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By Jonathan Cable (Reuters) The chances of a British recession are rising as the economy grinds to a halt, compelling the Bank of England to cut interest rates early next year after

By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa (Reuters) U.S. mortgage rates fell on Monday after the government seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, raising hopes the plan would provide at least temporary

By Clara Ferreira-Marques (Reuters) London's housing market may be cooling, but not when it comes to 10-bedroom mansions with designer interiors, indoor swimming pools and private gardens in the capital's most sought-after

. It was quite a long wait, but we finally heard some sense from the Finance Minister as regards the enormous public payroll, the high cost of pensions and the over-privileged civil

By Louis Charbonneau The world's wealthiest countries are reneging on promises to boost development aid, threatening U.N. targets for drastically reducing poverty by 2015, according to a new U.N. report released on

(Histrionics until Christmas?) By Tom Lawrence The umpteenth round of fully fledged negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem are officially launched Wednesday and all eyes are again on “that little island with

By Chisa Fujioka (Reuters) Former foreign minister Taro Aso leads the race to become Japanese prime minister, analysts and media said on Tuesday, after unpopular Yasuo Fukuda became the second leader to

Forget about inflation, says policymaker Two million Britons may be out of work by Christmas and big cuts in interest rates are needed now to stop the economy heading into a deep

But not much expected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looked east for support for Moscow's tough line over Georgia, which has inflamed relations with the West and prompted talk of a new Cold

CYPRUS GOURMET Incredulity reigns when I tell young colleagues in the wine business that wine tankers used to travel the seven seas transporting wine in bulk from the producing countries to importing