The United States on Friday called on China to speed up progress in making its currency more flexible, but refrained from branding Beijing a currency manipulator, a move that could trigger sanctions.

US stocks dipped in light volume on Tuesday as oil shares' gains failed to offset lingering concerns about slow growth.

Large-cap technology positions continued to be trimmed, leading the tech-heavy

The dollar recovered slightly against the euro late Friday but not before it hit a 16-month low and sent gold soaring to a new record just shy of $1,570 an ounce.

The euro traded to $1.4878 at midday

Mumbai: Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) expects to launch its small-and-medium-enterprises (SME) exchange platform by the second-half of 2011, a senior Exchange official said.

"We have already applied f

Hong Kong: Oil rose towards a 2-1/2-year high and stocks fell on Wednesday as investors shunned risky assets on concern that escalating tension in Libya would spread in the Middle East and disrupt fue

Bengaluru: The BSE Sensex extended gains to 3 per cent on Tuesday, tracking firmer global markets and as a strong growth outlook for Asia's third-largest economy boosted sentiments.
The Sensex, at 2.5

BEIJING, July 16, 2010: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday prodded China to ease access to its markets, as the world's top two exporting nations signed a series of deals reportedly worth severa