Two rigs that have been drilling relief wells at BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil leak are preparing to move out of Tropical Storm Bonnie's path, a spokesman for the rig operator said on Friday. Transocean Ltd spokesman Guy Cantwell said the rigs are pulling riser pipes associated with drilling from the sea and "preparing

Iran's Oil Ministry said the country had signed a 1 bln euro pipeline deal to take gas to Turkey and a Turkish firm called Som Petrol said it was the partner in the project. "The one billion euro deal to build 660 km gas pipeline was signed on Thursday during the Iranian Oil Minister's trip

Tens of thousands of holidaymakers were left without electricity on Friday after a series of defaults on a high voltage power grid supplying power to the Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, power utilities said. The blackout affected an area of some 60 km along the Black Sea coast, including one of Bulgaria's key summer resorts, Sunny

The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape. Armed with a gun instead of a lightsaber, the man entered a Chase bank branch in Setauket, New York, about 50 miles east of New York City, on Thursday and demanded cash from a teller, police

Tropical Storm Bonnie threatened efforts to plug BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil leak on Friday and officials said many of the vessels and rigs involved in the operation would prepare to move out of the system's path. "While these actions might delay the effort to kill the well for several days, the safety of

India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35. India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal this week unveiled the low-cost computing device that is designed for students, saying his department had started talks with global manufacturers to start mass production. "We have reached a (developmental) stage that

The euro slipped on Friday after a Spanish newspaper reported some of the country's 18 savings banks had failed stress tests to see how strong they would be if economic conditions worsened, highlighting nervousness ahead of the release of Europe-wide test results later in the day. Though some of Spain's smaller banks or "cajas" had

Several of Spain's 18 savings banks, including some that have been involved in recent mergers, have failed tests to see how they would cope with worsened economic conditions, a newspaper reported on Friday. Separately, Manfred Weber, the head of the Association of German Banks, told local radio that he was confident that German banks "all

Britain's top share index was higher on Thursday, led by firmer banks after recent upbeat earnings from U.S. peers and ahead of European stress test results, while strong June retail sales data also helped. By 0908 GMT, the FTSE 100 was 31.69 points, or 0.6 percent higher at 5,246.33, having closed up 1.5 percent in