France's health minister said on Saturday French patients might have to pay more towards their medical costs, just a day after the assembly adopted the government's controversial health reforms. Philippe Douste-Blazy's comments came after parliament

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The state of Washington and Morgan Stanley on Friday put to rest a dispute over unsuitable investment advice given to Microsoft employees, with the investment bank and brokerage paying $200,000 and agreeing to make changes

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Microsoft Corp late Friday issued a widely expected patch for its Internet Explorer browser, which was known to have a flaw that would let hackers take control of computers and distribute malicious software code. The

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One in five Americans laid off from a long-term job in the last three years has not found a new one, and most who did are paid less than they were before, government data showed

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German economic growth could reach three percent in the medium-term, the head of Germany's BDI industry federation said on Saturday. Michael Rogowski, president of the BDI, wrote in a contribution for Bild am Sonntag newspaper

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Consumer spending should pick up again in coming months as the job market improves and incomes rise, after Americans uncharacteristically turned frugal in the second quarter, economists say. High oil prices bore much of the

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Recent figures show the US economy is turning around, President George W. Bush said Saturday, crediting his administration's tax cuts for bringing it out of a slump. In his weekly radio address Bush sought to

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Shanghai copper futures extended gains on Friday after climbing by their daily limits the previous session, lifted by dwindling warehouse stocks, traders said. Shanghai's most active contract, November, rose 350 yuan to 25,740 yuan ($3,109)

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Australia's winter grains crops were boosted in the past week by good rains which fell where needed most, across the eastern growing belt. Wheat areas across New South Wales (NSW) benefited from widespread falls of

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Rising supplies of pepper from Vietnam, the world's top exporter, are pressuring prices in Asia despite the prospect of lower output in Indonesia and Malaysia, traders said on Friday. Vietnam's pepper exports are projected to

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