Profits decline at BHP Billiton
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:55:26 GMT
Falling prices of iron ore and coal push down profits at the world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton.
RBS boss: 'Prove critics wrong'
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:05 GMT
RBS boss Stephen Hester breaks his silence on the controversy surrounding his bonus, saying the attention had been "discomforting, to say the least".
Euro 'could survive Greece exit'
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:12 GMT
Pressure is rising as Greece's government once more postponed a crucial meeting to agree tough reforms, and Europe's leaders openly discuss Greece leaving the euro.
Police failed over hack warnings
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:09:17 GMT
Police should have warned people whose phones were hacked by the News of the World, a judicial review - pushed for by Lord Prescott - rules.
Gulf states fuel Syria isolation
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:51:12 GMT
Gulf Arab states expel Syria's ambassadors, accusing Damascus of shunning Arab efforts to end months of bloodshed, as Russian officials visit President Assad.
Argentina to go to UN on islands
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:26:02 GMT
Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.