President Barack Obama will announce a package of initiatives on Wednesday to increase credit to small businesses, an administration official said on Tuesday.

The West has never been more interested in Africa than it is now. Americans, Europeans, Japanese, and Australians are just some of those who have received the message loud and clear: If China has bothered to invest so much time, money and energy in Africa, then there must be an opportunity there that's been overlooked by the West.

The Obama administration's new plan to boost small business lending by providing cheaper government capital to smaller banks can be achieved within the existing resources of the government's $700 billion financial bailout fund, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

Geely Holding's attempt to buy Ford Motor Co's (F.N) Volvo car unit is in danger of stalling over disagreements about intellectual property rights, a source close to the talks said on Wednesday.

In the last few weeks, though, experts who aren't Linux fans, have been noticing that these days there are so many dangers with shopping or banking online while using Windows that they're now recommending people use Linux instead.

Participants watched the 10 millionth vehicle -- a new model Jiefang (or Liberation) truck -- roll off from the assembly line in FAW, China's oldest automotive group founded in 1953. The company produced China's first domestic model under the Jiefang brand in 1956.

The simplest, most cost-effective answer I know of? Don't use Microsoft Windows when accessing your bank account online.

With signs of economic recovery finally emerging, here's where things stand in 20 countries around the world.

A key way to reduce the administrative burden on a company's human resources department is to use software which automates routine tasks. Step forward five high quality open source software applications which allow HR departments to do just that.