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Asia helps Prudential top sales forecasts

Insurer Prudential topped forecasts on Tuesday with a 10 percent rise in nine-month sales, as growth in Asia, driven by India and Taiwan, offset the impact of a weak dollar and a shrinking business at home.

Bank of China eyes UK expansion

Bank of China, the world's No. 6 bank by market capitalisation, is seeking acquisition opportunities to expand its British retail business, a senior executive said.

BP profits down 45% as output, refining suffer

BP reported a 45 percent fall in third-quarter replacement-cost profit to $3.867 billion due to lower oil and gas production, problems at its refining division and fewer asset sales which had flattered the year-earlier result. Though also lower than the same period last year, BP's underlying profits were towards the top end of analysts' forecasts, helped by a lower tax rate.

Turkey sends minister to Iraq

Turkey's foreign minister will vow military action in northern Iraq unless Iraqi and U.S. forces crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas.

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Gold falls 1.5 percent on profit-taking

Gold shrugged off a tumbling U.S. dollar to fall more than 1 percent on Monday as investors cashed in on the metal's rally to a near three-decade high.

Group of Seven fail to address dollar decline

Fiscal policy makers from the Group of Seven meeting this week in Washington this week did not specifically address the issue of the dollar trading near all-time lows versus the euro in recent weeks.

Affordable art lures buyers

Affordable art sounds like a contradiction in terms these days, but there are some cheap alternatives.

G7 finance chiefs aim to calm uneasy global markets

With global economic growth waning and a credit crunch threatening, finance chiefs from rich nations were gathering on Friday to mull how to control strains in financial markets and keep expansion going.

Copper hits 1-month low, aluminium at 7-week high

Copper touched a one-month low on Thursday, dragged down by poor U.S. data triggering technical selling while dwindling stocks sent aluminium to a seven-week high.

Virgin Atlantic in talks over plane order

Virgin Atlantic is considering buying 10 longhaul aircraft worth about $3 billion to enter service around 2012.

Stocks move up on solid earnings reports

Technology stocks rose on Wednesday as investors took heart from solid corporate earnings and shrugged off fresh evidence of a dismal housing sector, which renewed speculation the Fed will cut interest rates.

EBay customers' cash linked to risky assets

EBay Inc customers who park extra cash in a nearly $1 billion PayPal money market fund are exposed to the same type of assets targeted for an emergency bailout by the largest U.S. banks, regulatory filings show.

BBC in drama of 21st century media

Having angered Queen Elizabeth and the public, Britain's BBC is set to shed staff with sweeping job cuts this week in the biggest crisis to hit the world-renowned broadcaster since a government clash over Iraq.

Do food miles make a difference to global warming?

The U.S. local food movement -- which used to be elite, expensive and mostly coastal -- has gone mainstream, with a boost from environmentalists who reckon that eating what grows nearby cuts down on global warming.

Air France and Delta set transatlantic venture

Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines Inc announced plans on Wednesday to team up on routes linking major U.S. cities and London's Heathrow airport in a challenge to rival British Airways Plc. The joint venture aims to take advantage of the Open Skies pact set to liberalize transatlantic rules next year, and will be implemented in April 2008.

J.K Rowling launches U.S. book tour with mass signing

Harry Potter might have waved his wand and cast a spell, but author J.K. Rowling sat down and cheerfully signed 1,600 books for schoolkids on Monday as she launched her first U.S. book tour in seven years.

Spain's top 3 cell phone companies probed for collusion

Spain's competition watchdog has opened a probe of the country's three largest mobile phone operators for possible collusion, Spain's Consumer and Users Organisation said on Monday.

Gore's Current TV enlists Web users to shape news

Current, the television network backed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, is embarking on a new Internet strategy to enlist viewers in submitting video and commentary to create broadcast TV news.

Virgin Rescue Plan for Northern Rock

This Friday in the UK, troubled bank Northern Rock was offered a lifeline by a consortium assembled and led by Sir Richard Bransonâ€™s Virgin Group. The group submitted a plan which would involve â€œa substantial cash sumâ€¦ [being] injectedâ€ in a bid to save the bank, according to published reports.