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European institutions received 85,262 score reports from people who took the GMAT® exam in testing year 2010 (July 2009-June 2010); we look at the top 5 countries in Europe that are attracting MBA aspirants from around the world.

Strong demand in India and improving conditions in Europe helped Vodafone , the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, to post higher third-quarter service revenues and nudge up its profit forecast for the year.

Strong demand in India and improving conditions in Europe helped Vodafone , the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, to nudge its outlook higher and post third-quarter service revenues at the upper end of forecasts.

British telecommunications company BT Group plc reported its highest share of DSL broadband net additions for eight years and said pretax profit for the third quarter more than doubled from last year.

News Corp and Time Warner both posted higher revenue and profit in the December quarter, boosted by surging advertising revenue at their cable network units.

Billionaire bond maven Bill Gross in a February report says America needs new priorities and blasts a culture that worships money and greed.

Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks has been nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian politician behind the proposal said on Wednesday, a day after the deadline for nominations expired.

Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak attacked protesters with fists, stones and clubs in Cairo on Wednesday as the Egyptian goverment rejected international calls for the leader to end his 30-year-rule now.

Vodafone has named outgoing Philips Chief Executive Gerard Kleisterlee as its new chairman, bringing emerging markets know-how and an ability to simplify a group to the world's largest mobile operator.

Simon JohnsonIceland's central bank signaled on Wednesday that interest rates may have bottomed out as it cut borrowing costs by 25 basis points to support a slow recovery from a brutal downturn.

A classified U.S. document obtained by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks shows three previously undisclosed participants in the September 11, 2001 plot, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: EDAP TMS, iGo, Electronic Arts, Matrixx Initiatives, and Acme Packet. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Key Tronic, Axcelis Technologies, Intevac, Alvarion, Nuance Communications, and Broadcom.

Britain’s enterprise search software maker Autonomy Corp Plc is now trying to attract the best applicants by giving away free Apple iPads to all graduates who get an interview call irrespective of whether or not they get a final call back.

The annual Black History Month for the year 2011 has kicked started in the United States as well as Canada. The month is dedicated to learning and celebrating facts about African diaspora and the history.

British carpet and floor covering retailer Carpetright Plc said it expects full-year profits to be below last year and below market expectations, citing lower third quarter sales due to adverse weather conditions and fragile consumer confidence.

Britain's Imperial Tobacco Group Plc said it made a good start to the year with underlying tobacco net revenue up 5 percent and increased cigarette and fine cut tobacco volumes.

Cable network advertising growth and threats from online video services Netflix and Hulu will dominate investor attention when News Corp and Time Warner begin the earnings season for big media on Wednesday.

A review conducted by two veterans in these industries in the UK finds that such focus could lead to improvements in STEM education and draw more people towards studying these subjects.

The British motor industry is on line to receive a 7-billion-pound boost from electric cars between 2011 and 2014, according to a survey by GfK Automotive.

Speculation Britain's ARM Holdings Plc could become a takeover target is misguided and ignores the importance of the chip designer staying independent, ARM's president said.

Pfizer Inc is to close its research and development center in Sandwich, southern England, which employs 2,400 people, dealing a major blow to Britain's scientific jobs base.