Patients with non-operable head and neck cancers should be given chemo- and radiotherapy at the same time, as it more than doubles the time they live without the disease getting worse, British scientists said on Wednesday.
Britpop icons Pulp are not planning to reunite for Britain's Glastonbury music festival next June, despite reports that singer Jarvis Cocker had been in talks with the band, his spokesperson said Tuesday.
International movie distributors have shunned a film on exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, whom China condemns as a separatist, because they fear Beijing's wrath, the film's producer said on Tuesday.
Britain's leading shares were 1.8 percent lower around midday on Wednesday, with falls by heavyweight oils, miners and banks dragging the FTSE 100 .FTSE index to a three-week low.
Global consumer confidence is rebounding, and in the United States has risen for the first time since 2007, amid signs the world economy is picking up although spending is still restrained, a survey showed on Wednesday.
The European Union will on Wednesday approve Britain's plan to break up failed bank Northern Rock, paving the way for a split in early 2010 and the eventual sale of parts of the bank, a source familiar with the situation said.
The Australian Dollar opens little-changed today against its U.S. counterpart at 0.9150. Despite a poor lead from local equities, the Aussie held onto support around the 0.9130 where buyers emerged pushing it up towards an intraday high of 0.9182. Supporting the unit was a positive quarterly NAB business confidence survey which increased by 20 points.
Iran wants major amendments within the framework of a U.N. nuclear fuel deal which it broadly accepts, state media said, a move that could unravel the plan and expose Tehran to the threat of harsher sanctions.
Investors are shunning European bank shares after an EU-imposed break-up and retrenchment of Dutch ING Groep sparked fears Belgium's KBC and UK peers face tougher-than-expected sanctions in return for state aid.
Britain will damage its economy if it does not follow France and clamp down on Internet piracy, the boss of entertainment and telecoms group Vivendi said on Tuesday.
Iran will accept the framework of a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal, but will demand some important changes, al Alam state television reported on Tuesday.
BP Plc beat third-quarter earnings forecasts by a big margin in a sign Chief Executive Tony Hayward's restructuring plans were delivering results, with cost cuts ahead of targets and oil and gas output up strongly.
NBC Universal could be floated on the stock market if France's Vivendi decides to sell its 20 percent stake in the group majority-owned by General Electric Vivendi's chief executive said.
Eric Clapton has pulled out of this week's Rock and Roll Hall concert extravaganza in New York to have gallstones removed, organizers said on Monday.
BP Plc beat third-quarter earnings forecasts by a big margin in a sign Chief Executive Tony Hayward's restructuring plans were delivering results, with cost cuts ahead of targets and oil and gas output up strongly.
BP Plc beat third-quarter earnings forecasts by a big margin in a sign Chief Executive Tony Hayward's restructuring plans were delivering results, with cost cuts ahead of targets and oil and gas output up strongly.
The Australian Dollar opens lower on Tuesday at 0.9140 as the recent positive sentiment towards high-yielding currencies evaporated overnight as stocks and commodities both declined.
The Australian Dollar opens lower on Tuesday at 0.9140 as the recent positive sentiment towards high-yielding currencies evaporated overnight as stocks and commodities both declined. During Monday's domestic session the unit traded briefly beneath US92 cents as local equities began trade in the red. Australia's PPI (producer price index) at the final stage of production came in slightly below expectation at 0.1 per cent for the September quarter however the local unit was well supported and move...
Deciphering William Shakespeare plays in school essays apparently was not enough for two university students who have written a book of Twitter entries that summarize and satirize works of literature.
Barclays Plc bought the bank arm of British insurer Standard Life Plc for 226 million pounds ($369 million) on Monday, in a move to build up its UK mortgage and savings business.
Anglo American, pressured by investors after an abortive merger bid from rival Xstrata, could offload its zinc operations first in a fresh divestment drive that could raise $6 billion.
Dutch bancassurer ING Group NV will split in two, shrinking itself into a smaller Europe-focused bank, in the most striking example yet of the deep changes the EU wants to force on banks that received state aid.
