BEIJING, Dec. 13 -- Alitalia's board will meetThursday to pick a preferred bidder for the troubled Italian airline, Alitalia, as key business and labor leaders threw their weight behind domestic airli
Photo Gallery>>>BEIJING, Dec. 13 -- Citigroup Inc named investment banking head Vikram Pandit as chief executive and acting CEO Win Bischoff as chairman on Tuesday, disappointing investors wh
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Chen Deming said here Wednesday that if the Renminbi, China's currency, appreciated too rapidly, it would cause fluctuations in the Chinese
PARIS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- In the run-up to Christmas, the recent toy recall dramas involving Chinese products are having little impact on holiday sales in France. At Galeries Lafayette and Printemps
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said Thursday that the “armed forces have been over-engaged“ in parts of the country. The military is engaged in opera
BRUSSELS, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) lawmakers on Thursday approved 2008 budget for the 27-nation bloc, with the biggest share to go on boosting economic growth for the first time, in
BEIRUT, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said Thursday the opposition has assigned him to take part in political dialogue with the ruling majority, local Naharne
Special Report: Fight against Global WarmingBALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore here on Thursday urged the Bush Administration to act with sense of urgency on clima
BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's (EU) current account deficit grew to 16.3 billion euros (23.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2007, the EU's statistics bureau Eurostat
CHICAGO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that a CBOE seat, or membership, traded for a new all-time high of 3.15 million U.S. dollars earlier Tuesday. The new r