International Business Times

An official inquiry led by a judge into the press standards in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal is set to start on Monday.According to the BBC, appeal court judge Lord Justice...

As the turmoil in the eurozone continues unabated, the British job market is due to suffer a "slow, painful contraction" in the coming months as firms are in no mood to hire new staff, a new study has...

Millions of people across the United Kingdom will remember those who died in past and present conflicts with a two minute silence at 11am on Nov. 11, Armistice Day.It marks the moment the guns fell...

Western Australia and BHP Billiton, agreed on Thursday to increase the royalty rate for iron ore after it amended the State Agreements Acts. The deal, however, is subject to approval by the state's...

As James Murdoch prepares for a second line of questioning from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, one of the key investors of News Corp, Julie Tanner of CBIS, remembers the AGM where democracy...

The number of people attempting suicide on the London Underground has dramatically increased over the last 10 years, according to a report in the Evening Standard.Transport for London figures show 80...

Vodafone, Britain’s biggest mobile phone company denied any "sweetheart" deal with HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs) in a reported multi-billion tax bill. The company was accused of settling a tax...

The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has criticised Theresa May for "not revealing the complete truth" over the border controversy where thousands of immigrants entered the country without...

The U.K. jobs front continues to be grim, with the Trades Union Congress issuing a report Tuesday that unemployment figures rose 97 percent in local council areas over the past year.As the Office for...

BHP Billiton's indenture arrangement bill, a prerequisite to start the expansion plans of its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine project, has received ample backing from the Liberal MPs,...

Barclays can withstand the failure of European banks, says its chief executive Bob Diamond. "We can manage through that," he told John Humphrys on Radio 4's Today programme. He said they have higher...

European and world leaders at the G20 will discuss Friday the prospect of a European Union without Greece, having come to terms for the first time with the prospect that the country may have to leave...

September, putting it right on the threshold that separates growth from contraction. In manufacturing activity, a reading above 50 indicates expansion, below 50 shows a contraction.Levels of...

The U.K. has a 70 per cent chance of a double dip recession should Greece decide leave the eurozone and subsequently default its debts, a think tank says. Even if Greece is convinced to abandon its...

Reading Bloomberg News' article by Lorenzo Totaro at lunchtime, Friday 28 October on Italy's latest Bond Sale falling short of expectations and the country's borrowing costs rising, I quickly checked...

European nations are banking on the Group of Twenty summit in Cannes, France, Thursday and Friday to help hold back a looming global economic slump.The G20 Forum is a yearly conference of established...