BUSINESS

France, Italy and Spain see bond yields rise despite solid morning auctions

Global brewer sees Latin America, Africa sales offset European slowdown

World's third-biggest advertising firm posts firm Q1 sales, sees no near-term takeover targets

World's biggest paints maker warns of weak economy, higher input costs

Though considerable progress has been made to tackle eurozone crisis, it remains single largest threat to world economy.

Thomas Jordan vows franc defence but declines to commit to specific limit

Speculations about a possible successor to the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway has resurfaced along with the news of his prostate cancer.

A decline in sales growth for Heineken in western Europe was offset by growth in other regions of the world, helping the brewer deliver solid first quarter sales.

Recently Fitch Ratings revised its long-term outlook for Ladbrokes Plc, Britain's second-biggest bookmaker, to Stable from Negative with long-term IDR (Issuer Default Rating) at 'BB+' and short-term IDR at 'B'. The betting and gaming group is scheduled to release its first-quarter trading update on Thursday.

Bad Loans hit 18-year peak in Spain, 12-year high in Italy as debate about direct bank support intensifies

SABMiller Plc plans to revamp breweries with $2.5 billion investment in Africa as the group sees strong prospects for increasing its volumes, revenues and profitability.

A new research says a million people will be jobless for more than a year by the end of 2012, suggests a new report.

Around 53 percent of airlines are preparing to base flights in other countries than the UK due to severe capacity constraints in Britain's only hub airport, the Heathrow.

'Mass Effect: Paragon Lost' is the first of its kind animated film from FUNimation and Production IG (joint venture) in association with BioWare that depicts the events preceding 'Mass Effect 3' game.

Pound surges on forex markets as key QE voice ends push for more stimulus

Shares weaker in pre-market trading as profits drop 24 percent

Electronic Arts (EA) seems to be in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, with Mass Effect 3 (ME3) hurtling from one controversy to another notwithstanding. To add fuel to the fire, the game maker is reportedly banning angry gamers from EA's servers after the latter expressing their displeasure on the BioWare Social Network (BSN) forums.

Unemployment rate has seen its first quarterly fall in a year, to 2.65m and a rate of 8.3 percent.

ASML Holdings NV reported a drop in its first-quarter earnings by 24 percent, as its backlog orders from top clients such as Intel and Samsung shrinked. Shares of the group fell as much as 3.5 percent at 0928 AM CEST on Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The world's largest primary silver producer said its silver output for the first quarter met expectations, while its gold output exceeded them.

Demand for luxury goods increasing in Asia and the US.

Bad weather, labour disputes hit key revenue drivers in first quarter

Tesco posted a rise in its underlying pre-tax profits of 1.6 percent to £3.9 billion and announced it will spend over £1 billion to make the UK shopping trip better for customers.

Food retailer to spend £1bn on British market improvements to claw back market share.

The number of people out of work in Britain has fallen for the first time since Spring last year.

Warren Buffett, known as The Oracle of Omaha and the world’s third richest man, has announced he has stage 1 prostate cancer .But said his condition "is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way."

Billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Warren Buffett diagnosed with early prostrate cancer.

Global lender says spillover risks in eurozone sovereign debt crisis remain high.

A Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers found increasing concern over the state of French and other EU states' finances.