Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced cuts on Saturday to unpopular taxes introduced at the height of Greece's debt crisis, in a bid to show that over four years of austerity are finally nearing an end.
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Peru's gold output will likely fall 20 percent this year - official
Peru's gold output will likely drop by 20 percent this year and keep falling through 2016 as aging mines churn out less of the precious metal and a government crackdown curbs informal production, a ministry official said on Friday.
Alibaba who? U.S. retail investors not that interested
When Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding revealed plans earlier this year to go public on a U.S. stock exchange, financial advisers like Bob Mecca in Hoffman Estate, Illinois braced themselves for a wave of frantic calls from retail investors wanting to get in on the action.
Searching for growth in Europe, clarity in China
The euro zone's struggle to avoid another recession will take center stage in the coming week in the absence of major U.S. data, as investors mull whether the ECB's new asset-buying plan is a prelude to even more radical steps.
With free visas, Thailand tells Chinese tourists 'please come back soon'
To make vacationing in a country still under martial law a little more attractive, Thailand’s military junta is offering tourists from China free visas.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Merck & Co Inc for allegedly infringing its immunotherapy patent. The company is seeking unspecified damages.
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser, the loan dissenter at the Fed's July policy meeting, on Saturday continued his push for the U.S. central bank to change its language on monetary policy to reflect an improving economy and pave the way for a sooner-than-expected interest rate hike.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi prepared Egyptians on Saturday for more blackouts after lights went out across much of the country this week, saying it would take time and cost the cash-strapped state $12 billion to upgrade the decrepit power grid.
It has been more than a year now since the "Last of Us" was released on PlayStation 3 and since then it has garnered multiple awards and accolades from various publications and critics alike. But now it seems that game developer, Naughty Dog are already planning to make a sequel right after the film adaptation of the game is released in this interview by EuroGamer.
Many were shocked and angry over the very private photos but now an artist is planning to display photos of the two aforementioned celebrities on an art gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida which was announced in the gallery's website.
After dropping the game's price to a miniscule ten cents, Ubisoft has gone all the way and is releasing their "Assassin's Creed PIrates" game completely free.
Ariana Grande and Big Sean seem to be loving the hot spotlight after they've been spotted holding hands last MTV Video Music Awards, and following that big revelation, rumors if the two are already on a relationship continues to spread like wildfire. Meanwhile, Grande says she loves collaborating with Sean; so is this a hint?
One of the worst feud on the music industry -- Jon Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie Sambora - seems to have already been ceased reportedly. The two great performers had already been in touch with each other giving their fans massive chances of seeing them establishing more projects and tours together.
Anyone who has an instagram probably knows who Dan Bilzerian is by now. The multimillionaire poker star who posts how to live the good life in an extravagant fashion by uploading pictures of scantily clad girls, cars, and guns. But now, someone challenges the throne and it is none other than Jamaican cricket player Chris Gayle.
