Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings has approached Nasdaq to buy its 30 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
European shares fell by midday on Friday, breaking a tentative five-day recovery and tracking weakness in Asia as credit worries returned to the forefront to take financial stocks lower.
European power companies are making billions of euros in excess profits in the fight against global warming as consumers pay for it, economists say.
European Union veterinary experts agreed on Thursday to let all of Britain, except part of the county of Surrey, resume exports of live animals, meat and dairy products to other EU countries, the EU executive said.
BP America said Thursday that it will not take full advantage of a new permit to dump more waste into Lake Michigan, taking into account protests to a refinery modernization expansion project.
Investors bought riskier assets on Thursday, lifting world stocks, emerging market debt and higher-yielding currencies as hopes increased that the worst of the recent credit market storm has blown over. Stock markets from Shanghai to London posted solid gains, with the Chinese bourse hitting another all-time high.
DaimlerChrysler has paved the way to rename itself Daimler AG by striking a deal with Ford Motor Co to use the name now owned by British brand Jaguar, the companies said on Wednesday.
The site for one of Tesco Plc's first stores in the United States is a sun-scorched intersection in the sprawling Phoenix valley, opposite two pay-day loan firms and a gas station minimarket.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled a willingness to consider an early cut in the benchmark interest rate to quell market unrest, a key U.S. lawmaker said on Tuesday after meeting with the Fed chief, sending Wall Street higher.
Investors boosted stocks and moved back into other riskier assets on Monday as immediate fears of a credit crunch waned following the Federal Reserve's confidence-building move last week.
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World stocks took another dive on Friday despite early attempts at a rebound in Europe while currency dealers drove the Japanese yen to a 14-month high against the dollar, throwing out risky leverage. Wall Street looked set for a weak opening.
Relations between the United States and Europe are likely to improve dramatically under new French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a U.S. congressional leader said on Thursday.
While India is doing away with some symbols of British rule, such as the names of some cities and towns, other things, such as language and the university system remain firmly entrenched.
Britain said on Wednesday it would ease restrictions on livestock movements and was likely to stand down vaccination teams after initial tests for foot and mouth disease at a farm and theme park proved negative.
British authorities said on Tuesday they were investigating two new suspected cases of foot and mouth disease, raising fears that an existing outbreak of the livestock disease may not have been contained.
The tightening of the credit markets and fears of a global liquidity crunch have turned a normal summer slowdown in mergers and acquisitions into a deep freeze.
Between the shelves of product catalogues on the wall of a spartan office in an eastern German lighting factory sits a framed quotation, in bold black lettering on silver paper, from Winston Churchill.
Dutch chemicals company Akzo Nobel is set to announce on Monday it has agreed to buy British rival ICI for about 8 billion pounds ($16.18 billion), people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
For investors, the subprime crisis is the first real test of will since the Internet stock bust six years ago.
J.K. Rowling and her French publisher said on Thursday they were worried about organized groups of translators, not individuals, after a boy was arrested for posting a translation of the last Harry Potter book online.
Internet companies, retailers and the government must do far more to protect people from the dangers of the lawless Wild West of cyberspace, an influential group of British Members of Parliament said on Friday.
