France’s Credit Rating Dow...

November 11, 2013

France’s credit rating has been cut for the second time in two years. Standard and Poor’s – the international financial services company – has downgraded France’s credit rating from AA+ to A...

RBS Set Back by Fines, Credi...

November 10, 2013

More bad news for Royal Bank of Scotland. The bank, which has been in and out of the headlines for the past five years over its controversial conduct and government bailout during the financial crisis...

Bookshop Owners Upset by Ama...

November 09, 2013

Amazon’s Kindle e-reader has been a huge success in the United States, capturing a large portion of the market for retail books and playing a significant role in the end of rival retailers such as B...

US October Job Creation Exce...

November 08, 2013

US economic progress exceeded expectations in October, with 204,000 jobs added to the economy. Economists and employment experts were pleasantly surprised by the statistics from the Labor Department,...