Four more years... of what?
11 hours ago
The next four months will determine how far Republicans and Democrats will take the US over the so-called "fiscal cliff".
11 hours ago
The next four months will determine how far Republicans and Democrats will take the US over the so-called "fiscal cliff".
14 hours ago
British businesses produce the goods and services that Americans want to buy. So more important for the UK than the re-election of President Obama is whether the Republican US House of Representatives will steer America away from its fiscal cliff.
DVD rental firm Netflix adopts a "poison pill" share-issuance plan to ward off a hostile takeover by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Protesters in Greece clash with riot police as MPs prepare to vote on a fresh round of austerity measures to secure the next round of bailout funds.
Striking miners at two Anglogold Ashanti pits in South Africa agree to return to work as tensions across the country's mineral sector ease.
Nissan slashes its full-year profit forecast by 20% after car sales slumped in China amid anti-Japanese protests.
The airline Emirates is unveiled as the latest official sponsor of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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