UNITED KINGDOM

IBTimes Logo

UK police find U.S. woman abusing child on webcam

British detectives said on Monday an investigation into Internet child pornography had uncovered a woman in the United States suspected of using a webcam to broadcast live sexual abuse of her young child.
More news
IBTimes Logo

BlackRock lands BGI funds, Barclays boosts capital

BlackRock Inc , the fund manager that has been one of the biggest winners of the credit crunch, has snapped up Barclays Global Investors for $13.5 billion in a deal creating the world's largest money manager.
IBTimes Logo

Daily Forex Commentary12/6/2009

Australian Dollar: Cool winter winds may be blowing in Sydney but the Australian dollar is on fire at the moment and opens on Friday at 0.8190.
IBTimes Logo

BlackRock lands BGI, Barclays boosts capital

BlackRock has agreed to buy Barclays Global Investors to create the world's biggest asset manager in a $13.5 billion deal that British bank Barclays hopes will put to rest concerns about its capital.
IBTimes Logo

Barclays lands capital-boosting BlackRock deal

BlackRock has agreed to buy Barclays Global Investors to create the world's biggest asset manager, in a $13.5 billion deal that British bank Barclays hopes will put to rest concerns about its capital.
IBTimes Logo

WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic

The World Health Organization was poised on Thursday to declare that the new H1N1 virus has caused the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, health sources said on Thursday.
IBTimes Logo

Daily Commentary - 11/06/2009

The Australian Dollar opens largely unchanged from this time yesterday at 0.8015. The Aussie received a boost on Wednesday from a 12.7 per cent rise in May consumer sentiment – the largest monthly increase in 22 years.
IBTimes Logo

WHO may be poised to declare flu pandemic

The World Health Organization has called an emergency meeting of experts on Thursday to discuss the spreading H1N1 flu outbreak, in a sign the U.N. agency may be poised to declare a pandemic.
IBTimes Logo

12 of the Best Free European Attractions

Many European cities have the bad reputation of being expensive to visit. And when you plan to see as much as you can during your vacation, the entrance fees really add up.
IBTimes Logo

Net-A-Porter.com 2008 profits up 234 percent

Upmarket online fashion retailer Net-A-Porter.com reported a more than 230 percent rise in 2008 profit after developing strong relationships with luxury fashion houses and new and existing clients.
IBTimes Logo

Suu Kyi trial clouds Myanmar cyclone aid effort

Myanmar's trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hurt international efforts to help the army-ruled country's recovery from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, donors said on Wednesday.
IBTimes Logo

IT staff snooping on colleagues on rise: survey

More than one-third of information technology professionals abuse administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues' salary details or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey.
IBTimes Logo

Job outlook stable in many large economies: Manpower

A forward-looking measure of hiring expectations held steady in the United States and other large economies amid signs employment is starting to stabilize, but prospects in several countries worsened, according to a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc.
IBTimes Logo

Defense deals to grow, but more niche than mega

As the economic crisis squeezes U.S. government budgets and priorities shift beyond defense, the world's top defense contractors will likely turn to acquisitions to ensure they can keep growing.
IBTimes Logo

WHO getting close to declaring H1N1 pandemic

The World Health Organization is getting close to declaring a full H1N1 influenza pandemic but wants to make sure countries are well prepared for such a move to prevent a panic, its top flu expert said Tuesday.
IBTimes Logo

Heritage Oil, Turkey's Genel agree $6 billion merger

UK-based oil explorer Heritage Oil agreed to merge with Genel Energy International, a unit of Turkey's Cukurova Group CUKRO.UL, to create an oil producer focused on Iraqi Kurdistan worth around $5.5 billion.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.