Britain's Cadbury (CBRY.L), the world's second biggest confectionery group, has rejected a $16.7 billion bid approach by Kraft Foods Inc., (KFT.N) but North America's biggest food group still hopes it can clinch
Google on Monday defended its plan to scan and publish millions of books online, telling a European Commission hearing it made access to information on the Web more democratic. The California company
Burberry, Investec, Segro and Rentokil look set to enter the UK's FTSE 100 index later this month after a quarterly rejig and to replace Thomson Reuters, which is delisting. Luxury goods group
European equities on Monday extended the previous session's sharp gains, boosted by Cadbury which surged 39 percent on a $16.7 billion bid by North America's Kraft Foods. At 0844 GMT, the FTSEurofirst
Shares in Asia rose on Monday after U.S. data showed a slowdown in layoffs, while Chinese shares extended gains on hopes that Beijing will pull out more policy tools as needed to
. Millions upon millions of words have been written about wine. They range from pretentious rubbish to simple common sense. The proportion of high-flown tosh rises in direct relation to the cost
. Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis is like the circus juggler who is putting on his best-ever performance before the whole show closes down – he is desperately trying to lessen the burden
— Banks suffer as incomes decline; provisions are increased — The combined profits of the companies listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) fell 54.2% year-on-year in the first half of 2009
British manufacturing output is beginning to stabilise after falling sharply since late last year, but recovery is likely to be slow, the Engineering Employers Federation said on Monday. The EEF's third-quarter business
Chinese shares rose on Monday to extend gains on hopes that Beijing will continue to use policy to support asset prices, while gold prices dipped but kept within striking distance of $1,000
