U.S. government bonds rose on Monday, sending yields to three-week lows as investors shrugged off robust factory data and instead sought a safe haven after recent attempted car bombings in the UK and an attack in Yemen.
British cable operator Virgin Media said on Monday it had received a bid approach from an unnamed group, which sources familiar with the situation told Reuters was U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group.
Investors sold European stocks and bought government bonds and gold as trading got underway for the second half of 2007 on Monday, driven by security concerns after weekend bomb plots in Britain and higher oil prices.
Two government funds in the United Arab Emirates denied on Monday they were looking to acquire either Jaguar or Land Rover, the British luxury car brands of U.S. automaker Ford.
McDonald's Corp will convert its British delivery fleet to run on biodiesel made from its own recycled cooking oil, the firm said on Monday in a statement.
Chinese President Hu Jintao swore in Hong Kong's leader for a new term on Sunday and reminded the territory that the motherland comes first, as the city embarked upon its second decade under Beijing's rule.
Even if a U.S. jury deliberating the fate of Conrad Black decides to acquit him, the toppled media mogul is likely to spend a lot more time in court.
British cable operator Virgin Media has appointed Goldman Sachs to seek a possible buyer after it received approaches from various private equity firms, people familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
England slammed the door on smoking in bars, workplaces and public buildings on Sunday in what campaigners hail as the biggest boost to public health since the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.
Bain Capital will buy UK-based food service company Brakes from private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the companies said on Friday.
A tentative deal between News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co Inc. would give an independent board the power to approve the hiring and firing of top editors at The Wall Street Journal, three sources said on Thursday.
Wine and spirits company Constellation Brands Inc. said on Thursday that quarterly profit fell sharply, hurt by a plan to cut the amount of wine it ships to U.S. distributors and lower results from its British business.
Europe's plan to limit greenhouse gases by creating a carbon market may fall short. Dirty coal is cheaper than oil.
The commodity market bubble could burst at some stage and prices will tumble if the dollar stabilizes and China's banking system hits trouble, a fund manager told a conference on Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation of Britain's BAE Systems Plc over the defense company's compliance with anti-corruption laws, including its dealings with Saudi Arabia.
British credit information firm Experian said on Tuesday it was buying a 65 percent stake in Brazilian credit bureau Serasa for $1.2 billion to give it control of three of the top five credit bureaux worldwide.
Wagering on the outcome of the Conrad Black fraud trial is a risky proposition, as lawyers representing the former media baron and three co-defendants present widely divergent versions of events in their final statements to the jury.
The European Union breathed a sigh of relief over the weekend after the bloc's leaders agreed on a way to reform its institutions, but critics from Britain to the Netherlands called for referendums that could derail a deal.
The European Union will work to overhaul its 27-nation treaty to replace an EU constitution it rejected in 2005.
Researchers at a U.S. company trying to push the margins of stem cell research said on Friday they had grown human embryonic stem cells using a non-controversial method that did not harm the embryos.
A dispute over the place of competition policy in a European Union reform treaty was resolved at a summit on Friday after free-marketeers reached an agreement with France.
UK oil major BP Plc agreed to sell its interest in the Siberian Kovykta gas field to state-controlled Gazprom at a knock-down price on Friday, as the Kremlin continues to tighten its grip over Russia's oil and gas industry.
