Apple Inc joined a growing number of U.S. corporations that have cut ties with WikiLeaks, removing an application from its online store that gave users access to the controversial website's content and Twitter feed because it violated guidelines.
Investors are entering 2011 in a relatively bullish mood, raising equity holdings to a 10-month high, increasing exposure to high-yield credit and cutting back on government debt, Reuters polls showed on Wednesday.
UK economic growth in the third quarter was lower than previously estimated, raising concerns that growth will slow further next year.
Research by the Sutton Trust shows that private school students in the country are 55 times more likely to win a place at Oxford or Cambridge than students at state schools who qualify for Free School Meals.
France asked its citizens to leave Ivory Coast and the World Bank froze funding to the West African state on Wednesday, as a violent power struggle deepened between incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and his rival presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara.
Activision said its sales of its latest video game Call of Duty: Black Ops have surpassed the $1 billion mark since its launch in Nov.9, as global audiences have logged billions of hours online with Call of Duty games
Sony Corp is on target to sell 15 million PlayStation 3 game consoles in the business year to March 31, 2011, a company executive said on Wednesday.
Rabbit Hole, the latest film of Australian actress Nicole Kidman, will premiere next year on her home country Australia.
It makes sense for China to invest heavily in green energy.
There are now 308.7 million people in the United States, or 308,745,538 persons to be more exact as of April 1, 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released the 2010 Census data today.
The Gold Price touched a 4-session high at $1390 per ounce in early London trade on Tuesday, rising for Euro and UK investors as world stock markets hit new two-year highs.
New public sector borrowing in the U.K soared to a record high of 22.3-billion pounds sterling last month, higher than analysts expected, and up from 17.4-billion pounds a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
During a rainstorm in Washington in early 2009, amid the furor over Wall Street's post-bailout bonuses, an American International Group employee pulled out an umbrella that had the insurer's name on it.
David Beckham admitted that he continues to harbor hopes of playing for the England National team and said that he would try and secure a loan move back to Europe to give himself the best chance.
Top-tier law firm Clifford Chance has joined the bonus bandwagon by announcing bonuses that matches the levels of Cravath Swaine & Moore even as some law firms like Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Susman Godfrey have announced fatter payouts.
Australia included Usman Khawaja in their squad for the fourth Ashes Test against England as a back-up for Captain Ricky Ponting, in case the skipper fails to recover from a fractured finger.
UK campaign to tighten immigration hits a setback, but the Coalition is set on keeping up its election promise. David Coleman, Professor of Demography at Oxford University, asserts that Britain should tighten immigration policy and explains negative effects.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sold his memoirs to two publishing houses and is expected to have a manuscript ready in March, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has won unconditional approval from the European Commission for its bid to acquire pay-TV operator BSkyB but still faces scrutiny by the British communications watchdog.
Scientists in the UK are developing technology using nanopores that could ultimately sequence a person’s genome in mere minutes, unlike available commercial methods, which require complex process.
In January, London's Dulwich Picture Gallery is celebrating its 200th year with an exclusive international loan exhibition titled Masterpiece A Month: Presiding Genius.
English football superstar David Beckham received the BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award on Sunday at the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
