Robust German exports have helped calm fears that the economic recovery in Europe’s largest economy is losing momentum.Exports rose by 2.5 per cent in October, extending a 3.6 per cent rise in the previous month, according to official statistics tha
LONDON - World stock markets fell Wednesday amid ongoing worries about sovereign credit risks and ahead of a key budgetary policy statement from the British government. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 13.89 points, o
Standard Chartered has played down its exposure to the financial crisis in Dubai, saying that any resultant loan impairments would not be material.The Asia-focused bank is one of several UK-listed financial institutions understood to have loaned mon
The climax of Europe's top club competition takes place in Madrid on May 22, just three weeks before England kick off their World Cup campaign in South Africa.
English teams have been losing finalists in the Champions League for the last four years
CHICAGO - Fears that the voracious Asian carp will enter the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to demands that the government close the waterways connecting the lakes and the Mississippi River. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and environm
Dubai’s national oil company has moved to assuage investor concerns that the emirate’s current debt problems could derail its £1.14bn offer for Dragon Oil. Ahead of a critical shareholder vote on the takeover next week, Emirates National Oil Company
Rob Andrew has warned fans could be turned off by the way the laws of the game are being interpreted.The Rugby Football Union's (RFU) director of elite rugby said the way laws are applied reduces entertainment. I'm concerned crowds will decline unl
An Irish eye surgeon has said an unprecedented rise in the number of cases of an eye condition could be directly related to people staring at the sun at a holy shrine.Thousands of people have been travelling to the County Mayo pilgrimage shrine of
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