LONDON - The global financial crisis weighed heavy on consumer morale in October and fears about banks' stability and the economy made people reluctant to save or spend, a survey showed on Friday. Research company GfK NOP said its consumer confiden
MILAN - England midfielder David Beckham will join AC Milan on loan from LA Galaxy on January 7, the Italian club said on Thursday. The announcement on the Serie A club's official website www.acmilan.com came after Beckham's lawyers arrived in Ital
Rome, October 30 - A million people took part in a national protest by schools and universities staged in Rome on Thursday against controversial government reforms in the education sector, trade unions said. The government contested the unions' est
Milan, October 30 - David Beckham's move to AC Milan is not certain, Milan CEO Adriano Galliani said ahead of the first talks Thursday. Galliani noted that the media had reported the move as a done deal even though the club hadn't even started talk
Rome, October 30 - Italy warned Libya about the United States' plan to bomb Tripoli a day before the attack in 1986, Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdel-Rahman Shalgam said at a Rome press conference Thursday. The warning by then Italian premier
Sao Paulo, October 30 - Ferrari driver Felipe Massa will need both luck and skill if he is to have any chance of clinching the drivers' title in Formula 1's last race of the season on Sunday. Massa is seven points behind standings leader Lewis Hami