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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell on Tuesday, weighed by the financial sector after sharp declines in shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on funding concerns reminded investors about the fragil...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese consumer electronics maker Pioneer said on Tuesday it plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a...

Britain is on the brink of a recession and unemployment is set to rise 300,000 by the end of next year, according to the British Chambers of Commerce.

The good state of the order book in Portchester Engineering is partly due to the broad range of customers for the precision engineered parts the UK company makes

The exchange reveals an 18% rise in equity trades as it battles with a fall in the average value traded in UK equities and increased competition from upstart rival Chi-X

Aled Blake , Media Wales THE FTSE 100 Index stood more than 2% lower today as investors dived for cover in the wake of more depressing economic and corporate news. A bleak session on wall street a...

Organisers of the 2008 Olympics Tuesday opened three media centres for the games, promising to allow live broadcasts from anywhere in the city and full access to the internet.

The utility services group that is moving from Aim to the full list, expects more growth as utilities continue to increase capital spending to rebuild their infrastructures

Ithaca Energy is rejecting an offer from Endeavour International that would have combined the North Sea assets of the two oil companies

The buy-to-let lender saw shares drop 25% at one stage to just 30p. That is almost half the 55p rights issue price offered to shareholders under its plan to raise extra cash. B&B shares nosedive...