The seventh and final Harry Potter book sold 8.3 million copies in the first 24 hours.
Zimbabwe's parliament opens a new session this week to debate radical plans to nationalize foreign firms and a law empowering the house to name President Robert Mugabe's likely successor without a national vote.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged more funds on Monday to tackle some of Britain's worst flooding for nearly 60 years as rising waters made thousands homeless and plunged entire towns under water.
Britain's Resolution and Friends Provident are in advanced merger talks to create a group worth almost 9 billion pounds, the two insurers said on Monday, rekindling hopes of consolidation across the sector.
British bank Barclays raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore. The bid still falls short of a rival $71 billion-euro bid from a group of European banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland.
Warner Music Group is considering making a bid approach for the music publishing arm of Britain's Chrysalis, newspapers said on Sunday.
Britain's Barclays is in talks with the governments of China and Singapore to raise 10 billion pounds ($20.6 billion) to help fund its planned purchase of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, the BBC reported on Monday.
The seventh and final Harry Potter book flew off the shelves on Saturday as fans the world over snapped up copies to discover the fate of the boy wizard and his Hogwarts pals.
U.S.-based fund manager Harris Associates has built a $1 billion stake in troubled Swiss investment bank UBS, the Sunday Times said in an unsourced report.
British sandwich chain Pret A Manger is considering ditching flotation plans and taking advantage of interest from several competing private equity firms, the Financial Mail reported on Sunday.
Finance and travel price comparison Web site Moneysupermarket.com has paid a competitor almost 4 million pounds to settle a dispute over intellectual property, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
The seventh and final Harry Potter book flew off the shelves on Saturday as fans the world over poured into stores or waited for the first post to discover the fate of the boy wizard.
In the Vermont town of Springfield nestled in a mountain valley, a banner decorated with images of pink doughnuts is festooned across Main Street, welcoming visitors to the 'Home of the Simpsons.'
Fresh takeover speculation pushed shares in Friends Provident up over 4 percent on Friday, making Britain's smallest bluechip life insurer the top gainer in the FTSE 100.
The world's richest corporations and finest minds spend billions trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions, but three fishing buddies in North Wales believe they have cracked it.
Undaunted by the odd polonium poisoning, murder plot or diplomatic face-off, Russia's wealthy elite are hungry for the good life in London and there is no sign of their appetite waning.
The New York Times published reviews before the book went on sale, drawing a stinging response from author J.K. Rowling.
The dollar eased slightly against most currencies on Thursday over concerns about the health of U.S housing market as investors eye the next Federal Reserve rate move.
Gulf Arab state Qatar values Britain's third largest supermarket group at $24.5 billion, including debt.
Set the dining table, light some candles and crack open a nice bag of wine.
For the BBC and commercial broadcasters across Britain, their problems right now are all summed up in one word -- trust.
It's costing a small fortune to keep the secret safe, as security measures increase ahead of this week's book release.
