Industrial production in the UK rose in December last year, mainly led by a sharp increase in the output of utilities.
European consortium Eurofighter expects the global combat aircraft export market to reach 800 units in 20 years, and it expects to deliver 250 of those planes, a senior executive said on Thursday.
Disappointing corporate earnings weighed on global stock markets on Thursday, pushing major indexes lower, while shifting interest rate expectations lifted the dollar and put Britain's pound on edge.
Construction of a world's fastest car designed to set a land speed record of 1,000 mph has begun in Britain.
Cell phone maker INQ Mobile unveiled on Thursday its first two smartphones running Google's Android software, aiming to benefit from booming growth in social networking.
Cell phone maker INQ Mobile unveiled on Thursday its first two smartphones running Google's Android software, aiming to benefit from booming growth in social networking.
The London Stock Exchange agreed to buy Canada's stock market operator TMX, while Germany's Deutsche Boerse was in talks to buy NYSE Euronext, signaling that exchanges globally are looking to consolidate.
The issue of peak oil was raised by Sadad al Husseini, a former top official at Aramco, Saudi Arabia's oil monopoly, in conversations with US officials, according to Wikileaks.
The British government has entered into a comprehensive agreement with the nation’s largest banks on matters related to lending, transparency and bonuses payments to executives, after four months of negotiations and wrangling.
The London Stock Exchange is to buy Canada's TMX to claw back lost market share and create the world's fourth-largest bourse trading $4.1 trillion of stock a year.
The London Stock Exchange is to buy Canada's TMX stock exchange operator to create the world's fourth-largest trading center and claw back some of the market share it has lost in recent years.
UK unemployment rate is expected to peak this year and will remain stubbornly high during 2012, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said on Wednesday.
UK's goods trade deficit surged to record high of 9.247 billion pounds in December from 8.460 billion in the previous month, the Office for National Statistics announced on Wednesday. The widening of the deficit was larger than economists' consensus forecast of 8.6 billion pounds.
The search for a private company to provide the fabric wrap to jazz up London's Olympic stadium began on Tuesday after the eye-catching 7 million pound ($11 million) covering was cut after a spending review last year.
A former Swedish prosecutor called by the defense Tuesday attacked his country's handling of sex crimes allegations against WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange that could lead to his extradition to Sweden.
England coach Fabio Capello has named Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard as captain for Wednesday's international friendly against Denmark in Copenhagen.
Gunshots were fired in the centre of the Tunisian capital on Tuesday, people in the area said, in a new blow to faltering efforts to restore security after the overthrow of the autocratic president.
McDonald's Corp reported a stronger-than-expected sales rebound in January in Europe, its biggest market for revenue, sending its shares up 3 percent in midday trading.
A former Swedish prosecutor called by the defense attacked his country's handling of sex crimes allegations against WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange that could lead to his extradition to Sweden.
The British government said it will increase the levy on banks by £800-million to £2.5-billion this year – and that it will be permanent.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asked a British judge on Monday to block his extradition to Sweden on sex crime allegations, arguing he would not get a fair trial and could end up facing execution in the United States.
Internet search giant Google Inc. is celebrating 183rd birthday of French science-fiction writer Jules Gabriel Verne by capturing '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' in its new interactive doodle.
