Tokyo shares drop and FTSE retreats after Ben Bernanke says sub-prime will be a significant drag on American economy.
US prosecutors file civil charges accusing the bank of helping launder proceeds of large securities fraud.
Europe-wide laws approved which will prevent anyone working beyond their country´s mandatory retirement age.
Eight former boot camp workers were acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of a 14-year-old boy who was videotaped being punched and kicked. The scene sparked outrage and changes in the juvenile system, but it took jurors just 90 minutes to decide it was not a crime.
Alarmed by slipping support for free trade even among Republicans, President Bush is arguing that protectionism will cut Americans out of chances for more -- and better -- jobs.
Gordon Brown was urged last night to fight back against “bullying tactics” by nations determined to water down British sovereignty in the European Union treaty.
A gang of suicide bombers were plotting to assassinate President Putin during his historic visit to Iran, it was alleged last night.
President Hu Jintao pledged to narrow the widening gulf between rich and poor and stamp out corruption in China at a pivotal five-yearly gathering of the party faithful today.
Al Gore’s award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday.
Fresh evidence of a slowdown as the Royal Institute says that the market has fewer homes, falling prices and absent buyers.
The Government rejected widespread demands to intervene directly in the Post Office crisis today, as the dispute between workers and the Royal Mail continued and wildcat strikes intensified.
Hospital managers could face criminal prosecution for the worst ever recorded outbreaks of the superbug Clostridium difficile which killed at least 90 patients.
A former partner with a prestigious New York law firm that made an estimated $250 million by filing class action lawsuits against some of America´s largest corporations has pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge.
Gordon Brown was branded a phoney today as David Cameron launched a savage attack on the prime minister´s credibility in office.
Sony Corp.´s game division said Tuesday it will slash prices of its PlayStation 3 game consoles in Japan by about ¥5,000 next week in step with the launch of a new model equipped with a 40-gigabyte hard disk ahead of the yearend shopping season.
The United Auto Workers union and automaker Chrysler LLC remained locked in contract talks on Wednesday morning just hours before a strike deadline set by the union that could trigger the industry´s second major work stoppage in as many weeks.
The Prime Minister has urged striking mail workers to go back to work as post office employees staged unofficial walkouts this morning when they were due to return from 48-hour strike action over pay, pensions and working practices.
President Putin of Russia has made a big shift towards Western efforts to dissuade Iran from building nuclear weapons, President Sarkozy claimed in Moscow last night.
Stocks rose at the open on Tuesday, as investors speculated the earnings season could get off to a strong start when bellwether Alcoa Inc reports third-quarter results later in the day.
The Iraqi government wants U.S. security firm Blackwater to pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed in a shooting, a senior government source said on Tuesday.
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