International

Google offers free holiday season Wi-Fi service at U.S. airports
10/11/2009 05:00
Google Inc. on Tuesday said it is providing free Wi-Fi service as a holiday gift now through Jan. 15 next year in dozens of airports across the United States. Currently, there are 47 airports participating in the project, including Las Vegas, San...
OPEC weekly oil prices fluctuate wildly
09/11/2009 05:00
The weekly average prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) showed a high frequency of price changes last week. On the five trading days from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6, OPEC oil prices fluctuated wildly, ranging from 74.95 U.S....
Wall Street surges to year highs
09/11/2009 05:00
Wall Street surged on Monday as the Group of 20 (G20) nations agreed to maintain measures to boost economic growth. All the major indexes set new highs of 2009 at the closing. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 9,...
Lebanon’s new cabinet formed, Saad Hariri as PM
09/11/2009 05:00
Lebanese new Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of Lebanon’s new cabinet on Monday night, bringing an end to the five-month cabinet impasse following the June parliamentary elections. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri...
Sony offers free movie to TV, Blu-ray player buyers
09/11/2009 05:00
Sony Corp. is offering a movie called “Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs” for free to U.S. buyers of its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players from Monday. A woman walks past a Sony Corp flat TV at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo...
G20 reluctant to remove stimulus, differs on climate change financing
09/11/2009 05:00
It is still too early to remove stimulus, and climate change financing remains the key to success of the Copenhagen conference, the G20 finance ministers and bank governors said Saturday. Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) talks to the...
Most Palestinians oppose Abbas’ decision to quit: poll
09/11/2009 05:00
A majority of Palestinians oppose their president Mahmoud Abbas’ decision not to run in upcoming presidential elections, a poll revealed on Sunday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) receives grapes from supporters during a Fatah gathering...