Japanese electronics giant Sony (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Germany´s Bertelsmann won competition clearance from the European Commission on Wednesday for their recorded music joint venture, in a move which angered independent music labels.
Myanmar´s junta arrested more people on Wednesday hours after the departure of a U.N. envoy who came to the country to try to end a ruthless crackdown on protests which sparked international outrage.
A 10-year-old boy charged with arson and murder in the deaths of his mother and four others was released to the custody of his grandmother Monday in a case that has shocked and divided a small Ohio town.
Six women and five men found themselves in a jury box yesterday at the start of an inquest that will take a six-month bite out of their lives. Before them in a crowded courtroom sat the principal players in a drama that has seized most of the world for a decade.
Two policemen who shot dead an innocent man on the London Underground had been briefed by their commanders to expect a confrontation with determined suicide bombers, the Old Bailey was told yesterday.
Home loans are becoming more expensive for borrowers and less profitable for banks, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender said yesterday, as the continuing crisis in global credit markets takes its toll on UK homeowners.
South Korea´s president arrived in the capital of hermit North Korea on Tuesday to cheering crowds and an unsmiling leader Kim Jong-Il for only the second summit between Cold War-era foes who remain technically at war.
Ministers are considering emergency plans to prevent up to a million voters being disenfranchised if a snap general election is called, The Times has learnt.
The 11 members of the public sworn in as the jury for the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest were told today that their judgment of her death is now “the only view that matters”.
Gordon Brown announced today a doubling of the British troops that will be withdrawn from Iraq before Christmas, during his first visit to the country as Prime Minister.
Barristers must move away from the old system of being paid by the hour to fixed fees, the Bar chairman will say today.
The Metropolitan police planned the operation that led to the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes so poorly that it "invited disaster" and needlessly put the public at risk, a court heard today.
Nokia said on Monday it will offer $8.1 billion for U.S. based digital map supplier Navteq (NVT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in one of its largest takeovers ever, but its shares fell as analysts dubbed the deal "expensive".
The Tories announced plans to all but abolish stamp duty for first-time buyers today and raise the threshold for inheritance tax to £1 million in a bold pre-election sweetener funded by a levy on foreign millionaire tax-exiles.
Police were facing calls yesterday for a full inquiry after a suspected paedophile escaped to Australia and murdered an eight-year-old girl.
Britain’s most senior family judge is calling for a review of the law on how couples’ assets are split on divorce after a series of high-profile disputes between husbands and wives.
The Conservatives will reveal a host of new policies today in a last-ditch attempt to unite the party and dissuade Gordon Brown from calling an autumn election.
Japan´s new prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, apologized on Friday but denied wrongdoing after a newspaper reported that his office had altered the names of political support groups on receipts for donations, Kyodo news agency said.
General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) would be able to buy out as many as 24,000 UAW workers and replace them with lower-paid hires under a tentative contract agreement, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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