 Gordon Brown says BA strike unecessaryThe UK Prime Minister has put pressure on British Airways cabin crew to call off a series of... | |
 Surge in electric vehicle sales in USThe biggest rollout of charging stations is about to occur in eleven major US cities for the purpose of charging the new generation of electric cars from Nissan and General Motors, which are mooted to go on sale at the end of this... |
 Irish bank chief accused of fraudThe former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank was taken in for questioning by Irish police on Thursday about alleged financial... |
 UK Chancellor pledges major cut in deficitIn the UK, Chancellor Alistair Darling has pledged to cut the budget deficit by... |
 EU could be embarrassed by Greek requests for moneyGreece's financial prospects have taken another bad turn with suggestions that Athens might ask the International Monetary Fund for aid early next month if it cannot get a formal aid plan from the... |
 Scotland passengers expect meagre BA serviceScotland is expecting to be hit hard by the British Airways strike with flights to and from Scotland among the routes that will suffer from a three-day strike by British Airways cabin... |
 Customers say their Toyota's are still not fixedSome cars which have been repaired under the Toyota recall system have had questions raised about the effectiveness of the... |
 U.S. stocks mixed, blue chips advance, techs dip While the Dow continues to work its way higher, the broader market was flat... |
| Apple announces sudden death of director York Apple Inc has announced the death of one of its directors, Jerry... |
 New luxury apartments handed over in DubaiA set of new luxury residences have been handed over to owners in... |
 Prostitutes paid out of Ponzi slush fundA New Zealand investment banker has been jailed after spending millions of dollars of clients money on... |
| US stocks mixed on hopes of economic recovery, low inflation Major US stock indices were mixed Thursday as government figures showed consumer prices were flat in February and a private research group's gauge of the economy signalled a slow but continuing... |
| Upbeat Lloyds Bank Gives World Markets A Boost ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON -- British stocks led Friday's advance in global markets after the part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group issued a buoyant trading update, but the euro continued to founder... |
| German Insurer Allianz Sees 2010 Operating Profit Around 2009 Level Of $9.7 Billion FRANKFURT - German insurer Allianz SE expects its 2010 operating profit to be around last year's level of euro7.2 billion ($9.7 billion) as the global economy comes out of a long downturn. Allianz,... |
| Germany Does Not Rule Out Imf Help For Greece, But No Decision Needed Now BERLIN - Germany said Friday it isn't ruling out financial aid from the International Monetary Fund for Greece, but insisted no decision is needed now, even as the EU executive chief called for an... |
| Movers & Shakers: Friday's Biggest Moving Stocks SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the shares expected to see active trade in Friday's session are those of Palm, Best Buy and Baidu. After Thursday's closing bell, Palm... |
| Imagination Technologies Slides On Sales Worries , the chip designer where Apple and Intel both have stakes, has fallen back after worries about future volumes.In the main the company is upbeat in its third quarter trading statement, flagging a... |
| Imf Calls For New Body To Save Taxpayers From Burden Of Failing Banks IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has called for a new body to save taxpayers the cost of bank failure. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images The International Monetary Fund has called for a... |
| Staggered Music Releases: Time To Close The Window | Helienne Lindvall The music industry is finally reassessing the custom of servicing songs to radio months before the record is legally available to download in a bid to combat... |
| Charities Q&a: Employing Overseas Workers Under the Points Based System, an overseas worker can work in the UK if he or she scores enough points under one of five different tiers ... the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity sponsorship office.... |
| Itv On Course For Ad Revenue Surge ITV 's bullish start to the year looks set to continue, with its TV ad revenue in May expected to be up as much as 25% year on year.Rupert Howell, managing director of brand and commercial at ITV,... |
| Are Wall Street’s Best Days Over? In the wake of last year’s bank failures, a giant chunk of the Wall Street pie was left for grabs. But with so many banks scrambling for a piece of it, will most shareholders end up with... |
| 3 Ways To Build A Secure Retirement Plan If you don't want to open your 401(k) statement, you're not alone. But not paying attention to your retirement plan now will come back to haunt you later. Take these three steps to build a solid plan... |
| Fixing Flaws In Retirement Planning Indeed, unstable stock market conditions in recent years have not only motivated legislators to fix some of the flaws in the system, but also inspired plan sponsors (meaning employers) to create... |
| Microsoft Has Changed Stance On Open Source, Claims Exec Microsoft and the open source community has been contentious, a Microsoft official nonetheless emphasised the company's embrace of the open source paradigm, even if it was not necessarily for... |
| China Trade Attracts Ire Of Political Odd Couple Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, second from right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16 to discuss new legislation to combat China currency manipulation. From... |
| Palm Hit By Slow Sales Handheld computer maker Palm has said its income for the year will be far below expectations because of lukewarm sales of its smartphones.Figures for the third quarter of the year show it shipped... |
| Customers 'complain On Websites' Consumers are increasingly using social media websites such as Facebook to vent their anger after receiving poor service, according to a survey.A quarter of consumers polled by the Office of Fair... |
| 'baftas' To Celebrate Uk Video Game Industry download Flash from the Adobe download website. Tonight's British Academy Video Games Awards will be the sixth since the academy decided the British video games industry was worthy of separate... |
| Lloyds Bank Predicts Return To Profits Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group had some cheer for the taxpayer today as it predicted a return to profit this year after lower than expected bad debts. The bank is 41% state-owned but shares... |
| 4th Update: Rio Tinto, Chinalco Sign $1.35 Billion Iron Ore Deal Rio Tinto Ltd. (RTP, RIO.LN) took a step toward repairing ties with its largest shareholder, Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH, 601600.SH), or Chinalco, in a $1.35 billion deal for the two mining giants... |
| Polish Public Debt Will Not Exceed 53% Of Gdp In 2010 WARSAW -(Dow Jones)- Poland's public debt-to-gross domestic product ratio won't exceed 53% in 2010 and will likely stay below 55% in coming years, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski said Friday. "This... |
| Best Buy Raised To Buy At Goldman Sachs LONDON -- Best Buy was upgraded to buy from neutral at Goldman Sachs as the broker sees optionality on product cycle recovery, macro recovery and capital allocation, with the stock trading at one of... |
| German Government: Imf Help For Greece Not Ruled Out BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- The German government hasn't ruled out a response to Greece's debt problems that would include aid from the International Monetary Fund, a spokesman said Friday. Ulrich Wilhelm,... |
| Boe Tucker:must Face Up To Global Insolvency,resolution Issues LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Bank of England Deputy Governor for Financial Stability Paul Tucker said Friday that top policymakers need to face up to tough questions on how insolvency and resolution laws... |
| Update: India Approves Award Of 33 Blocks For Oil, Gas Exploration (Adds minister's comments on investment in Venezuela block, background) By Prasanta Sahu, Banikinkar Pattanayak and Sunil Raghu Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- The Indian government... |
| Gold Fields Director John Hopwood Dies After Illness GFI ), one of the world's largest producers of the precious metal, Friday said non-executive director John Hopwood has died after a long illness. Hopwood was appointed to the Johannesburg-based... |
| Update: Coal India Studying Proposals From Peabody On Overseas Assets (Adds comments from chairman, details, background) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- State-run Coal India Ltd. has received seven proposals from U.S.-based Peabody Energy... |
| Hungary, Bluenext To Identify Recycled Cers, Prevent Entrance BUDAPEST -(Dow Jones)- The Hungarian environment ministry has said it provided all necessary information to the Paris-based exchange BlueNext to help identify the recycled certified emission... |
| China Envoy To Address Yuan Dispute With U.s. HONG KONG -- China on Friday called for dialogue and said it will send a trade envoy to Washington to help soothe the growing trade riff between the two nations, but stopped short of saying it was... |
| Stock Futures Signal Mixed Open; Palm Eyed * S&P 500 futures rose 0.4 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones... |
| Faa Faulted On Southwest Airlines (Reuters) - A government watchdog faulted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for allowing Southwest Airlines Co to fly jets that had not undergone mandatory maintenance work, violating... |
| Arrow Shares Halted; Shell/petrochina To Sweeten Bid? "I read it as the negotiations will lead to a possible higher bid," said Tim Schroeders, portfolio manager at Pengana Global Resources Fund. He does not hold Arrow... |
| Inflation Higher Than Expected In February OTTAWA - Inflation in Canada is higher than forecast, raising expectations for an on-par loonie and higher interest rates. Canada's annual rate of inflation was 1.6 per cent in February,... |
| Peter Foster: Crea's Multiple Coffer Service Spring is in the air and the for-sale signs are multiplying. But is that a government-promoted housing bubble on the horizon? One thing seems certain: prices are likely to fall before lofty real... |
| China Tries To Cool Yuan Dispute With U.s. BEIJING -- China on Friday said it was sending an envoy to Washington to try to ease trade frictions as its currency regime comes under fire, warning that threats from U.S. legislators could stifle... |
| Quest Software Announces Plans For Vworkspace Integration With Microsoft Remotefx vWorkspace , a single virtualization solution for application delivery and desktop deployments, today announced plans to support Microsoft RemoteFX, a Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 feature... |
| Video: Financial Notebook: Jobs Bill Katie Couric reports on the latest financial news, as Congresses has passed a $20 billion bi-partisan bill designed to create employment for millions of Americans still out of... |
