Existing Home Sales Fall in April
Sales of existing homes fell more than expected in April while prices slid for a record ninth consecutive... [read more]
Surge in demand for Polish beers boosts SABMiller
10.30am: Company says the influx of workers from Poland has driven up UK sales of its Tyskie and Lech... [read more]
Sales tumble at Next
Company reports like-for-like sales have fallen 2.7% since the end of January, sending its shares down... [read more]
Sony looks ahead after tricky first quarter
Sony profits set to rocket on film successes and sales of electronics. By Justin McCurry in Tokyo.
The law arrives in Wild West of Webcasts
Webcasters are suffering severe growing pains in the form of a looming increase in U.S. royalty rates... [read more]
Winn-Dixie reports $17.8 million in earnings
Supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy in November, said today it swung... [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]