NEW YORK (AFP) - Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for 3PAR to 33 dollars per share on Thursday in the latest move in its bidding war with Dell for the data storage firm.

GENEVA (AFP) - The UN human rights chief said Thursday a report examining massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be published in October, after concerned states were given time to comment.

FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central Bank revised its inflation forecasts for the eurozone economy slightly higher on Thursday to 1.6 percent in 2010 and 1.7 percent in 2011.

FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central Bank raised its forecasts for eurozone growth on Thursday to 1.6 percent in 2010 and 1.4 percent in 2011.

FRANKFURT (AFP) - European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said Thursday that the ECB would continue to provide exceptional funding for banks in October, November and December.