SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it will start charging businesses to run Offers on its social network, turning a previously free service into a potential revenue generator at a time when Wall Street is demanding new sources of growth and ... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it will start charging businesses to run Offers on its social network, turning a previously free service into a potential revenue generator at a time when Wall Street is demanding new sources of growth and ... [Full Article]
A Tehran shoe factory is abandoned by its European leather suppliers. Iranian cooking oil manufacturers are operating at nearly half capacity because they can't get enough imported grains. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc is speeding up payments to some merchants in Europe as the world's largest daily deal company gets more comfortable running repeat offers in more mature markets, according to Chief Financial Officer Jason Ch... [Full Article]
Scientists are facing an uphill battle to warn the public about pressing issues due to dissenters in their ranks who intentionally sow uncertainty, says a US historian. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Online merchants who sell products through websites like eBay and Amazon often have trouble getting working capital from banks.Start-up Kabbage specializes in providing working capital (technically they are not loans) to these particular businesses, ... [Full Article]
(AFP) - An employee at a builders merchants in north London carries timber through the yard. Britain's economy shrank 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, revised official data show.(AFP/Leon Neal)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - A pile of bricks at a builders merchants. A German DIY enthusiast accidentally walled himself into his own basement and only managed to escape by drilling his way through to his neighbours, police said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A teller counts yuan banknotes at a China Merchants Bank branch in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, June 21, 2010. Global markets celebrated on Monday at the merest hint that China would let its currency appreciate, showing just how badly the ... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Bordeaux vintners and merchants are rallying to survive in a thirsty but tumultuous US market after their biggest customer there defected. US importer Chateau & Estate Wines (DC&E), a subsidiary of UK drinks giant Diageo, last ye... [Full Article]