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Bank linked to Iceland Foods sale

Frozen food supermarket Iceland and toy emporium Hamleys are to be sold by failed Icelandic bank Landsbanki, according to reports.The bank will put its...

Barroso pressed for cut in interest

Fine Gael is expected to press European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso for a reduction in the interest rate on Ireland's international bailout funds.Party...

France upholds ban on gay marriage

France's top constitutional watchdog has ruled that laws prohibiting gay marriage do not violate the constitution, and noted that parliament was free to make...

Russia agrees nuclear arms cut deal

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the ratification of a nuclear arms cut pact with the United States, the centrepiece of US President Barack...

Mandela discharged from hospital

Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital, the country's surgeon general said.V J Ramlakan said there was no need to...

Elephant underpass opens in Kenya

How did the elephants cross the road? They went underneath it.Elephants have begun using Africa's first dedicated elephant underpass in Kenya - a unique...

Marston's enjoys bumper Christmas

Pubs chain Marston's offered more evidence that Britons deserted the kitchen in favour of eating out over Christmas and new year.The owner of Tavern...

Amazon sales results disappoint

Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, has disappointed investors after it missed sales targets and said profits will take a knock as it ramps...

FTSE lower on Japan debt downgrade

The FTSE 100 Index tracked Asian markets lower as investors reacted to lacklustre earnings in America and a credit-rating downgrade for Japan.There was also...

Palin condemns speech via Facebook

Sarah Palin issued a scathing response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, alluding to a popular internet slang to describe what...

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