UK inflation flat in August

Twelve-month inflation in Britain stood at 3.1 percent in August, unchanged from the level in July, official data showed on Tuesday. Analysts had expected the rate to fall to 3.0 percent, according to a poll by Dow Jones Newswires. The…

India hopes for a BlackBerry solution

India hopes its concerns about security issues related to BlackBerry services will be resolved, the telecoms minister said on Tuesday, giving the government access to electronic messages. Governments in other countries, mostly in the…

Nokia Chairman to stay on till 2012

Nokia Corp. said Tuesday that board chairman Jorma Ollila has signaled readiness to stay on at the helm of the world's leading handset maker until 2012. Nokia spokeswoman Arja Suominen said that no announcement had been made but that…

US retail sales up 0.4% in August

Retail sales rose in August by the largest amount in five months, adding to evidence that a late spring economic swoon was temporary and not the start of another recession. Retail sales increased 0.4 percent last month, the Commerce…

What your car says about you

Young men drive Camaros, soccer moms drive minivans, and rich snobs drive Bentleys. We usually associate a certain type of car with a certain type of person, but do we really know who’s behind the wheel? After all, our perception of a car…