GW Pharmaceuticals has signed up Novartis to sell its cannabis-based drug Sativex in a range of markets, marking a key endorsement for the treatment from the major Swiss pharmaceutical company. GW said
– Strong quake in Japan rattles investors European stocks dipped early on Monday as renewed worries that high commodity prices will bite into companies' results prompted investors to book recent gains following
Britain's top banks should shield their retail operations from riskier investment banking activities and hold more capital to protect taxpayers from any future financial crisis, a government-commissioned report said. Shake-up proposals outlined
English Premier League soccer club Arsenal said Monday it had agreed to be taken over by American billionaire Stan Kroenke in a deal which would value the club at 731 million pounds
Scientists say they have moved a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain after finding a way to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the
U.S. crude oil futures hovered around $113 a barrel on Monday for the first time since September 2008 on supply concerns, while the euro climbed on increasing expectations of another rate hike
After a narrow escape from a potentially damaging government shutdown, even bigger budget fights lie ahead for President Barack Obama and leaders from both parties in the U.S. Congress. Obama will offer
Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya including an immediate ceasefire, the African Union said on Monday, but an opposition representative said it would only work if
Light smokers and non-smokers pay more attention to health warnings on cigarette packs that lack branding graphics, supporting initiatives being considered by some nations to draw more attention to the warnings, a
The stock market is proving so difficult to predict right now, it’s almost enough to make you want to turn to drink. Literally. The Wine Spectator Auction Index is at an all-time
