Kim Dotcom, the 37-year-old man behind Megaupload.com, was already a notorious figure in the online file-sharing world before he was…
Greece is looking to its European Union partners to make last-minute concessions over an embargo on Iranian oil, complicating the…
Italy?s technocratic government has finalised a series of measures intended to liberalise an economy heading towards deep recession, in the…
The City regulator is pressing banks to cut bonus pools to reflect huge losses triggered by mis-sold loan insurance, as…
This week Europe?s banks had to tell their regulator, the European Banking Authority, how they plan to raise money to…
Olympus, the Japanese camera company at the centre of an accounting scandal, is to retain its listing as a public…
Google is a hard company to understand. Not in the ?so advanced and paradigm-smashing you can?t get your head around…
American Express on Thursday reported higher than expected earnings for the fourth quarter, concluding a record year marked by strong…
Germany?s Bundesbank expects to recover almost all of the 8.5bn euros lost by eurozone central banks as a result of…
A Chinese sovereign wealth fund is poised to buy a stake in the water network that serves London, in what…
Italy?s banks, led by UniCredit, were the biggest users of the special three-year funding mechanism launched by the European Central…
Veteran oil traders have a feeling of d?j? vu. They are dusting off old maps of the Strait of Hormuz…
WPP saw a stronger-than-expected finish to 2011, according to Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive, as the marketing services group looks…
North America will become almost totally self-sufficient in energy in two decades, thanks to a big growth in the production…
Attempts by the government to rein in executive pay have reached into all corners of the corporate world.
The Obama administration has turned down the contentious Keystone XL oil sands pipeline project, but has left the door open…
The internet industry scored a tactical victory this week with Wednesday?s blackout of sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit, and…
Asian companies have been far too reliant on capital from developed countries and particularly on US dollar funding from European…
