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Asian markets advanced Monday, with Hong Kong stocks snapping out of a four-session losing streak and Shanghai shares rising in volatile trading after a series of weak finishes recently, on bargain buying in China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. and China Merchants Bank.

Deciding where in the world to invest can be just as important as choosing what to invest in. But if you've tried pinpointing the best markets over the years, you know it's like shooting at a moving target.

CALABASAS, CA (MARKET WIRE) NetSol Technologies, Inc. ('NetSol') (NASDAQ: NTWK) (DIFX: NTWK), a worldwide provider of global business services and enterprise application solutions, today announced that its Europe division, in collaboration with its strategic partner Real Consulting Information Systems S.A. of Athens, Greece ('Real Consulting S.A.'), has signed an agreement with a major European Bank to implement LeaseSoft within its growing financial leasing unit. The Bank is an international banking organization that offers its products and services both through its network of over 1,500 branches and points of sale and

While weak greenback fuels U.S. inflation, hurts Canadian, European exports, there's a reluctance 'to interfere with a market currency.'

The Japanese yen and Swiss Franc remain the weaker major currencies as the week starts. While there was not specific mentioning of the currency markets in the post G8 meeting statement, the group of finance ministers raise concern that rising commodity prices is now becoming the biggest threat to the...

THE Australian share market was slightly in the red at noon after virtually flatlining in morning trade amid ongoing concern for Babcock & Brown's debt woes.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell more than half a percent to near $134 a barrel on Monday as Saudi Arabia prepared to push production to its highest rate in decades, moving to soothe the market ahead of...

Rio Tinto has rejected as the all-share proposal as too low from BHP, which wants to buy its nearest rival to cut costs, grab a bigger share of world metals markets and boost pricing power.

JUNEAU, Alaska - TransCanada Corp. has 57,935 kilometres of pipeline moving natural gas throughout North America, enough pipe to circle the earth along the equator with about 17,700 kilometres to spar...

Investors face lots of worries these days, but which ones are the biggest? BW puts wall street back on the analyst's couch to find out