UK Nationwide’s H1 profit drops 18 percent

British mutual lender Nationwide reported an 18 percent drop in its half-year profit, and said funding arrangements for the UK depositor protection scheme should be changed so that risk-averse banks contribute less.

MP3 player headphones may hinder pacemakers

Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. The MP3 players themselves posed no threat to pacemakers

YouTube to post full-length MGM films

YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing, the company told Reuters on

China stimulus plan boosts stocks,commodities

Asian stocks and commodity prices climbed on Monday after China unveiled a nearly $600 billion economic stimulus plan, one of many measures countries are undertaking to limit the economic fallout from the