European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors awaited monetary policy decisions from the ECB and Bank of England and reacted to an upbeat outlook from the US Federal Reserve. Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index advanced 0.43 percent to 9,538.92 points and…
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Some recruiters are instructing job seekers to add them to their social networks if they want help finding work, but some candidates are pushing back. “One recruiter said that if I wanted the job, I had to add him to my social network,” recounts…
Dieudonne, the controversial French comic who has been branded an anti-Semitic “pedlar of hate” by the government, on Thursday won the first round of a legal battle to be allowed to start a nationwide tour. A judge in Nantes ordered local authorities…
India’s car sales fell almost 10 percent year-on-year in 2013 in the first decline for 11 years, an industry body said Thursday, amid sluggish economic growth and higher fuel costs and interest rates. Annual domestic car sales, seen as a pointer to…
World football’s ruling body came under withering fire on Thursday following FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke’s claim Wednesday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played in winter. Valcke’s assertion was quickly refuted by FIFA but that didn…
The European Commission cleared on Thursday a merger between France’s Publicis and US peer Omnicom which will create the world’s biggest advertising company. The nature of the market, “the presence of other large competitors, the relatively low barriers…
Afghanistan on Thursday said it would release scores of suspected Taliban fighters from jail, despite US objections that the men are “dangerous individuals” who could return to the battlefield as NATO troops withdraw. A meeting chaired by Afghan President…
New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits fell last week, the government said on Thursday in a report suggesting improvement in the labor market. Initial jobless claims, a sign of the pace of layoffs, fell by 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted…
Russia on Thursday launched a counter-terror operation after five bodies riddled with bullets were found in a southern region bordering the Winter Olympics host Sochi, less than a month before the start of the games. Two districts in the Stavropol region…
Germany said Thursday it had accepted a UN request to destroy remnants of Syria’s chemical weapons on its own soil as part of a bid to eliminate the arsenal by June 30. The foreign and defence ministries said in a joint statement that the move was intended…
Marissa Mayer, seemingly satisfied with the way things are going for the tech side of Yahoo, has spent the past couple of months roping in some big-name media talent for the company’s content push. Katie Couric is by far the biggest name on the list…
African leaders began talks on Thursday to tackle the sectarian violence wracking the Central African Republic, with the pressure piling on the country’s embattled president. Rebel-turned-president Michel Djotodia was summoned to Chad’s capital NDjamena…
South Africa’s government on Thursday ordered investigators to speed up a probe into the killing of Rwanda’s former intelligence chief, who was found strangled in a Johannesburg hotel on January 1. With police yet to make any arrests nine days after…
Nigeria’s military on Thursday said they had killed as many as 38 Boko Haram fighters during counter-insurgency operations in the country’s northeast. Army spokesman Colonel Muhammad Dole said troops on patrol foiled a planned attack on local residents…
A European Parliament committee approved plans Thursday to hear US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden, whose revelations about snooping on EU leaders has sparked uproar against Washington. Parliament’s Civil Liberties committee voted 36 in favour…
Abule Ijesha Lagos, Nigeria — (SBWIRE) — 01/08/2014 — Online shopping is widely preferred by people all over the world today because they help people save and also money. By shopping online, one can not only reduce their travel charges, parking charges…
Auto sales in China, the world’s biggest car market, surged 13.9 percent to 21.98 million vehicles last year, an industry group said Thursday, with the growth rate outpacing 2012 despite economic weakness. Sales of passenger vehicles alone jumped 15…
David Moyes’s problems increased Wednesday when the Football Association said they were looking into the Manchester United manager’s latest attack on referees. Moyes said United were “playing” officials as well as the opposition” after Sunderland’s…
Every few weeks, more details about Nokia’s work on an Android phone slip out, and today’s no exception. This morning, @evleaks, the Twitter account responsible for more than a few interesting gadget-based tidbits and news items, posted images purported…
David Pogue just trashed essentially all tech journalists and every tech site on the Internet just a few hours ago on stage at CES during the Yahoo keynote. Normally this kind of publicity stunt doesn’t bother me but this time it did–and not for…