JOHANNESBURG - The Red Cross says they need $32 million to feed 220,000 Zimbabweans who cannot access hard currency in the collapsed economy. The Red Cross' Zimbabwe representative Stephen Omollo said Wednesday the International Federation of Red Cr
LONDON - Auctioneer Christie's says a drawing by Raphael has sold for about 29.2 million pounds . Christie's says the Italian virtuoso's work has won one of the highest prices ever paid for an Old Master at auction. A portrait by Dutch master Rembra
Glasgow City Council, Scotland's largest local authority, is considering cuts of about £30m next year.Options being proposed include reducing opening hours at some smaller museums and charging for some children to receive school breakfasts. Th
The government has announced a £60m aid package to help Teesside recover from the loss of 1,700 jobs at the Corus steelworks plant in Redcar.Business secretary Lord Mandelson said the support would be a combination of direct and immediate he
Apax Partners will on Tuesday announce the £975m buy-out of Marken, the provider of distribution services to the pharmaceutical industry, generating big profits for its management and Intermediate Capital Group, which acquired the company in 2007.Th
The government will cancel some parts of its NHS IT scheme and allow trusts to develop their own systems in moves saving £600m, Andy Burnham told MPs.The health secretary said the £12bn scheme - criticised over delays and costs - would b
The new NI Education and Skills Authority (ESA) has cost £7m of public money despite not officially existing.The new body was supposed to replace the existing education and library boards on January 1 but a political row has prevented its crea
SAO PAULO - Brazilian media report that thieves tunneled their way to a money transport firm and made off with nearly $6 million. The G1 Web site of Brazil's Globo TV says thieves rented a house about 100 meters away from Transnacional Transporte d
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