China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.

The airline is waiting for a cabinet nod to raise its working capital by Rs 1,000 cr.

Did you say recession? Well, it certainly does not seem to be the case in the luxury car market in India!

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan with a bomb and gunfire on Wednesday, killing up to 5 people, police said.

LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Iron ore prices are headed as much as 35 percent higher this year and will likely pressure the profit margins of steel companies, Tata Steel Ltd Vice Chairman B. Muthuraman said on Tuesday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian iron ore producer Atlas Iron is seeking to acquire Aurox Ltd in a A$143 million ($130.8) scrip offer to secure additional port capacity as it beefs up production to meet Chinese demand.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian junior miner Aurox said on Wednesday it had agreed to an all-scrip merger with Atlas Iron, an emerging iron ore producer.

Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.

10 years on from the burst Nasdaq bubble

Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers

Did you say recession? Well, it certainly does not seem to be the case in the luxury car market in India!

President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks.

Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.

Aer Lingus announces plans to lay off 670 staff, including nearly a quarter of its cabin crew, as part of restructuring plans.

The UK goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widens in January, causing the pound to dip below $1.50.

Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew have been extended by an extra half day to Wednesday lunchtime.

Electronics giant Sony says its new 3D television will be on sale in Japan from June, with a cost of £2,600 for a 46-inch screen model.

Eurotunnel, which manages the Channel Tunnel, makes an annual profit of 1.4m euros despite a "poor economic environment".

Toyota rejects claims that faulty electronics could be behind its worldwide recall of more than eight million cars.

Madam Tussauds, Sea Life and London Eye owners, Merlin, weathers the downturn with visitor growth and expansion plans.

Brazil is backed by the WTO as it slaps trade sanctions against US imports in retaliation for illegal subsidies to cotton farmers.

Photographer Annie Leibovitz does a deal with Colony Capital to clear huge debts that meant she may have lost her library of famous pictures.

The Olympic Delivery Authority says it cannot guarantee all National Lottery money used for London 2012 will be returned.

West Brom's shirts will feature a "Help Chile" logo for the home game with Sheffield Wednesday.

Boeing wins lucrative mid-air refuelling battle

Rebuilding a devastated economy

Brendan Barber on pension scheme closures

Greece's prime minister asks the US to crack down on speculators he blames for worsening his country's debt woes.

Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, the latest figures show.

Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.

Marks and Spencer's chairman and chief executive will reduce his role in the company this year - and says he will take a pay cut.

The Chevron oil firm is looking for bids for a refinery that directly employs around 1,400 people in Pembrokeshire.

Northrop Grumman and EADS pull out of bidding for a $35bn US Air Force air-to-air refuelling tanker contract.

The Financial Services Authority is delaying its plans to combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.

Energy company Npower is to cut domestic gas bills by 7% from 26 March, following price cuts by other suppliers.

A sharp cut has been reported in the deficit of final salary pension schemes in the private sector, figures show.

Low morale and poor leadership is affecting performance at HM Revenue and Customs, a report by MPs says.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Congress party head Sonia Gandhi said on Tuesday its ruling coalition was intact, despite a key ally breaking ranks to abstain as a bill to reserve a third of parliamentary seats for women was passed by the Rajya Sabha.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Premier Vladimir Putin will offer a traditional cocktail of arms and oil deals when he travels to India on Thursday to persuade a Cold War ally to buy new weapons amid rising competition with the United States.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Netherlands reached the men's hockey World Cup semi-finals despite losing 2-1 to South Korea as they edged out their opponents on goal difference on Tuesday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to increase short-term interest rates at its policy review in April and a slight majority of analysts surveyed also see it further increasing banks' reserve requirements.

REUTERS - China and India signed up to the Copenhagen Accord for fighting climate change on Tuesday, joining almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters in endorsing the non-binding pact.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A Canadian judge on Monday dismissed a jury as it was about to hear the perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is accused of lying in court about an Air India bomb plot 25 years ago, saying he feared the panel may have been tainted.

BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.

LONDON(Reuters) - After securing their first points in Formula One last season, Force India have set their sights on more than one podium finish in 2010.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - MetLife Inc pursued AIG's foreign life insurance business for two years before finally clinching a $15.5 billion purchase that will give it beachheads in 47 nations from Peru to Bangladesh.

LONDON (Reuters) - State-owned refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has tendered to buy one or more cargoes of crude oil for loading in May, a tender document showed on Monday.

The disinvestment would generate revenue worth $2.5 billion.

He isn't walking into a park with plans to buy Zain Telecom's African business.

AIG sells an insurance group to rival MetLife for $15.5bn, as it continues to raise funds to pay off a federal bail-out.

Europe may set up a version of the International Monetary Fund to bolster the eurozone's financial stability.

Aer Lingus, the Irish airline, has delayed plans to unveil its results Tuesday after cabin crew rejected a cost-cutting proposal.

Almost four in five people worldwide see internet access as a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.

Indian conglomerate Essar Group is reported to be planning to float on the London Stock Exchange, a move that could raise up to $3bn.

UK car sales in February were up by 26.4% compared with the same month last year, industry figures show.

Scotland's five mountain ski centres are enjoying their best season in years, national body Ski-Scotland says.

A deal is reached in the long-running dispute at Royal Mail over modernising the postal service which led to strikes last year.

E.on says it will cut gas bills by 6% from 31 March, saving almost two million customers an average of £42 a year.

Homebuilder Bovis returned to profit in 2009, but sales were far below pre-recession levels, the company says.

The number of mortgage deals on offer to borrowers rose by 6% in the past month, according to Moneyfacts.

BHILWARA (Reuters AlertNet) - India's pioneering scheme to provide 100 days of guaranteed work to millions of impoverished and marginalised people is not only helping to lift rural households out of poverty, aid workers say, but also empowering women.

BASEL (Reuters) - Inflation in India should moderate in the coming months and the central bank will ensure interest rate levels do not have a negative impact on the competitiveness of the economy, the head of Reserve Bank of India said on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Karun Chandhok has no illusions about what awaits him this weekend when India's sole Formula One driver makes his debut barely a week after sealing the deal.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two political parties withdrew support for India's ruling Congress party on Monday to protest a controversial bill reserving one third of seats for women, possibly weakening the government's capacity to pass laws.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tournament favourites Australia advanced into the semi-finals of the men's hockey World Cup on Monday after they beat Pakistan 2-1 in a pulsating match to finish top of Pool B.

Greece's financial crisis is unlikely to spread to other eurozone countries with high debt levels, says the head of the IMF.

Kraft is being investigated over plans to close a Cadbury factory it had indicated it would keep open, a report says.

The world's leading companies are failing to make the most of their female workforce, a World Economic Forum report says.

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina launch a joint takeover bid for Australian liquefied natural gas group Arrow Energy.

Shares in Fujitsu fall 2.7% due to a dispute with its former president over the reason for his resignation last year.

About 2,000 manufacturing jobs in the West Midlands have been safeguarded by production of the Jaguar XJ sedan, a car industry advisory group says.

Three parties are interested in bidding to take control of Rangers, BBC Scotland has learned.

Cardiff City supporters show their dissatisfaction with the current board, which is headed by Peter Ridsdale.

The CBI is urging ministers to deliver a "convincing" plan for balancing public finances by 2016, earlier than planned.

Up to 270,000 staff are staging a 48-hour walkout in a dispute over cuts to public sector redundancy terms.

France's President Sarkozy says his country will stand "resolute" with Greece as it imposes economic austerity measures.

Plans by the UK's biggest pub company to convert a community pub into a housing development are halted following a BBC investigation.

The housing market may have been fluctuating, but the most exclusive street in England and Wales remains unchanged.

The Coventry Building Society is discussing the possibility of merging with the Stroud and Swindon.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb attack on a police intelligence unit in Lahore killed at least 12 people and wounded about 65 during Monday's morning rush hour, officials said.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An offer from energy major Reliance Industries was not sufficiently valuable to LyondellBasell to abandon its reorganisation plan, Lyondell said in a court filing on Monday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Women in the Asia-Pacific region have little economic and political power, impacting economic growth prospects of developing nations, the United Nations said in a report released on Monday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Car sales jumped by a third in February to a record as buyers rushed to beat higher taxes in the budget and the momentum should continue in March before new emission norms kick in and push up prices.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow battled her way into Oscar history books on Sunday, topping her movie's best film honour with her own Academy Award for directing to become the first woman ever to earn that distinction.