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Are Estate Agencies Making High Profits From The Housing Markets This Year?
Ever since the global financial crisis hit in 2007, the housing market in the UK has been in somewhat of a slump. As most...
Gazprom Charged with Abusing Dominant Market Position in EU
Russian energy giant Gazprom has been charged by the European Commission with abusing its dominant market position in Central and Eastern European gas markets. The...
Rolls Royce CEO John Rishton to Be Replaced by Warren East
Rolls-Royce chief executive John Rishton will be replaced by Warren East after his retirement on July 2. John Rishton, who has been at the company...
Tesco Reports Worst Results in History
British retailer Tesco has reported the worst results in its history with a record statutory pre-tax loss of $9.5 billion for the year to...
Oil prices to rise further
Oil prices will rise further, say industry leaders at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Indonesia. Industry leaders at the meeting in Jakarta...
4 Reasons to Invest in Bitcoin
Bitcoin has been shaking up the tech and finance worlds ever since it was first introduced in 2009 as the world's first cryptocurrency created...
South Korea: PM Lee Wan-koo in bribery scandal
South Korean PM Lee Wan-koo has offered to resign after facing accusations of accepting bribes. President Park Geun-hye has not said if she will accept...
Cirque du Soleil sells majority stake to private investors
Cirque du Soleil has sold a majority stake to US and Chinese private investors, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. Guy Laliberte, who founded the...
China unveils $46 billion super highway to Pakistan
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to announce an investment of $46 billion in Pakistan. The focus of the spending is on building a China-Pakistan...
Greece: Golden Dawn party leaders go on trial over running criminal organization
Leaders of far-right Golden Dawn party are among 69 people who have gone on trial in Greece on charges including murder and being part...
Finland elections 2015: Alexander Stubb faces strong challenge from Juha Sipila
Polls have opened in Finland, amid hopes that a new government will pull the country out of its three-year economic slump. PM Alexander Stubb and...
Cuba elections 2015: At least two dissidents run in local municipal vote
At least two Cuban dissidents will be standing for the first time in municipal elections on April 19. Hildebrando Chaviano is an independent journalist and...
A. Alfred Taubman dies aged 91
Michigan billionaire Adolf Alfred Taubman has died at the age of 91. A. Alfred Taubman, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to universities, hospitals...
Greece debts: Germany warns over finding creditors outside EU and IMF
According to German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble, Greece would struggle to find creditors outside the EU and IMF. Wolfgang Schauble said Greece would be welcome...
Barbie sales fall 14% in Q1 2015
Barbie maker, Mattel, saw its sales drop for a sixth consecutive quarter as the appeal of its iconic doll continued to wane. Net sales fell...
Banking and Card Fraud Increases in the UK
Online fraud has increased over the last few years, as the popularity of handling money online has grown. A recent report from the UK...
China’s economic growth slows to 7% in Q1 2015
China's growth slowed further in Q1 2015, expanding 7% compared to a year earlier, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in 2009. The...
Nokia to buy Alcatel-Lucent for $17 billion
Nokia is to buy France’s Alcatel-Lucent in a €15.6 billion ($17 billion) takeover deal. Under the all-share deal, Alcatel-Lucent shareholders will own 33.5% of the...
The Changing Landscape of IT Support
Several years ago the definition of IT support was a room on the top floor, full of experts who were on-site and ready to...
Greece default 2015: Government denies accusations
The Greek government has dismissed media reports that the country is preparing to default on its loans if it cannot reach agreement on its...
White House 2016: Marco Rubio announces presidential campaign
Marco Rubio has announced he will run for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election. The 43-year-old Florida senator said on a conference call...
Jean-Marie Le Pen pulls out of France’s regional elections
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front (FN), has announced he is pulling out of regional elections amid a row with his...
White House 2016: Hillary Clinton launches campaign to become first woman US president
Hillary Clinton has launched her campaign to become the first woman US president. The former secretary of state also announced a tour of key states...
Turkish state television bans opposition party’s election ad
Turkish state television TRT has banned the main opposition party's election campaign advertisement because it directly targets the government. The Republican People's Party (CHP) accused...
White House 2016: Hillary Clinton to announce presidential bid on April 12
Hillary Clinton is to announce her 2016 presidential bid on Sunday, April 12, according to Democrats sources. The forms secretary of state’s announcement will most...
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