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An engineering skills shortage is looming, according to a new report which warns of the impacts of many UK engineers retiring and fewer young people who are attracted to manufacturing.

When Oculus, makers of a virtual-reality headset many view as the future of video gaming, agreed in March to a $2 billion buyout by Facebook, they weren't tempted by the success of "FarmVille" or "Candy Crush."

* Equities move lower in U.S. and Europe* Dollar drops to 6-1/2-month low versus currency basket* Tension between Russia, Ukraine weighs on markets(Updates prices to U.S. close)By Ryan VlastelicaNEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world fell on Tuesday, with U.S. shares extending declines in afternoon trading as persistent worries over the instability in Ukraine pushed investors t

NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell broadly on Tuesday, with AIG AIG.N weighing on financial shares after disappointing earnings while as a slide in Twitter TWTR.N took down names in the technology and Internet space. The Dow Jones industrial...

A six-year recession has left deep scars in Greece’s corporate sector yet only only one large listed company has been forced into bankruptcy

The BBC's Wyre Davies in Sao Paulo says that Brazil's World Cup preparations are likely to be last minute, at times chaotic and down to the wire.