India's auto industry on Wednesday slashed its growth forecast for full-year car sales to the low single digits as a sharply slowing economy and high loan costs keep buyers from showrooms.

India's top auto industry body on Wednesday slashed its full-year car sales growth forecast to the low single digits as a slowing economy and high fuel costs keep customers out of showrooms.

French online classified advertisements exceeded ads in print publications for the first in 2011, the Xerfi-Percepta market research firm said on Tuesday, but warned of a slowdown of spectacular growth.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will not wait until the end of their first debate to proclaim themselves the winner or denounce the other's claims -- online campaign teams will already have done so.

The one-time leader of Nepal's Maoist insurgency on Tuesday launched a new tourist trekking trail, giving visitors the chance to retrace the guerrillas' footsteps.

"Angry Birds" maker Rovio launched a new title on Thursday allowing users to play as the "Bad Piggies" from the smash-hit game, and take revenge on the birds who attacked them with slingshots.

With sales of exclusive products, online games and contests about who has the greatest number of fans on social networks, Brazilian soccer clubs are battling it out on the Web to reap the bonanza of online marketing.

Google has become the US market leader in online display ads, and now leads all categories for Internet advertising including search and mobile, a market research firm said Wednesday.

Twentieth Century Fox, the cinema unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., said Tuesday it would offer streaming movies for various devices through Apple's iTunes, Google Play and other services.

Global sales of tablet computers are expected to surge to 126.6 million in 2012, driven by the iPad and rivals with a smaller format, a market research firm said Monday.

British mining group Lonmin on Monday cut its platinum sales forecasts, blaming the move on the ongoing strike at its Marikana mine in South Africa which has been blighted by violence.

Sales at South Korea's top department stores fell for a third consecutive month in August, data showed on Monday, underlining the impact of an economic slowdown on domestic consumer demand.

Nissan said Wednesday it expected double-digit sales growth this fiscal year due to demand in China, despite continued weakness in the European economy.

Leading French newspaper publishers called on the government on Tuesday to adopt a law to force Internet search engines such as Google to pay for content.

Two heavyweight former ministers from British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party launched a new campaign group Tuesday aimed at pushing the party towards the political right.

France's richest man, Bernard Arnault, said Monday he would sue a newspaper over a front-page headline -- "Get lost, you rich idiot!" -- which came after he said he was applying for Belgian nationality.

The European Commission said Wednesday that it has cleared a joint venture between operators Telefonica of Spain and Vodafone and Everything Everywhere in Britain in mobile phone commerce.

Barack Obama promised and the White House delivered, revealing recipes for the president's official microbrewed honey beers, following an Internet campaign.

Retail sales in Germany declined in July, after rising the previous month, official data showed on Friday.

US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would soon unveil the coveted secret recipe for the White House's storied microbrewed beer after an Internet campaign.