Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron's promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order.
In the eyes of the financial markets, Britain was supposed to be a model of successful, sustainable austerity and a safe haven in which the world's rich could buy houses and stash their savings.
A father described Wednesday how he rushed to aid a dying man hit by a car during riots in the English city of Birmingham only to find it was his 21-year-old son.
Despite a mix of scandals and failed business purchases, News Corp. was able to beat the Street's expectations with its fourth quarter earnings.
All of Britain braces for nightfall
The police of Northern Ireland reportedly have six water cannons available; such devices don?t exist in England, Wales or Scotland.
Scotland is secure in the thought that the 2011 England Riots will not move north. If they do, however, Scottish police will be ready.
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has been a primary tool of looters and rioters in the London Riots.
The UK is seeing the worst civil unrest in 30 years just months before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but officials are optimistic that the riots will have no effect on the safety or planning of the games.
"The riots in Britain have not been caused by any sort of political or racial tension. That may exist, but that is not at the heart of these riots. These riots are the result of lawless thugs who have seen an opportunity." -- Victoria Honeyman
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) has agreed to buy HSBC's credit card unit for approximately $32.7 billion, netting HSBC a $2.6 billion premium.
"Cameron and his government must leave after the popular uprising against them and the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations by police," Libya's state news agency Jana quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim as saying.
Authorities in Scotland are confident the rioting in a number of English cities will not move north, saying they have "a different society."
He confessed to being part of a gang that broke into and looted a Debenhams store on Monday night.
I am puzzled as to why such disorders do not happen in America.
Notting Hill has been added to the list of London neighborhoods under attack. Earlier this week, a gang near famous Portobello Road ransacked a number of restaurants and pubs, robbing frightened patrons under threat of violence.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy cut his vacation short to focus on credit downgrade fears now troubling France.
The hacking group Anonymous is threatening to "destroy" Facebook on Nov. 5.
Rumors circulated in the neighborhood that Sikh temples would be targeted by rioters.
Insisting that tweets must "continue to flow," Twitter refuses to close down the accounts of London rioters who have used the service to spread unrest, saying "freedom of expression" is essential to keeping information moving.
Johnson added: ?This is not a time to think about making substantial cuts in police numbers.?
David Cameron is pushing England's police force to use new methods of fighting back against rioting and looting across the country.
