WN Network World News Financial
World News Financial
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
Breaking News Sat, 15 Feb 2014
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, a man walks by advertising boards of HTC Corp., two at right, and Samsung Electric Co., in Taipei. Taiwan's top smartphone maker HTC is trying hard to halt its sliding sales and keep its status as a strong global brand in a market increasingly dominated by Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. is trying hard to halt its sliding sales and keep its status as a strong global brand in a market increasingly dominated by Apple Inc. and Samsung.
Apple Inc.   Gartner   Photos   Samsung   Smartphone   Wikipedia: Smartphone
 Reuters 
Smartphone sales growth to slow this year - Gartner
* 2014 smartphone sales seen at 1.2-1.3 billion * Sales in mature markets to slow, emerging markets seen up * Smartphone sales outpaced normal handsets in 2013 FRANKFURT, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Growth in... (photo: AP / Chiang Ying-ying)
Tourism expected to grow again in 2014, led by strong domestic and European demand (European Commission)
EUrope   Photos   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Tourism
 noodls 
Tourism expected to grow again in 2014, led by strong domestic and European demand (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) European Commission Press release Brussels, 13 February 2014 Tourism expected to grow again in 2014, led by strong domestic and European demand Tourism has been one of... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer speaks during a news conference about his intention to build the Titanic II in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Palmer is planning to build the ship in China and it is scheduled to sail in 2016  The Australian 
Clive Palmer accused of taking millions
CHINESE giant Citic Pacific has accused Clive Palmer’s private company of taking millions of dollars from a special fund without authority as it labelled the federal MP’s bid to shut down... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig)
CITIC Pacific   Clive Palmer   Photos   Sino Iron   Wikipedia: CITIC Pacific
2011-01-28 Time Warner Cable building entrance  Business Journal 
Comcast to pay $45 billion for Time Warner Cable
Staff Dayton Business Journal Comcast Corp. has agreed to a $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable in a stock deal valued at $45.2 billion, the companies announced this morning. New York-based Time... (photo: Creative Commons / Ildar Sagdejev)
Business   Comcast   Photos   Time Warner Cable   Wikipedia: Time Warner Cable
Top Stories
A man looks at a stock price board in Tokyo Monday, March 14, 2011 as the Tokyo stock market plunged on its first business day after an earthquake and tsunami of epic proportions laid waste to cities along Japan's northeast coast. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average slid 633.94 points, or 6.2 percent, to 9,620.49, extending losses from Friday. STL Today
Nikkei leads fall in weak global stock markets
Global stocks fell Thursday, led by a fall in Tokyo, as investors fretted upcoming U.S. indicators would show weakness in the world's biggest economy. In early European... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Markets   Nikkei 225   Photos   Stock Exchange   Tokyo Stocks   Wikipedia: KOSPI
A woman walks by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Business Day
Asian shares slip on profit-taking
TOKYO — Investors’ profit-taking on Thursday brought Asian markets off three-week highs notched a day earlier after reassuring comments from the Federal Reserve’s new... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Asian Markets   Janet Yellen   Photos   Tokyo Stocks   Wikipedia: MSCI
Deadly ice storm freezes winter-weary US The Hindu
Deadly ice storm freezes winter-weary US
A deadly ice storm stranded scores of people on slick roads and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of US homes as winter-weary Americans dug in against Mother... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Photos   Storm   USA   Wikipedia: 2013 North American cold wave   Winter
Security Council Issues Presidential Statement Reaffirming Commitment to Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (12 February 2014) (United Nations Security Council) noodls
Security Council Issues Presidential Statement Reaffirming Commitment to Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (12 February 2014) (United Nations Security Council)
(Source: United Nations Security Council) Security Council 7109th Meeting (AM) Member States Hear from Human Rights, Humanitarian, Peacekeeping Chiefs, as Well as Head of... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Civilians   Photos   Protection   Security
Sri Lanka Retreat Newstrack India
Sri Lanka, China FTA expected to conclude this year
Tweet Beijing, Feb 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris said Wednesday that the Sri Lanka-China free trade agreement (FTA) was expected to be... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
China   Free   Lanka   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Sri Lanka
Thomson Reuters Building Independent online (SA)
Thomson Reuters posts fall in profit
London - Thomson Reuters Corp on Wednesday reported a steeper-than-expected drop in fourth-quarter earnings, hurt by cutbacks at financial institutions in Europe and in... (photo: Creative Commons / Reubentg)
Media   Photos   Thomson Corporation   Thomson Reuters   Wikipedia: Thomson Reuters
Business Radio
N.America Europe S.America Pacific Africa Asia

more
more
more
more
Capital Market News
Commodity Globe
Dow Theory News
Energy Inc
Industrial Sectors
Japan Banking
Mergers Business
Shipping Stock
Structured Asset Finance
Venture Capital Globe
World Bank Today
World Deflation