IBT Staff Reporter

Nokia today announced that it would be entering a software platform collaboration with Orange in order “to facilitate device customisation and strengthen the role of S60 devices.”

Jessops said it had acquired 20 stores in Scotland and Northern Ireland, boosting its total outlets to 313.

Financiers have found a perfect way to splurge their annual bonuses cosmetic surgery to keep them looking youthful in a fiercely competitive job market.

Hardly anyone expects the Bank of England to raise interest rates this week but markets are still on heightened alert after the central bank caught them on the hop with a quarter point hike in August.

ASDA said it would pay workers under the age of 18 at the same rate as adult staff following new EU rules on age discrimination.

Tuesday's collapse in wholesale gas prices, as a huge inflow through a new pipeline from Norway forced suppliers to pay to get rid of it, does not mean Britons will be spending less to keep warm this winter.

Europe's private bank clients are raising exposure to alternative assets like hedge funds, determined to grow their wealth by spreading risks

AOL on Wednesday plans to launch a new version of its software that lets users access their e mail, instant messaging, search and media on the same screen.

House prices rose a robust one percent last month, Halifax data shows, suggesting the property market has remained resilient in the wake of August's interest rate rise.

The FTSE edged up on Wednesday, led by sugar and sweetener maker Tate & Lyle and banking consolidation talk, but miners and oils limited gains as some commodity prices fell.

Shares in Vodafone Group Plc raced to a four month high on Wednesday after encouraging news on the mobile phone giant's Spanish and Italian operations.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is focussed on increasing its Asian presence and discussing a range of topics with the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)

Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz, former top executives at Tyco International Ltd. who were convicted in June 2005 of stealing more than $150 million from the company, asked a state court to reverse their convictions.

Unusual options activity pegged to the shares of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. ahead of the announcement of a buyout offer for the gambling operator is raising eyebrows among some market options players.

Flat-screen maker LG.Philips LCD. Co. Ltd. is expected to report a loss for the second quarter in a row, as it struggles with weak prices and high costs for its mainstay TV panels.

PartyGaming Plc dismissed a newspaper report on Wednesday that it must negotiate a new loan facility with its banks within 30 days of President Bush approving a bill to crack down on Internet gambling.

Operations of global software companies, financial institutions and government offices in India's main technology hub shut on Wednesday after activists called a strike over a border dispute with a neighboring state.

BP today announced its trading update for the third quarter ending 30th September 2006.

Dow Jones industrial average created a new closing high Tuesday for the first time in nearly seven years, mainly driven by its components shares ......

The British power plant unit stake is a bigger buy than the Japanese firm's original plan.

U.S-based ReCellular Inc will esbalish its regional office in HK considering HK's strategic location and ......

The bargain amount of warrants in past nine months this year has reached to HK$1,191.3 billion, surging 94.7% than that in same period last year......

Sprint Nextel Corp., the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider, on Tuesday said it would begin selling three slim phones from Motorola Inc. in early November......

OPEC President Nigeria called on its fellow OPEC countries to make deeper output cuts on Tuesday as prices tumbled to an 8-month low......

The Bank of Overseas Chinese (BOOC) denied the rumor that HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank launched a bid for it and stressed it didn't touch with two lenders.

Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd, a Chinese leading gold and base metal producer, announced it will buy the new shares and warrants of England and Wales's resource company......

SUNDAY Communications Limited, an innovative developer and provider of wireless communications and data services in Hong Kong, issued an announcement that its largest shareholder PCCW ......

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX), Asia-Pacific's first demutualised and integrated securities and derivatives exchange, will introduce the first China shares index

India's Prime Minister said South Africa and India have the resources and means to further develop their relationship to reach $12 billion in trade by 2010.