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Rock music icons The Beatles and the British Parliament had to be content with relatively low positions on the list; the system of monarchy came in sixth, with 68 percent of the votes. However, the royal family itself dropped off the final list.

We have ceased all contact between the UK's financial system and the Iranian financial system,” Osborne said.

In honor of D’Oliveira, South African and Australian cricketers stood in silence for one minute.

While German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron have tried to put a happy face on their Friday meeting in Berlin, the two prominent European leaders differ sharply on ways to resolve the Eurozone debt crisis.

Prudent interventions by major central banks averted a global financial calamity during the financial crisis’ acute stage three years ago. Another intervention to address Europe may be needed, and should be implemented, if central bank officials deem it necessary.

As equity investors play the ups and down of the stock market, fixed income money managers that provide day-to-day financing to the banks, investors in medium-term bonds and the peer banks themselves are scrambling for cover. The result: a dollar financing crunch that could deeply affect the banks and how they do business.

British Gas, along with some other dominant UK utilities, promised not to raise prices this winter.

Interestingly, overall unemployment among females -- now at 1.09 million -- is at a 23-year high.

Julian Barnes, who won this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's poet laureate, were among the nominees for the 2011 Costa Book Awards announced on Tuesday.

Netflix and Lionsgate UK jointly announced a new multi-year licensing agreement Monday, making Netflix the exclusive subscription streaming service in both the United Kingdom and Ireland for first-run films produced by Lionsgate.

The world's leading economies are all heading for a period of slower growth, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday, highlighting signs of weakening economic activities across the board.

Almost two weeks after the bankruptcy of commodities firm MF Global Holdings Ltd., customers at rival firms are all asking the same question: How safe is my money?

Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 video game racked up more than $400 million in sales on its first day in stores in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Online coupon company WhaleShark Media has raised $150 million in financing from JP Morgan and Institutional Venture Partners.

HTC released its Sensation XL with Beats Audio in the UK market on Oct. 6. Despite not hitting the U.S. shores officially, the HTC Sensation XL with its huge 4.7-inch screen is expected to give tough competition to Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S worldwide.

Weight Watchers International, Inc. saw its third-quarter revenue jump 29.6 percent from the prior-year period and net income nearly double, as its online business surged.

English people scarf down more fruits and vegetable and consume less amounts of fat and salt.

Miss World 2011 has returned to its birthplace of London, where beauty and talent will be crowned on Sunday on the 60th anniversary of the competition.

However, two thirds of union personnel did not even bother to file a ballot.

Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the world's largest real estate services companies, reported revenue of $903 million in the third quarter, up 28 percent from the previous year.

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