Today at 12:21:05 - How one lacemaking factory has gone back to traditional methods to survive

Today at 11:56:20 - The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rise in global food prices.

Today at 11:02:39 - Meadowhall in Sheffield was one of the first giant shopping centres in the UK. What sort of effect has it had on the local area?

Today at 10:09:35 - Travel expert Simon Calder has more advice for people doing battle with airlines and agents.

Today at 10:07:42 - HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.

Today at 08:27:25 - Fear sparks stockpiling of food in Russia as prices soar

Today at 07:41:42 - Rival Canadian gold mining companies, Goldcorp and El Dorado, lock horns in a $3bn fight to buy up Andean Resources.

Today at 14:12:10 - Two police officers have been suspended after confiscating a super-fast sports car from its driver and then crashing it themselves.

Today at 12:12:12 - Russia has extended the ban on wheat exports until next year's harvest, sparking fears over a global food shortage.

Today at 11:57:03 - The three Pakistan cricketers embroiled in an alleged betting scam are being interviewed by Scotland Yard detectives.

Today at 11:27:02 - People in the UK are drinking less for the first time in 60 years, according to new figures.

Today at 10:57:03 - The four-year marriage of Cheryl and Ashley Cole has ended in divorce at the High Court in London.

Today at 10:27:03 - A former FBI investigator has said jailed Amanda Knox is innocent of the brutal sex murder of British university student Meredith Kercher.

Today at 13:40:03 - Markets were cheered this afternoon by much better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls data, which showed the economy lost just 54,000 jobst in August, half as many as feared.Wall Street had been expec ...

Today at 12:53:10 - Government's chief environmental scientist says emissions have actually risen, rather than fallen, because of carbon in imported goods. West blamed for rapid increase in China's CO2The UK's greenhouse ...

Today at 11:36:12 - The FTSE 100 is up for the sixth day running this morning, shaking off a weaker-than-expected report on Britain's dominant services sector with traders looking instead to US unemployment data due at 1 ...

Today at 11:24:58 - Coast guard confirms fire is out and all 13 workers are safe

Today at 11:16:08 - Underwater images of the removal procedure

Today at 13:18:00 - Metro Bank has made an encouraging start to life on Britain's High Street attracting more customers than expected, says its chief executive

Today at 13:02:14 - HSBC today announced plans to stock £5 notes in nearly 400 cash machines as Bank of England are keen to get more into circualtion

Today at 12:37:34 - Northern Rock has launched a new version of its popular one-year Isa at 2.85%. Should you take advantage?

Today at 12:37:00 - Recruitment firm Hays reported signs of recovery in the jobs market, particularly in finance, but warned not enough jobs are being created

Today at 12:22:00 - A cooling global economy and an impending austerity squeeze in Britain will make the Bank of England wait well into next year before hiking interest rates, a Reuters poll of 60 economists showed this ...

Today at 13:12:56 - 1,500 jobs are being cut at Somerset Council over the next three years.Related StoriesDiscipline cases during BA row revealedBurger King in 'sale talks''Hawk-Eye' up for saleRBS to cut 3,500 jobsGulf ...

Today at 10:14:32 - Oil giant BP has said that the cost of tackling the Gulf of Mexico disaster had risen to £5.2 billion so far.Related StoriesDiscipline cases during BA row revealedBurger King in 'sale talks''Hawk-Eye ...

Today at 10:13:48 - Workers at a Coca-Cola factory are to launch a wave of 24-hour strikes from next week in a row over pay.

02/09/2010 at 18:50:15 - Fast food giant Burger King has agreed to a buyout by private investment firm 3G Capital for $3.26 billion (£2.1 billion).

02/09/2010 at 12:46:19 - Zara has made an online fashion statement by selling their fashion label over the internet.Related StoriesDiageo shares drop despite meeting targetsCo-operative Group reports half-year profitToyota f ...

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Today at 13:05:15 - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday, helped by cost cuts and sales of V8 juice drinks, even as U.S. soup sales fell.

Today at 11:51:10 - BRUSSELS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

Today at 11:36:06 - RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell up to $64.5 billion in new stock -- one of the largest in capital markets history -- to raise funds for the world's biggest o ...

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Today at 12:15:50 - A judge today ordered the extradition of a British man wanted in Spain over the murder of his girlfriend.

Today at 12:13:57 - Britain's building industry was facing a bleak future today after construction orders suffered a dramatic 14% fall between April and June.

Today at 00:00:01 - The liabilities faced by defined benefit pension schemes soared to a record high during August as market conditions continued to deteriorate, according to Aon Consulting.

Today at 00:00:01 - Outlook Barely a week goes by without yet more job losses at Royal Bank of Scotland. Another 3,500 posts were trimmed yesterday. The total (as estimated by the Unite union) is at 21,500 since 2009. So ...

Today at 00:00:01 - Outlook Further evidence of unhappiness in the housing market yesterday as Nationwide reported a second consecutive monthly fall in prices. And there's little likelihood of any sustained improvement a ...

Today at 12:03:16 - The latest news on: Markets, UK services, UK rates, Bob Geldof

Today at 10:05:07 - UK service sector activity grew last month at its slowest pace since April 2009, with a marked fall in hiring as employers worried about an economic slowdown and public spending cuts.

Today at 09:36:28 - China offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves on Friday, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could f ...

Today at 09:03:22 - Another oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico - just over four months since BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.

Today at 08:03:50 - The latest news on: Asia, Wheat, Euro, BA

Today at 08:02:54 - HSBC, which received no state bailout to survive the global financial crisis, warned that big British banks would move abroad if the Commission on Banking decides that they should be broken up. ...

Today at 08:51:01 - The internet has become too important for governments to ignoreGOVERNMENTS are increasingly finding ways to enforce their laws in the digital realm. The most prominent is China's “great firewall ...

02/09/2010 at 13:14:25 - Galloping inflation in American college feesFOR decades, college fees have risen faster than Americans' ability to pay them. Median household income has grown by a factor of 6.5 in the past 40 years, ...

02/09/2010 at 11:46:15 - Renting cars by the hour is becoming big businessCAR clubs, whose members pay an annual fee and then rent a car by the hour on a pay-as-you-go basis, are moving from a fringe fad for greens to a big g ...

02/09/2010 at 11:46:15 - Our story on shocking new accounting rules (“You gonna buy that?” August 21st) contained a shocking error. We should have said that the obligation to pay for a leased item will go in the l ...

02/09/2010 at 11:46:15 - A once-revered buy-out firm is going under. Who's next?FOR years people have been predicting the demise of private equity. Now they have a proper tombstone to point at. On August 31st Candover, once o ...

15/06/2010 at 12:45:00 - Analysis: Cheap loans will not make up for lack of gumption

15/06/2010 at 12:15:00 - The squeeze on first-time buyers intensified in April according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

15/06/2010 at 10:51:00 - Inflation eased in May to 3.4 per cent from a 17-month high the previous month, helped by weaker rises in food and petrol prices.

15/06/2010 at 09:49:00 - News Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stak ...

15/06/2010 at 01:01:00 - Traditional media, from television to newspapers, is pinning its hopes for a recovery in advertising on mobile devices such as the iPad and on the spread of high-speed broadband.

Today at 14:00:00 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4FA Vase, first qualifying round: Newport v Winchester City, Hartley Wintney v Brading Town, Andover New Street v East Cowes Vics.

Today at 11:38:00 - THE ISLAND could join forces with Southampton and Portsmouth to form a new body dedicated to boosting The Solent's economy.

Today at 11:37:00 - A BUSINESS-MINDED woman, who has combined a busy lifestyle with running her home-based 'department store', has been nominated for a national award.

Today at 11:36:00 - FOLLOWING a £400,000 interior and exterior refurbishment, McDonald's, Ryde, has created 30 new jobs.

Today at 11:35:00 - A FORMER air traffic controller at Sandown and Bembridge airports has decided to spread his wings - by trading in his plane for a motorhome.

Today at 11:34:00 - AN ISLAND businesswoman has defied the economic downturn by opening her third handbag and accessories shop.

Today at 13:28:50 - Thames Ditton Junior School will open its doors to prospective parents at 7pm on Monday, September 13.

01/09/2010 at 13:28:04 - A Middle Eastern princess is due to visit Chessington Community College next week.

31/08/2010 at 17:19:01 - Two meetings are being held to help parents who are planning to enrol their children at a Wandsworth secondary school in September 2011.

28/08/2010 at 07:00:00 - GCSE grades in Wandsworth are at a record high after an overall increase of six percentage points, the council announced this week.

25/08/2010 at 14:38:14 - Pupils from across Sutton were rewarded for their hard work on Tuesday with another record year for GCSE results.

25/08/2010 at 13:51:18 - Abi Ralph, 16, matched her winning Britain's Got Talent team name Spelbound with a spellbinding set of GCSE results.

05/05/2010 at 05:00:00 - Andrey Stepanenko, head of retail banking at Raiffeisen Bank The Russian consumer lending boom came to an abrupt end in late 2008, but convergence between consumer finance and traditional retail bank ...

03/03/2010 at 05:00:00 - The global economic downturn has left banks with tattered reputations and a financially scarred client base. They will have to work very hard in 2010 to convince corporate clients of their long-term ...

03/03/2010 at 05:00:00 - Growing demand: two women open sharia bank accounts at Bank Negara Indonesia Leading Islamic retail banks are developing increasingly sophisticated systems to maintain sharia compliance in an evolvin ...

03/03/2010 at 05:00:00 - At your inconvenience: in 2006, Vietnam had only 46 ATMs for every 1 million people Vietnam's large unbanked population and its growing middle class present a major opportunity for local and foreign ...

28/10/2009 at 04:00:00 - The Russian retail banking sector has survived the crisis largely intact, and the change of focus from growth to funding and risk management could have long-term benefits for its resilience. Writer Ph ...

Today at 14:03:11 - Roche confirmed speculation about significant job cuts to tailor its spending to tougher market conditions, but said it would not give details until later this year

Today at 11:11:22 - Extra buses and river services and a series of guided cycle rides are due to operate in London next week as the capital prepares for the first system-wide London Underground strike in 15 months

Today at 09:49:47 - The outbreak of bid speculation on the London equities market helps London shares stay positive, while the September rally faces a stern test from US data

Today at 08:59:59 - Canada's Goldcorp has launched a C$3.6bn (US$3.4bn) cash-and-stock takeover offer for Andean Resources, trumping a C$3.4bn bid made public only hours earlier by Eldorado Gold, another Canadian miner.

Today at 08:41:57 - European and Asian shares are slightly higher as investors are cheered by positive economic data from the US and a third straight session of gains on Wall Street.

Today at 13:49:52 - The Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal MP for Sheffield Hallam is selling the property through a local firm of estate agents. Before the election Mr Clegg had vowed to hand the taxpayer any profit made ...

Today at 13:34:29 - Only 142,000 new properties were built during 2009, the smallest number since 1923, excluding the years during World War Two, the Home Builders Federation said.

Today at 12:45:47 - Around 28 per cent of people admitted they had borrowed money to pay for their summer break, a fifth of whom said they would rather be in debt than go without a holiday, according to online travel age ...

Today at 12:14:59 - The Bank of England is keen to get more new £5 notes into circulation - of the fivers that are in circulation many are unacceptably worn or damaged.

Today at 11:30:22 - The cost of tackling the Gulf of Mexico disaster has risen to $8billion (£5.2billion) so far and BP is a fortnight away from sealing the well for good, oil giant said today.

Today at 00:00:00 - Dubai-based retail, hospitality outfit and mall manager Landmark Group is taking over Carluccio's for £90million, sending shares in the upmarket cafe and restaurant chain soaring nearly 47 per ce ...

Today at 00:00:00 - STRONG demand for televisions and Apple iPads boosted DSG International, prompting the owner of Currys and PC World to brush off fears of a double-dip recession.

Today at 00:00:00 - Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday announced plans to axe a further 3,500 jobs as it moves into a second phase of restructuring in its drive to become a smaller, better-run bank.

02/09/2010 at 00:00:00 - TOP flight shares in London soared yesterday as upbeat data from Chinese and US manufacturers helped investors to brush off a weaker manufacturing performance in the UK.

02/09/2010 at 00:00:00 - INSURANCE group Standard Life is slashing 500 jobs as part of a shake-up to cut costs and boost growth.

Today at 11:32:05 - Wall Street now turns its attention to the key jobs report after some reassuring economic data catalyzed a strong upward move in the markets in the previous two sessions. Although expectations concern ...

Today at 08:18:02 - The resource space is seeing further consolidation, with Canadian gold miner Goldcorp Inc. announcing Friday an agreement to buy Australian miner Andean Resources Limited for a total consideration of ...

Today at 07:34:46 - European stocks may edge higher at open on Friday, ahead of a crucial U.S. jobs report, encouraged by a third-straight session of gains on Wall Street overnight and a firm trend in Asia this morning.

Today at 06:09:02 - Branded convenience food products maker Campbell Soup is scheduled to report financial results for the fourth quarter before the market opens on Friday, with analysts expecting the company to report e ...

Today at 05:59:20 - Blackstone Group LP (BX) and Warburg Pincus L.P., the private equity owners of Kosmos Energy LLC, are considering taking the oil company public as an alternative to a sale of the company, the Financia ...