Jimmy Choo steps out on London stock marketShoemaker to the stars Jimmy Choo stepped out Friday on the London stock market in a float valuing the business at £545.6 million.
17 October 2014
Twitter tweets start to singTwitter began letting people instantly listen to music and other audio by clicking on tweets from the popular messaging service.
17 October 2014
London pays homage to immortal myth of Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes never existed but his fictional address of 221B Baker Street still receives a steady flow of letters addressed to the famously intuitive detective.
Rolls-Royce cuts forecasts on Russian sanctionsRolls-Royce announced that it was slashing its earnings forecasts partly as result of Western trade sanctions against Russia, causing a share price collapse.
Smartphones cut into Google profit and share priceThe rise of smartphone use to access the Internet, and slowing clicks on ads, cut into profits by Google in the third quarter, the company has revealed.
Anthrax case in western KazakhstanA 65-year-old woman from Zhanybek region of West Kazakhstan Oblast has been hospitalised with anthrax.
17 October 2014
Bermuda braces for 'dangerous hurricane' GonzaloHurricane Gonzalo gained strength in the Atlantic as it barreled toward Bermuda, which was bracing for a hit from the powerful Category Four storm.
17 October 2014
'Maximum cooperation' demanded on MH17: Dutch PMDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has met Russian President Vladimir Putin to demand "maximum cooperation" in the probe into doomed Malaysia flight MH17.
New Zealand PM says UN seat a win for small statesNew Zealand's election to the UN Security Council is a victory for small states that shows chequebook diplomacy is not needed to win a spot at the top table.
17 October 2014
Rousseff falls ill after tense Brazil debateBrazil's President Dilma Rousseff fell ill at the end of a tense and at times bitter televised debate Thursday with challenger Aecio Neves.