The number of Germans out of work fell by a larger-than-expected 36,000 in October, the Labour Office said on Wednesday, helped by a moderate economic recovery, state-sponsored mini-jobs and mild weather. After a statistical blip

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has earmarked $248 million to fight bird flu, state radio said on Wednesday, as US and Chinese officials discussed US chicken exports should bird flu reach the United States. Wen presided

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nominated a little-known conservative politician with no industry experience as oil minister of the world's fourth biggest crude producer on Wednesday. Sadeq Mahsouli, who like Ahmadinejad hails from the Revolutionary Guards,

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The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia launched three new mobile devices on Wednesday, two multimedia phones and one able to receive mobile television broadcasts. The three devices - the N71, N80 and N92 models

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About 1,500 Boeing machinists went on strike at 12:01 am Los Angeles time on Wednesday after last-minute talks broke down between their union and the company unit that operates the Delta rocket program, the Associated

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Time Warner Inc on Wednesday said it more than doubled its planned stock buyback and reported a bigger-than-expected 80 percent jump in quarterly profit, sending its shares up nearly 2 percent. Chief Executive Richard Parsons

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Time Warner Inc on Wednesday said it more than doubled its planned stock buyback and reported a bigger-than-expected 80 percent jump in quarterly profit, sending its shares up nearly 2 percent. Chief Executive Richard Parsons

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Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, said it will make a strategic shift by offering software with online services, a move analysts said was prompted by competition from Google and other rivals. Outlining what

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The worst hurricane season on record dealt another blow to the world's reinsurance industry on Wednesday as Swiss Re and Hannover Re said the cost of Hurricane Wilma and her predecessors would crimp earnings. Swiss

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Intel Corp has restarted a factory after spending $2 billion to retool it with the latest technologies that will let it produce more powerful chips more efficiently and at a lower cost. The plant, known

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