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Greek banking stocks surge on Thursday, as markets pin hopes on Greeks voting for a pro-bailout government, ahead of the elections on Sunday.

Nokia has been battered by the Apple iPhone and Samsung's smartphones.

Raizen is a joint venture of Shell and Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan to produce biofuel from sugar cane.

Dimon defends JP Morgan's banking and risk management practices at US Senate Banking Committee, after Bruno Iksil racked up $2bn in losses at the CIO unit

Shareholder Spring intensifies as stockholders revolt against WPP's CEO Sir Martin Sorrell 60 percent pay hike.

With Sainsbury's posting robust results and Tesco suffering in the UK's grocery market, IBTimes UK explores why the pair are performing so differently

As Jamie Dimon face a US Senate committee over the huge CIO trading loss, IBTimes UK takes a look whether the flawed use of the Value-at-Risk model was to blame for the downfall.

The battle between two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets has never been fiercer. Sainsbury’s issued some solid results for the first 3 months of this year. But Tesco didn’t fair so well in the same period.

New report showing the average 10% increase in FTSE 100 CEO wages will likely inflame the shareholders revolt against executive pay

Oil ministers at Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries reveal conflicting opinions on restricting oil output to slow falling prices.

IEA, ETP 2012 builds on the IEA's Tracking Clean Energy Progress report, issued in April.

Advertising giant WPP's CEO will be the latest to face shareholder backlash over his increased executive pay

Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green takes on Burberry's vice-president of public relations Justin Cooke as new chief marketing officer

Shares rise as BP is on the cusp of settling one of its many cases related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill for at a lower settlement fee, say reports.

International Air Transport Association says deepening eurozone sovereign debt crisis and rising oil prices threaten to wipe out airline industry profits and targets

Tesco said its UK business is struggling in a tough economic environment as recession takes hold, but sales growth elsewhere was solid.

The aim is to help bridge the engineering skills gap that threatens industry and growth.

'Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut' and 'Earth' Multiplayer DLC details are yet again been leaked by the veteran tipster, a renowned Reddit user by nickname - dertemp6698.

Black Ops 2 from the Call of Duty franchise is expected to bring a new refreshing look with sandbox style gameplay and powerful weapon tweaks, besides multiple action choices that affect the course of the single-player campaign.

IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven says the technology and the know-how exist for unconventional gas to be produced in an environmentally acceptable way.

'Mass Effect 3: Operation Mastiff' N7 multiplayer weekend brings more joy to the gaming fraternity, thanks to BioWare's renewed efforts in introducing the multiplayer event for the PS3 platform.

Ex-UBS employee charged with unauthorised trading is granted bail by a UK court

OAO Gazprom neft chief dismisses reports that the group is looking to buy BP's stake in TNK-BP

A report by the activist group Greenomics finds that the palm oil company PT SMART has been honouring its commitment to avoid conversion of high carbon forests in Indonesian Borneo.

China will become the third-largest gas importer behind Europe and Asia Oceania, driving a 2.7% average annual growth in global gas demand through 2017.

Former Unicredit chief and officials allegedly avoided tax through use of complex financial instrument, 'Brontos'.

Lloyds Banking Group stocks lead FTSE 100 as the group announces £809m sale of Australian property loans

The US is well behind leading countries including Denmark, China, Germany and Brazil.

Qantas forecasts a slide in its annual profits due to a weak travel demand in its overseas routes and high fuel costs.