<div><p>World stocks rose Wednesday on upbeat corporate earnings reports and as worries about Greece's debt crisis eased.</p><p>France's BNP Paribas, the euro zone's largest bank, posted its fourth straight quarterly profit while heavy equipment maker ...

<div id="subtitle">BNP Paribas posts fourth straight quarterly profit, but earnings still below pre-crisis level</div><div><p>French bank BNP Paribas posted its fourth straight quarterly profit on Wednesday but said earnings are still below pre-crisis levels.</p&gt ...

<div><p>Annual inflation accelerated across the 16 nations using the euro in December, with the rate of increase for consumer prices nearly doubling, official data showed on Tuesday.</p><p>Prices climbed 0.9 percent according to a flash estimate from ...

<div><p>South Africa's troubled energy giant Eskom on Monday signed credit agency loans worth 1.185 million euros (R13 billion rands) with French banks to fund its two power plant programmes.</p><p>The loan will fund "the eligible foreign ...