Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said his country is serious about accepting a deal to have nuclear fuel produced abroad. The U.S., its European allies and United Nations inspectors suspect Iran is using its uranium enrichment program to build a nuclear bomb.

AFP There are growing signs of economic recovery in the world's biggest economies, the OECD says, on the basis of its index of leading indicators. The OECD said on Friday its Composite Leading Indicators for December "provide stronger signals of an expansionary economic outlook than

The 25-man crew of the Antigua & Barbuda-flagged cargo ship MV Ariella is safe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said in a statement today. The Danish naval commandos are still searching for the pirates, a NATO spokeswoman said. The MV Ariella sent a warning early today that it had been

The MSCI World Index of 23 developed nations’ stocks slid 1 percent to a four-month low at 7:33 a.m. in New York. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slipped 0.4 percent. The euro weakened as much as 0.6 percent against the dollar. Copper fell to the lowest level since October and