AMP shrugs off British debacle
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Australian insurer AMP returned to the black in the first half of the year with net profits of A$378m (£150m) after a disastrous foray into Britain pushed it A$2.16 billion into the red last year.
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Media & professional: Broadcaster 'sorry for any offence' after musician refers to 'paki shop' in live Glastonbury broadcast.
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Britain defended its role in Afghanistan  and the reliability of its equipment on Sunday after the  country's worst military air crash in years sparked growing  criticism of the British mission in the country.
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Instead of &quot;Think Different,&quot; perhaps Apple Computer&#39;s slogan should be &quot;Price Different,&quot; says a group of disgruntled UK music fans.
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Business & money: Global Radio refuses to rule out higher bid as it attempts to get the rival firm's shareholders on side
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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Ofcom rejects complaints about homophobic language by comedian Jim Davidson on the ITV1 series Hell's Kitchen.
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Americans see sport as entertainment. But the British do not necessarily want to be entertained at a sporting event. We require long-term emotional involvement.
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LONDON Tony Blair denies he misrepresented intelligence about Iraqi weapons before the war and is rejecting demands to apologize. The British prime minister tells the House of Commons he can&#39;t say he misrepresented
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Dell Inc has dismissed out of hand a rumor that has been doing the rounds recently that the firm has been quietly preparing a substantial distribution channel in the UK and elsewhere.
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The comment from the head of the mining conglomerate Anglo American last week seemed harmless enough. Tony Trahar said the political risk of investing in South Africa &quot;is starting to diminish -- although I am not saying it has gone.&quot;
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At least the innocent were spared possible humiliation. Even though Britain lost to Austria 3-2 last weekend and remain in the second division of the Davis Cup, Jeremy Bates was
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Some music companies get it, others don't.
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The pound was solid against the euro despite mounting concerns about the state of Britain's public finances.
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It did not go unnoticed among the press corps traveling with President Bush that British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized this week to fellow Labor Party officials for the fact that, as it
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- AMP Ltd., Australia&#39;s largest life insurer, posted its first half of profit in four after Chief Executive Andrew Mohl reduced debt, cut costs and sold more equity investment products. The stock fell as much as 3.7 percent.
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Union leaders say they avoided a showdown with Gordon Brown because they did not want to ruin his first conference as leader.