presidency through a time of war and recession...
Layoffs are mounting in this city-state's property sector, with one of Dubai's most ambitious government-owned developers unveiling big job cuts Sunday...
Software giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion...
OPEC held off on announcing new oil output cuts on Saturday, but its alarm over falling demand and a slumping economy potentially laid the groundwork for a big reduction when it meets again in a matter of weeks...
President George W. Bush on Saturday pledged full U.S. support to India as it investigates the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, saying the killers "will not have the final word."...
Tesla Roadster is an electric car that goes fast, looks sensational and excites envy. The seductive appearance, however, obscures some inconvenient truths: its all-electric technology remains woefully immature and don’t-even-ask expensive...
The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, temporarily increased security after being warned of a possible terrorist attack, the chairman of the company that owns the hotel said Saturday...
Russia's aluminium major Rusal said on Friday it had added its major shareholder Mikhail Prokhorov to its list of candidates for the board of metal giant Norilsk Nickel...
The Russian foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow and Washington were unlikely to reach a final agreement on a planned U.S. missile shield for central Europe during talks in December...
In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo's search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings...
Russia's prime minister said Friday at a meeting with the head of a German power company that his country would fulfill all its commitments to the energy sector and has no plans to reduce or change them...
Russia’s central bank raised its main interest rates for the second time this month in a bid to make the weakening ruble more attractive to investors, cap capital outflow and damp “inflationary trends.”...
The ceremony capping the first visit of a Russian president to Venezuela, like the rest of the president’s visit, was heavy on pomp and symbolism...
U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley is shedding one in four jobs at its Russian office in a bid to cut costs, Russian daily Vedemosti reports...
The terror attacks that rocked India's financial capital may depress stocks, dampen tourism and slow new investment, but are unlikely to inflict long-term damage on the nation's economy, analysts and business people said Thursday...
Merchants know it's all or nothing when the clock strikes 12.01 a.m. Friday....
The American Chamber of Commerce has no plans to show its thanks. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow will have neither turkey nor trimmings...
Even as the frost and winds of winter begin to swirl into the city, inside the Tretyakov Gallery all is blue sky and sunbeams...
Crude oil rose in New York after Russia, the world's second-largest exporter, said it may coordinate production cuts with OPEC to shore up prices...
Ukrainian Naftogaz that has faced difficulties with the payment of debts generated from gas supplies by RosUkrEnergo trader will probably refer to the IMF money, Interfax-Ukraine reported... 
The Federal Reserve is to advance $600bn to the mortgage market, with a further $200bn aimed at the consumer debt market, in what one economist said was "as close as the Fed can get to lending money directly to consumers"...
U.S. mortgage rates fell more than three-quarters of a percentage point today after the Federal Reserve said it will buy as much as $600 billion of debt...
Russia’s Micex Index declined in the last hour of trading, led by OAO Lukoil, Russia’s second-biggest oil producer, as crude and U.S. stocks declined...
Russia's top social network Odnoklassniki.ru is testing Google's search box, both companies confirmed to business paper Kommersant, leading to a possible ad sales split in what is one of the world's fastest growing online ad markets...
The ugly truth for Yelena Isinbayeva is that too many of her competitors have plain faces and talent...
Armenia won its second straight gold medal at the Chess Olympiad Tuesday by defeating China 2.5-1.5 in the 11th and final round...
In his quest for a bigger share of the highly competitive computer-security market, Eugene Kaspersky treks to 20 to 30 countries a year, promoting the company bearing his name and warning the world about cybercrime...
Russia's leaders said Monday they hope the United States will scrap its missile defense system in Europe and be more willing to negotiate a nuclear arms control deal once U.S. President-elect Barack Obama takes office...
Russia’s Micex Index surged 17 percent, leading a rally in emerging-market stocks, as a U.S. government rescue of Citigroup Inc. boosted investor confidence and lifted commodity prices...
Russian state-owned bank VEB has approved a $1.8 billion loan for steel maker Evraz Group to refinance its foreign debt, Vedomosti business daily reported on Monday...
Aides to President-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush are rushing to craft measures to shore up financial markets and prevent a policy vacuum from further harming the economy during the transition of power between the two men...
European stocks climbed Monday, lifted by the U.S. federal government's plan to rescue beleaguered financial giant Citigroup...
George W. Bush held his last meeting as U.S. president with a Russian leader on Saturday, telling Dmitry Medvedev he had worked hard to make it a "cordial relationship" despite difficult disagreements...
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years...
The U.S. and European automobile industries are screeching to a halt, and they're leaving behind a string of casualties -- not all of which are obvious...
“Twilight,” a film based on a series of books about teen vampires from Stephanie Meyer, may make $74.3 million in its weekend debut, said box-office tracker Media By Numbers LLC...
In a down economy, the Orchestra of St. Luke's has managed to raise $17 million in the past six months, including $8 million in November from New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs...
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called for national unity against a "dangerous threat" from Russia on Saturday, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the "Rose Revolution" that brought him to power...
The Russian president will discuss the world economic crisis and all aspects of security with APEC leaders, who are gathering for their 16th summit on Saturday....
The thaw in the resentful relationship between the most powerful woman in the Democratic Party and her younger male rival began at the party’s convention this summer...
A Russian computer game simulating a new war between Russia and Georgia, in which NATO-member Poland backs a fresh bid by Tbilisi to take back its rebel regions, is to hit shops soon...
Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar could further decline in importance during the next two decades, says a U.S. intelligence report with predictions for the world in 2025...
Russia Food Drink Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Russia's food and drink industry...
Oleg Deripaska, Viktor Vekselberg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Alisher Usmanov and Vladimir Potanin were be among the guests at a dinner with the president in Barvikha, a luxury village near Moscow...
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey returned to work at the Justice Department Friday after suffering what aides said was a fainting spell in the middle of a speech the previous night...
Detroit automakers began work on turnaround plans demanded by Congress in return for $25 billion in aid as General Motors Corp said it would cut production more and give up two of its controversial corporate jets...
Even as Barack Obama faces front-page issues like Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, he will still have to find the time and courage to deal with a certain nuclear-armed autocracy that controls much of the world's oil and gas...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that all budget expenses will be financed in 2008, as according to the results of the year, the state budget will garner more revenues than expected...
