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China says ready to help solve EU debt crisis

Wen Jiabao (right) with Jose Manuel Barroso at a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. China's Premier says his country is ready to increase its participation in efforts ... More »China says ready to help solve EU debt crisis

McDonald's praised for crate-free pork pledge

A McDonald's restaurant in San Francisco. The American Humane Association, a 135-year-old … More »McDonald's praised for crate-free pork pledge

European stocks slip on ratings cuts, US data

European stocks slipped on Tuesday following disappointing US retail sales data, having … More »European stocks slip on ratings cuts, US data

  • Surge In Land Rover Sales Lifts Tata Profits

    Soaring sales at Jaguar Land Rover have helped Tata, the carmaker's Indian owners, to a huge rise in profits.Sales of the British luxury cars in the three months to the end of December rose by almost 37%, ...

  • McDonald's praised for crate-free pork pledge

    A McDonald's restaurant in San Francisco. The American Humane Association, a 135-year-old animal welfare group, has praised the fast food giant McDonald's for pledging not to serve pork raised in tiny ...

  • European stocks slip on ratings cuts, US data

    European stocks slipped on Tuesday following disappointing US retail sales data, having largely taken in stride a Moody's ratings cut on six European nations overnight due to the eurozone crisis.

  • Firm in Apple row seeks to ban China iPad imports

    A woman checks her cell phone while walking past advertising for the iPad 2 in Beijing in 2011. An electronics firm embroiled in a copyright row with Apple said Tuesday it would ask Chinese customs to ...

  • Greece seeks more budget cuts to win bailout

    Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos arrives at a cabinet meeting in Athens on February 14. Greece's coalition cabinet was to decide on Tuesday how to plug a 325-million-euro budget hole ahead of a eurozone ...

  • Euro Crisis: China To Ride To The Rescue? Sky News - 1 hour 16 minutes ago
    Euro Crisis: China To Ride To The Rescue?

    China has indicated it is ready to step up its efforts to help resolve Europe's debt crisis, amid warnings an escalation would seriously harm its own economy.Following a meeting in Beijing with EU president ...

  • U.S. retail sales rise 0.4 percent in January Reuters - 1 hour 20 minutes ago
    A man walks past a "sale" sign in the Georgetown shopping district in Washington

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose less than expected in January as consumers cut back on car purchases and did less online shopping. Total retail sales increased 0.4 percent after being flat ...

  • Moody's Puts UK Rating On Negative Outlook Sky News - 1 hour 30 minutes ago
    Moody's Puts UK Rating On Negative Outlook

    Credit ratings agency Moody's has issued official notice to Britain and the Bank of England that their credit ratings are at risk of a potential downgrade.The agency blamed "increased uncertainty ...

  • German investor confidence tops 10-month high

    Cranes on a building site operate near Berlin's landmark TV tower, November 2010. German investor confidence hit a 10-month high in February amid optimism Europe's top economy will be able to escape from ...

  • Eurozone stands by hard line on Greek bailout terms

    A man rides a bike by the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens bearing the slogan 'rob to have money', February 13. Pressure rose on Greece on Tuesday to enact deep budget cuts in return for a bailout, ...

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