By Masayuki Kitano and Hideyuki Sano. SINGAPORE | Thu May 23, 2013 4:55am BST. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds plunged on Thursday, taking yields to their highest in a year and leading a selloff in bonds globally after Federal ...

Behind closed doors at the fund's Washington headquarters, Mr Osborne challenged Olivier Blanchard, IMF chief economist, about the Frenchman's comments that Britain was �playing with fire� over its austerity drive, setting up a battle over the impending IMF ...

The supermarket chain Morrisons enjoyed a day in the sun last week after it unveiled a 25-year, �170m licensing deal with Ocado to help it launch food online next year.

Profits at the energy giant SSE surged by 28 per cent on the back of a cold winter that left millions struggling to heat their homes.

The boss of Britain's biggest building society says a government scheme could make it even harder for first-time buyers to bag a home.

Up to 20 jobs are to go in Belfast after soft drinks firm Britvic announced it is to close a warehouse in the east of the city as part of a massive cuts programme.

The pound slammed into reverse on Wednesday as a sharp fall in high street sales dented hopes Britain is on the road to a steady recovery.

Full consent has been given for a 40MW farm off the north-west coast of Lewis - enough to power nearly 30,000 homes. Wave energy firm Aquamarine Power said it would begin installing its Oyster devices in the next few years, once grid infrastructure is put in ...

The company, which recorded full-year pre-tax profit of $35m (�23m) last year compared to a loss of $117m in the previous year, plans to switch its headquarters to Florida in the United States as part of a restructuring of the business.

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