LIVERPOOL, England, Dec 8 - Alberto Aquilani andFernando Torres could give Liverpool a double boost in their bidto end a disappointing Champions League campaign with their100th victory in the competition. The five-times European champions enterta
LONDON - A bad week for Arsene Wenger ended on a high on Saturday, as Arsenal earned a 2-0 Premier League win over Stoke City. Andrey Arshavin's first-half goal and a late second from Aaron Ramsey proved enough to end the north Londoners' run of th
BANGKOK - In a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 years, government negotiators said. It depends, however, on whether consensus
Cocoa futures in London jumped to the highest level in nearly 25 years following market talk of a small crop in Ghana, the second biggest producer after the Ivory Coast.Liffe March cocoa in London surged to £2,243 a tonne, up 0.6 per cent, and the h
European shares moved higher on Thursday shrugging off a pessimistic forecast from index heavyweight Siemens and led by gains in the auto sector.Siemens, the German industrial group, fell 2.2 per cent to €66.08 after predicting a decline in profits
Marston’s, the brewing company, on Thursday said it had seen further improvement in trading in October and November, although it remained cautious for 2010.The brewer of the Marston’s, Jennings and Banks’s brands said like-for-like sales at its mana
European shares held steady on Wednesday as the region’s drug companies edged higher on a positive brokerage note.UBS upgraded the eurozone’s pharmaceuticals sector from “neutral to “overweight and predicted the industry would start to outperform th
BT could be allowed to include some of the cost of reducing its £9.4bn pension deficit in the wholesale charges that it levies on rivals such as British Sky Broadcasting and Carphone Warehouse, the telecoms regulator said on Tuesday.Ofcom published
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