People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic. Long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic Airways <VA.UL> has launched an application, or app, for
British retail sales will rise 1.9 percent over Christmas, bouncing back from last year's decline, but below the increases of the previous nine years, according to research published on Tuesday. The Centre
The U.S. dollar slid on Tuesday, especially against Asian currencies, pushing gold prices near record highs, while stock markets were steady ahead of several big central bank meetings this week. The Australian
U.S. stocks added to gains on Monday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 rising more than 1 percent, after manufacturing data was stronger than anticipated, while pending sales of previously owned
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said it will be forced to sell more assets than it had expected as another radical shake-up looms for Britain's banks. European competition authorities are set
Ford Motor Co (F.N) surprised Wall Street with a quarterly profit on Monday and raised its 2011 outlook to "solidly profitable," sending its shares up 5.7 percent in premarket trading. Ford, the
World stocks added to the previous week's losses on Monday, hugging one-month lows as investors pulled back from a more than seven month rally and prepared for the eventual withdrawal of stimulative
MTV Urge … Yahoo Music Unlimited … Virgin Digital … Since 2003 — when iTunes launched in the United States — all of these digital music services have come and gone, without
Nokia Oyj will close its battered gaming service N-Gage next year, acknowledging failure in its first major services offering. Nokia is looking for new revenue from online services as its traditional handset
Britain's top share index was up 0.3 percent early on Monday, as gains in commodity stocks outweighed slight weakness in defensives like pharmaceutical and tobacco stocks. By 0912 GMT, Britain's FTSE 100
