For investors, the subprime crisis is the first real test of will since the Internet stock bust six years ago.
J.K. Rowling and her French publisher said on Thursday they were worried about organized groups of translators, not individuals, after a boy was arrested for posting a translation of the last Harry Potter book online.
Internet companies, retailers and the government must do far more to protect people from the dangers of the lawless Wild West of cyberspace, an influential group of British Members of Parliament said on Friday.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown reassured farmers on Friday that an outbreak of foot and mouth was restricted to a limited area of Britain and promised swift compensation for those hit by the livestock disease.
News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch has said he might make the Wall Street Journal's Web site free, a shift that could compel Britain's Pearson to do the same with the online version of its Financial Times.
Farmers in Britain resumed sending animals to slaughter on Thursday after a ban on the movement of livestock to prevent an outbreak of foot and mouth disease from spreading was lifted in most of the country.
Belgian-Dutch financial services group Fortis reported a 16 percent year-on-year rise in second-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating analysts' expectations due to strong banking results.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 4.5 percent on higher advertising sales and affiliate revenue from the Fox News Channel and on more new subscribers at the Sky Italia satellite TV service.
Emerging economies will edge past the developed countries in terms of economic growth by 2050, the Ernst and Young European Attractiveness Survey 2007 has revealed.
Britain's Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday its Trent 1000 plane engine had received its airworthiness certification, clearing the way for the first flight of Boeing Co.'s hot-selling 787 Dreamliner.
Fears of a global credit squeeze and worries about U.S. economic strength swept across financial markets on Monday, shaking up stocks, knocking the dollar to a 15-year low and straining popular currency trades.
A U.S.-French pharmaceutical company was at the heart of an investigation by British authorities on Sunday to try to find the source of an outbreak of highly infectious foot and mouth disease.
Libya is set to buy anti-tank missiles and radio systems from European aerospace and defense group EADS, days after a visit to Tripoli by President Nicolas Sarkozy, the French government said on Friday.
After years of socializing, Facebook and MySpace mean business. The sites, which started as a way to help people stay connected with friends, in the past year have begun catering to professionals, offering networking and advertising opportunities.
British Airways beat forecasts with a 28 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Friday but warned that a weak dollar and soaring fuel prices would slow full-year revenue growth and raise costs.
Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's second biggest bank that is locked in a takeover battle for ABN AMRO, beat expectations with an 11 percent rise in profit and lifted its dividend by 25 percent.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged governments, businesses and volunteer groups on Tuesday to unite in a show of people power to put the world back on track toward slashing extreme poverty by 2015.
Dow Chemical, the biggest U.S. chemical company, is considering making a bid for Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries, the Daily Telegraph newspaper said on Wednesday.
British Airways revealed the biggest fine in its history on Wednesday as it reached settlements with the U.S. and UK authorities for price fixing that could cost it up to 350 million pounds ($711 million).
British PM Gordon Brown wants to keep close ties and says his nation shares its ideals with America.
Asia's monsoon misery has spread to Nepal, leaving thousands of people homeless, while more rain is expected to bring further chaos to China's drowned southwest, where many have already lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones.
Britain's Cadbury Schweppes said on Friday it was extending the timetable for the sale of its North American drinks business due to the turbulence in debt markets, although it said buying interest was keen.
