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BarCap fined £1.1m over cash risk

Investment bank Barclays Capital has been fined £1.1 million for failing to ring-fence client money in one of its accounts for more than eight...

Barclays set to axe 1,000 jobs

Banking giant Barclays is to move away from offering financial planning advice through its retail branches, likely to lead to around 1,000 job losses,...

Official sacked over Russia bombing

Russia's president has fired a top transport police official and lashed out at "passive" officers who guard transport centres in the wake of the...

Calls to continue Egypt protests

Egyptian activists have used social networking sites to call for a fresh wave of demonstrations, a day after they staged the biggest protests in...

Sober as a judge? Maybe not…

A Maryland judge who was convicted of drink driving is taking daily blood-alcohol tests before and during his courtroom work.Washington County Circuit Judge...

Malaysia police to whip pot bellies

A Malaysian state police chief reportedly plans to force out-of-shape personnel to attend group exercise on workdays.Sharifuddin Abdul Ghani, the police chief of Malaysian...

Woman sought after soldier proposes

The hunt is on for the pregnant girlfriend of a British soldier who called from the front line to propose - but dialled a...

Barr upbeat despite slower growth

Irn-Bru maker AG Barr said disruption caused by the snow and an increasingly competitive market slowed growth in its most recent quarter.The Cumbernauld-based company,...

Google to recruit 6,200 new staff

Google has announced it plans to hire more than 6,200 workers this year, boosting its work force by at least a quarter.It is the...

Weather hits WH Smith sales figures

The snow has bitten into sales figures from WH Smith but the stationery and books chain offset the weather misery by revealing a boost...

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