NBC and Microsoft explored WSJ joint bid
NBC and Microsoft considered a joint bid for Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones, according to a US report.... [read more]
Privacy group demands apology from Google
Google has clashed with a UK civil liberties group over a report that heavily criticised the US company's... [read more]
Dow Jones's 'golden parachutes'
The Wall Street Journal's publisher has planned golden parachutes if staff are made redundant. By Andrew... [read more]
Hips fiasco descends into farce as trainer pulls out
The troubled introduction of home information packs took a farcical turn today when one of the biggest... [read more]
Watchdog group slams Google on privacy
Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog... [read more]
Some urge easing up on assist to ethanol
Oil, food and livestock lobbyists are preparing to battle energy legislation that the Senate could take... [read more]
Banks
Manufacturers call on Bank to halt rate rises
The Bank of England should resist the temptation to raise interest rates again this week because inflation... [read more]
ShoreBank thrives despite early predictions
Opening a bank aimed at improving the quality of life in poor urban areas was supposed to be a grand... [read more]
Energy
UK oil output shortfall raises fears of dependence on Russia
The energy industry warned today that government targets of keeping Britain's oil and gas production... [read more]
BP in oilseed tree project
Company sets up a venture with biodiesel firm to increase planting of jatropha, a tree that produces... [read more]