A U.S.-French pharmaceutical company was at the heart of an investigation by British authorities on Sunday to try to find the source of an outbreak of highly infectious foot and mouth disease.
Libya is set to buy anti-tank missiles and radio systems from European aerospace and defense group EADS, days after a visit to Tripoli by President Nicolas Sarkozy, the French government said on Friday.
After years of socializing, Facebook and MySpace mean business. The sites, which started as a way to help people stay connected with friends, in the past year have begun catering to professionals, offering networking and advertising opportunities.
British Airways beat forecasts with a 28 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Friday but warned that a weak dollar and soaring fuel prices would slow full-year revenue growth and raise costs.
Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's second biggest bank that is locked in a takeover battle for ABN AMRO, beat expectations with an 11 percent rise in profit and lifted its dividend by 25 percent.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged governments, businesses and volunteer groups on Tuesday to unite in a show of people power to put the world back on track toward slashing extreme poverty by 2015.
Dow Chemical, the biggest U.S. chemical company, is considering making a bid for Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries, the Daily Telegraph newspaper said on Wednesday.
British Airways revealed the biggest fine in its history on Wednesday as it reached settlements with the U.S. and UK authorities for price fixing that could cost it up to 350 million pounds ($711 million).
British PM Gordon Brown wants to keep close ties and says his nation shares its ideals with America.
Asia's monsoon misery has spread to Nepal, leaving thousands of people homeless, while more rain is expected to bring further chaos to China's drowned southwest, where many have already lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones.
Britain's Cadbury Schweppes said on Friday it was extending the timetable for the sale of its North American drinks business due to the turbulence in debt markets, although it said buying interest was keen.
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. on Thursday reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit, citing cost controls, price increases in North America and the European launch of Coke Zero, and the bottler raised its full-year outlook.
Britain is seeking ways to enable clean power sources to be linked much more quickly to the electricity network so that the country can meet carbon emissions targets, the government said on Thursday.
Near record oil prices are expected to keep most investors keen, even though one of the Dutch pension funds that helped to lead an inrush of financial players is reviewing its exposure.
British life assurance company Resolution has agreed an 8.6 billion-pound ($17.7 billion) all-share merger with rival Friends Provident that will almost double its size and open the closed life funds specialist to new business growth.
Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will shift some production of its Dualis sport utility vehicle from Japan to the U.K by the end of the year, Japanese daily Nikkei said Tuesday.
While young people embrace the Web with real or virtual friends and their cell phone is never far away, relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China, according to a survey.
J.K. Rowling said on Tuesday that she will miss being able to retreat into the fictional world of Harry Potter after finishing the seventh and final volume on the teen-age wizard.
BP Plc posted a 1 percent drop in quarterly post-tax profit to $6.087 billion as production fell and refinery outages prevented the oil giant from taking full advantage of near-record refining margins.
The seventh and final Harry Potter book sold 8.3 million copies in the first 24 hours.
Zimbabwe's parliament opens a new session this week to debate radical plans to nationalize foreign firms and a law empowering the house to name President Robert Mugabe's likely successor without a national vote.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged more funds on Monday to tackle some of Britain's worst flooding for nearly 60 years as rising waters made thousands homeless and plunged entire towns under water.
