Which way Carlo? Joe Cole warms the bench for Chelsea as Ancelotti gives out instructions to the team Photo: GETTY IMAGES Cole, whose deal expires on June 30, and his advisers were under the impression that all contract talks were on hold until the summer. Not [...]
The bank has been split in two as a precursor to one part being sold Northern Rock has said that it made "good progress" in 2009, as it reported a sharp fall in its annual losses.The bank lost £257.4m last year, compared with [...]
Balfour Beatty The country’s biggest construction company said underlying pretax profit rose 7pc to £267m last year, beating a forecast of City analysts of £266m. The company, whose activities span engineering, construction, road and rail transport, said its order book rose 10pc year-on-year to £14.1bn. “The breadth of our [...]
AP - Japan appeared largely relieved Thursday that much-anticipated testimony by Toyota’s chief executive before U.S. lawmakers was finally over, though analysts said the company’s recall woes are no closer to being solved.[Read more...]
Previous of Companies Next FTSE 100 Aviva HSBC Hldgs Admiral Group Legal & General Group The FTSE 100 stayed relatively flat as traders kept their powder dry before Mr Bernanke faces questioning before Congress this afternoon on [...]
Mr Hester may deserve a bonus, but not yet, the business secretary says Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester, will not take his bonus this year, the BBC has learned.He was reportedly to get shares worth £1.6m though the RBS board [...]
Age alone is not a contraceptive, experts warn Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that they cannot get pregnant past a certain age.The Family Planning Association (FPA) believes the message on infertility and age has gone "too far". [...]
Dr Daniel Ubani gave a patient a fatal overdose of drugs Photo: THE AFRICAN COURIER In 1972, the consultant wrote a letter warning of “considerable difficulties” for patients if Dr Ubani was left covering emergency duties at night or over a weekend. According to [...]
Business spending on technology goods and services is returning as the economy mends, pumping new life into suppliers such as Cisco Systems Inc., though it has been slower to reach other sectors. The big maker of networking gear Wednesday posted a 23% jump in quarterly profit and 8% gain in revenue, its first such [...]
DAVOS, Switzerland—Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt defended his company’s recent threat to pull out of China in some of his most extensive comments on the controversial move. “We like what China is doing in terms of growth…we just don’t like censorship,” Mr. Schmidt said, speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual summit here. [...]
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