Interest rates were in focus and the speculation is that European Central Bank's rate cuts expected next week will be sizeable. Fresh data shows November's euro zone inflation plunged to 2.1% and unemployment rose faster than expected. Most analysts...
So let the conversation begin. I have a feeling. It's going to be very interesting. America's next administration is starting to take shape with daily leaks and drips of speculation. The New York Times claims Hillary Clinton will accept the post of S...
Between them, they represent 90 percent of the world's economic activity, 20 world leaders are trying to find a way to dig the global economy out of a hole. Even their host President Bush admits they can only make a start if that this summit, which k...
The moment of triumph and truth, the moment when Barack Obama watching television with his family and friends, realized he was about to become the most powerful person in the world. These still photographs just released show a man who appears as ever...
It's that time again. Having just scraped in November, already we are confronted with lights, decorations and all things festive. But in the retail industry, Christmas is something that's definitely worth preparing for. Stores know it's their most im...
The skilled workmen at Allen Brothers Timber in Berwick-upon-Tweed are busy, but only after 40 of the 250 staff were made redundant when orders for their bespoke windows and doors began to slow. Im very pleased to say that 20 out of those people were...
In the reshuffle, the Prime Minister has put me in change of the immigration policy? Phil Woolas appointment as Immigration Minister ruffled a few feathers amongst pro-immigration campaigners, and his latest comments would have done nothing to ease t...
It's 30 years since the so-called Cod Wars. The relations between London and Reykjavik are almost as frosty now as they were then, with the prime minister using the most undiplomatic of language and threatening to sue the government of Iceland. We be...
Just when some people are most in need, others have less to give. In these lean times, greater numbers are relying on charity. But donations are getting harder to raise. Judy Nord hopes her card-making will some day raise money for charity. Her cance...
Its a High Street name in need of rescuing, but talks to find a private buyer have run out of time. Santander was interested in some of Bradford Bingleys assets, but wouldnt be rushed into a weekend deal. The government has decided, the taxpayer has...
