(Reuters) - British car insurance premiums rose by more than 10 percent in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three months, the largest such increase since 2010, recovery service AA said on Thursday.
LONDON - Investors are trying to beat a tax increase on buy-to-let properties in Britain, helping to push up house prices last month, a survey showed on Thursday.
LONDON - Investors are trying to beat a tax increase on buy-to-let properties in Britain, helping to push up house prices last month, a survey showed on Thursday.
Jan 20 (Reuters) - A trader from an Atlanta suburb admitted to involvement in what U.S. authorities have called a more than $100 million international insider trading scheme that involved hacking into networks that distribute corporate news releases.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - More than 80 international drug and biotech firms urged governments to work with them to combat drug-resistant superbugs which could kill tens of millions of people within decades unless progress is made and new antibiotics found.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - More than 80 international drug and biotech firms urged governments to work with them to combat drug-resistant superbugs which could kill tens of millions of people within decades unless progress is made and new antibiotics found.
LONDON (Reuters) - Real Madrid are the richest football club by revenue for the 11th straight year and La Liga rivals Barcelona have leapfrogged Manchester United into second, according to Deloitte's Football Money League.
SAN JUAN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday said that while the Obama administration was ready to do all it could to help debt-ridden Puerto Rico, only Congress could deliver truly effective change.
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has agreed to donate a "substantial six-figure sum" to Britain Stronger in Europe, a campaign to keep Britain in the European Union, according to a source familiar with the matter.
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has agreed to donate a "substantial six-figure sum" to Britain Stronger in Europe, a campaign to keep Britain in the European Union, according to a source familiar with the matter.
SYDNEY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The rise of mobile betting is transforming global sports wagering faster than regulators can react, flooding the industry with cash and potentially contributing to corruption scandals like the one roiling world tennis, experts and insiders say.
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Community fear and suspicion in Sierra Leone are obstructing officials' attempts to stop the spread of Ebola, health reports showed on Wednesday, after the West African nation reported its first cases of the deadly virus in months.
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Community fear and suspicion in Sierra Leone are obstructing officials' attempts to stop the spread of Ebola, health reports showed on Wednesday, after the West African nation reported its first cases of the deadly virus in months.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The solar system may host a ninth planet that is about 10 times bigger than Earth and orbiting far beyond Neptune, according to research published on Wednesday.
SEOUL, Jan 21 (Reuters) - South Korea aims to double exports to Iran in two years as construction and shipbuilding firms are seen benefiting from the lifting of international sanctions on the Middle East country, its finance minister said on Thursday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Glasgow and Scotland flanker Ryan Wilson was cleared on Wednesday of grabbing the testicles of Northampton scrumhalf Lee Dickson in a European Champions Cup match.
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank will keep all interest rates on hold when it meets on Thursday but highlight increasing growth and inflation risks, raising the prospect of further policy easing later this year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would grant U.S. privacy rights to Europeans is being delayed in the U.S. Senate, which may complicate negotiations over a broader trans-Atlantic data transfer pact that faces a January deadline for completion, sources said on Wednesday.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union privacy regulators are leaning toward the restriction of personal data transfers to the United States because of the risk of U.S. surveillance, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Glasgow and Scotland flanker Ryan Wilson was cleared on Wednesday of grabbing the testicles of Northampton scrumhalf Lee Dickson in a European Champions Cup match.
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday as the price of oil suffered its worst one-day drop since September, and the S&P 500 index fell to its lowest level in almost two years.
BOSTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Media giant Viacom Inc said on Wednesday it cut the compensation of its top two executives, Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone and Chief Executive Philippe Dauman, as the company faced business pressures and a sharp drop in its share price.
(Reuters) - FireEye Inc said on Wednesday it paid $200 million to buy privately held iSight Partners in a move to boost its cyber intelligence offerings for governments and businesses as the sector consolidates.
(Reuters Health) - Men and women veterans who experienced sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment while serving in the military are at heightened risk of suicide, according to a recent U.S. study.
(Reuters Health) - Men and women veterans who experienced sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment while serving in the military are at heightened risk of suicide, according to a recent U.S. study.