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WORLD finance ministers were last night under growing pressure to intervene to bring down the crucial inter-bank lending rate as it continued to rise despite the massive injec

HARDY Amies, the firm which created the Queen's wardrobe for more than 30 years, has filed for administration after funding talks failed.

LIVINGSTON-based Component Sense has revealed it plans to make a bid for a part of troubled engineering firm Cemtron, which fell into the hands of administrators earlier this

DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors has had talks with smaller rival Chrysler LLC about a merger that would combine the No. 1 and No. 3 American automakers at a time when both are struggling to cut costs and shore up cash, according to a source briefed on the matter.

Qwest Communications International Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract with a union representing about 20,000 employees. The company made the announcement early Saturday. Members of the Communications Workers of America...

The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should carry the league's NFL Network on its popular digital cable package. In a decision released...

NEW YORK - Federal antitrust regulators on Friday cleared Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion acquisition of Wachovia Corp., capping a weeklong battle for the Charlotte, N.

General Motors Corp. is likely to announce further production cuts and possible plant closures as early as next week as it deals with slumping sales and a collapse in its stock price, a person with knowledge of the company's plans said Friday.

Tacos La Reyna, 271 W. 900 South, was closed Wednesday by the Salt Lake Valley Health Department for failing to keep foods at required temperatures, a notice posted on the department's Web site states.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to published reports Saturday.