Jobs plans split coalition partners

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:02:37 GMT

Cameron says he will examine ‘no fault dismissal’, as publication of so-called Beecroft report this week threatens to worsen coalition relations

Nasdaq ‘embarrassed’ over Facebook IPO

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:12:12 GMT

Chief executive says the exchange is in talks with regulators over potentially millions of dollars work of customer compensation disputes

Alibaba and Yahoo reach buyback deal

Mon, 21 May 2012 02:45:49 GMT

Alibaba will buy back half of Yahoo’s 40% holding for a minimum of $7.1bn, a deal that paves the way for the US internet group to fully exit its stake

EU summit to raise pressure on Merkel

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:20:06 GMT

Controversial proposals are back on the agenda. They were backed by some leaders in the past but forced off the agenda by the German chancellor’s objections

China buyers defer raw material cargos

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:52:39 GMT

The postponements and defaults of contracts are the clearest sign yet of the impact of the country’s economic slowdown on global commodities

Funds’ €60bn to buy European bank debt

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:13:24 GMT

War chest built up to purchase loans as many of the continent’s stricken lenders seek to sell assets and shrink their way to health

Nato seeks orderly Afghanistan exit

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:17:51 GMT

The alliance’s leaders meet to try to extricate themselves from the country over the next two years without letting it slip back into a civil war

Lockerbie bomber dies claiming innocence

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:17:40 GMT

Megrahi’s second appeal was dropped on his release from prison so whoever placed the bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 may now never be known

US and UK eye reaction to bank failure

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:54:48 GMT

The world’s first concrete plans are being devised to protect the broader financial system in the event that any of seven leading cross-border groups were to collapse

Samsung fears shrinking China demand

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:00:49 GMT

Chief of Samsung Electronics China says overall market for technology goods in the country will likely grow about 7% this year, down from 10% in 2011