Women with stressful jobs that offer little room for decision making or creativity have an increased risk of suffering a heart attack — and this is even worse than stressing over losing a job, according to a study. The link between heart disease and job stress has long been well-established for men, but it wasn't

Standard and Poor's downgraded Cyprus' credit rating from A+ to A, according to Minister of Finance Charilaos Stavrakis, who said that although the decision was negative, the government had covered its borrowing needs from abroad for the next few months and thus the downgrading would not have a direct impact on the taxpayer. Stavrakis said

Britain's Prince William is to marry his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, ending months of media speculation about the couple's plans to wed. William, 28, the elder son of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, and Middleton, 28, daughter of self-made entrepreneurs, became engaged while on holiday

If "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" felt less frenetic than many fantasy blockbusters, then it was the calm before the storm. Cast and crew of the hugely successful film franchise have described Deathly Hallows Part 2 — the eighth and last instalment in the boy wizard series due out next July —

British Prime Minister David Cameron took his personal photographer off the government payroll on Tuesday, barely two weeks after the appointment sparked a political and media backlash. Opposition politicians had questioned the wisdom of the state paying for a "vanity photographer" for the prime minister at a time when hundreds of thousands of public sector

World stocks fell for the seventh straight session on Tuesday on persistent worries over Ireland's debt problems and China's fiscal tightening, and Irish debt yields rose further before talks on the crisis. Concerns over more official steps in China to cool its liquidity-driven asset price rally also weighed on copper as the country is a

The euro briefly fell to its lowest level in six weeks against the dollar on Tuesday and stocks in Asia slid on worries that Ireland will not be able to service its debt, prompting investors to take profits after a strong autumn rally. The euro was soft at $1.3572 down 0.1 percent from New York,

European Central Bank policymaker Axel Weber said on Monday that banks must be allowed to fold and backed the idea of issuing special bonds which would automatically convert to equity in the event of a crisis. Top European commercial and central bankers are divided over how to regulate major financial institutions, especially when they hit

Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (15th Nov) announced the extension of its 1million €7 seat sale, for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in December and January, which is now available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday 18th Nov. Ryanair’s €7 seat sale includes all taxes and charges so passengers who chose