JIUQUAN, China (Reuters) – China successfully launched an experimental craft on Thursday paving the way for its first space station amid a blaze of national pride, bringing the growing Asian power closer to matching the United States and Russia with a long-term manned outpost in space.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mercury may have a lot in common with Earth, but close-up images and data captured by NASA’S MESSENGER probe this year show it’s still a bit of a planetary weirdo.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Summer monsoons that provide up to 80 percent of the water South Asia needs have gotten drier in the past half century, possibly due to aerosol particles spewed by burning fossil fuels, climate scientists said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures fell on Friday after data showing a continued contraction in China stirred fears the global economy was slowing.
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks fell on Friday with European shares on track to mark their biggest quarterly loss since the collapse of Lehman Bros three years ago as European economic readings compounded pessimism over global growth.
(Reuters) – McGraw-Hill Companies Inc is in advanced talks to merge its S&P Indices business with CME Group Inc’s Dow Jones Indexes, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
CHARLOTTE (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp plans to charge customers who use their debit cards to make purchases a $5 monthly fee beginning early next year, joining other banks scrambling for new sources of revenue.
(Reuters) – The rock-bottom price of the new Kindle Fire tablet computer is raising questions about Amazon.com Inc’s ability to keep up with demand and the device’s effect on the company’s already razor-thin profit margins.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Singapore Exchange Ltd is tying up with London’s main bourse to make a joint bid for the London Metal Exchange, a source told Reuters on Friday, as the world’s largest metal market seeks a suitor in a deal that could be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.57 billion).
LONDON (Reuters) – To get an idea how emerging markets are reshaping global consumption patterns, look no further than the cocoa bean.
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