IBT Staff Reporter

In a statement released today, Nokia announced that it had received information that the holdings of Capital Group Companies

Honda today announced an increase in production at its Swindon Car Plant, a move which should create an extra 700 jobs in the UK.

ICAP, the interdealer broker today announced a trade update ahead of the closed period following its financial half year ended 30th September 2006.

3i Group Plc, announced today that it would be holding discussions with analysts and investors ahead of its close period for the six months ended 30th September 2006

According to a study released on Thursday, the number of internet users engaging in local search queries continues to grow.

Buena Vista Games, Inc, (BVG) today announced that it had acquired Climax Racing from Climax Group Ltd.

Restaurant operator Wendy's International Inc. on Thursday said a U.S. district judge in New York denied a noteholders' suit seeking to enjoin a planned spin-off of Canadian coffee shop chain Tim Hortons Inc, in which Wendy's is the majority shareholder.

While the Unites States still leads the world with nearly 40 percent of global semiconductor purchasing, China is expected to achieve the leading growth among the top 10 nations, according to research released on Thursday.

Semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced on Thursday that they are teaming up with a China's second largest PC provider, providing processors to the company's whole line of offerings.

Within five years, a quarter of all software sales wont come in traditional off-the-shelf packages as they do today, but they will be hosted on remote servers, with users paying per usage, one research firm states.

New claims for U.S. jobless aid fell by a slightly more-than-expected 6,000 last week, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, and remained at levels suggesting a stable jobs market.

Google Inc.'s Michael Jones likes to take pictures with a super high-resolution camera like those used on spy planes during the Cold War.

Chinese car maker Geely is considering whether to make cars in the United States in order to begin selling there as soon as 2008, its chairman said on Thursday.

A slowing U.S. housing market may not indicate that the broader national economy is sickly.Despite months of glum news about slow housing sales and faltering new construction, many economists

Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said negotiators were trying to resolve differences in auto alliance talks between the French automaker, Japan's Nissan and General Motors.

The result would be the 3rd consecutive year of profit for the Europe division.

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday plan to shine a spotlight on Hewlett-Packard Co.'s snooping into the telephone records of some board members and journalists, a practice that Congress may soon ban. Chief Executive Mark Hurd and former chairman Patricia Dunn will tell their side of the story.

MySpace, the social networking Web site, could be worth around $15 billion within three years, measured in terms of the value created for shareholders of parent company News Corp., a Wall Street media analyst forecast on Wednesday.

Vodafone Group Plc launched its first own-branded 3G handsets on Thursday, as the mobile phone giant tries to expand in the market for higher-paying third-generation services by luring more pre-pay users.

Japan's Softbank Corp. (9984.T) unveiled 13 new cell phone models on Thursday to compete with bigger rivals when a rule change in October lets mobile phone users keep their phone numbers if they switch carriers.

Most mobile phone users will still have to wait some time for Internet telephony company Skype's mobile service because of technical hurdles and a lack of suitable handsets, Skype's chief executive was quoted as saying in a Finnish newspaper on Thursday.

A Japanese-developed adult-themed computer game has incensed some of China's Internet surfers who deem it a bawdy slur on the classic novel, Dream of the Red Chamber.

Cleaning and maintenance company Mitie Group said on Thursday it had continued to perform in line with management expectations, with good levels of organic growth.

Radio firm GCap Media said on Thursday it expected first half like for like revenues, excluding its Capital Radio station, to fall around 4 percent against last year's proforma results.

Grainger Trust, the country's largest quoted residential property investor, said on Thursday it had received an approach that could lead to an offer for the company

Alliance Boots, created from the merger of chemist chain Boots and drugs wholesaler Alliance Unichem in July

Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group said on Thursday it was selling its U.S. arm to Arrowpoint Capital

Advertising firm M&C Saatchi said on Thursday it expects full year profits to be significantly ahead of expectations despite first half pre tax profits being down 30 percent,

Financial regulators across the world need to work together to keep checks on the increasingly powerful $1.2 trillion (810 billion pound) hedge fund industry