The Federal Reserve held fire on additional asset purchases at its meeting last month because of doubts about how financial markets would react to more buying, documents on Wednesday showed.
A former Credit Suisse trader facing trial on charges of fraudulently selling $1 billion worth of mortgage-backed auction-rate securities, has been arrested after two months on the run, according to a court document made public on Wednesday.
Last summer Charity Challenge was approached by Gary Barlow about staging a Kilimanjaro climb for Comic Relief. By December we were working almost seven days a week on planning the event.
A plane crash in northwestern Iran on Wednesday involved the Tupolev Tu-154 airliner, a Russian-built workhorse which went into service in 1972.
Capital One Financial Corp's U.S. credit card defaults rose in June as unemployment increased and Americans struggled to pay their debts, the company said on Wednesday.
British luxury goods group Burberry met forecasts with a 4 percent fall in first-quarter underlying revenues and said on Wednesday it was taking market share in a tough trading environment.
British luxury goods group Burberry met forecasts with a 4 percent fall in first-quarter underlying revenues and said on Wednesday trading conditions remained challenging.
A Vietnamese security researcher said they discovered the IP address of the master server which was used in attacking the United States and Korean government agency.
A experimental drug being developed by Roche blocks a common biological pathway linked to the spread of many cancers and has proved highly effective in mice, scientists said on Wednesday.
American cyclist Lance Armstrong remained third overall at the conclusion of the 10th stage of the Tour of France on Tuesday.
The British government will allow certain innovative drugs to bypass its healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog under plans announced by officials on Tuesday.
Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday said it will merge its various Asia-Pacific investment banking teams into one group.
The survival of CIT Group Inc , a key source of financing for thousands of small and medium-sized companies, became ensnared in disagreements between regulators in Washington on Monday.
A family doctor and a six-year-old girl have died after catching H1N1 flu, health officials said on Monday, days after the first British death from the infection in an otherwise healthy patient.
There is a strong chance the United States and other leading economies will start growing again over the next few quarters, but big risks to the outlook remain, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday.
A defeated candidate in Iran's disputed election has said the Islamic system may face collapse unless it embraces change, in unusually blunt language from a prominent establishment figure.
Britain's largest gas retailer, Centrica, faced a setback in its battle to take over Venture Production on Monday, when the North Sea gas producer's two largest investors backed management's rejection of the $2 billion bid.
Earnings season continues, Oil forum, Treasury budget
The 20th World Oil Forum 2009 kicks off from July 13-15 in London, UK where world oil and gas executives will meet to focus on critical matters of the industry . The conference Growth Opportunities in the New PV Market: Projects, Finance and Policy will be held in San Francisco. British oil and gas firm Emerald Energy Plc confirmed today a third party is interested in a take over.
England is set to miss its target to generate 10 percent of its power from renewable sources, such as wind, the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) said on Monday.
The British government will set out a route map on Wednesday showing how it plans to meet its 2020 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent compared to 1990 levels, a minister said on Sunday.
The chief executive of North Sea gas producer Venture Production said its shareholders were looking for significantly in excess of the 845 pence a share takeover offer made by Centrica Friday.
