EU review of Hutchison's Orange bid extended to Nov. 27

Hong Kong shares fell 1.72 per cent on opening today as news that Cyprus will tax bank customers' deposits under an EU bailout deal renewed fears of further problems in the European debt crisis.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande lobbied the union to lift the embargo. But they found nothing more than a promise that the issue will be reconsidered by EU foreign ministers in their meeting next week, with EU

A bee collects nectar from a sunflower on a field near the northern Swiss town Leibstadt July 9, 2012. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments failed to reach a decision on Friday on whether to ban three widely-used pesticides linked to the decli

By Vanessa Mock BRUSSELS—Austria and Finland said Friday they were opposed to lifting an embargo on supplying arms to Syrian rebels when it expires in June, pitting themselves against France and the U.K. France and the U.K. have been pushing for the Euro

BRUSSELS, March 15 (Reuters) - European Union governments failed to reach a decision on Friday on whether to ban three widely-used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees, the European Commission said. "No qualified majority was reached, either in

Hong Kong's four leading mobile network operators will likely step up the rhetoric against a government plan to take away and auction off chunks of their 3G spectrum at a Legislative Council meeting later this month. SmarTone Telecommunications, CSL, Hut