Union leaders call off the first of three strikes that threatened to paralyse some of the UK’s top airports.

An Adriatic fishing zone off Croatia prompts EU warnings of negative consequences.

The founder of South Korean industrial firm Daewoo is pardoned as part of an annual New Year amnesty.

The founder of South Korean industrial firm Daewoo is pardoned as part of an annual New Year amnesty.

Surveillance is “endemic” in more nations than ever, a report by campaigners for personal privacy claims.

Cyprus and Malta are adopting the euro, making the single-currency area a club of 15.

Unions are optimistic a deal can be reached in talks to avert a series of strikes at the UK’s busiest airports.

Waitrose unveils plans to expand overseas with a deal to open its food stores in the United Arab Emirates.

Sales in the US by online retailers rise 19% between 1 November and 27 December, comScore says.

Sales in the US by online retailers rise 19% between 1 November and 27 December, comScore says.

Sales in the US by online retailers rise 19% between 1 November and 27 December, comScore says.

Sir Richard Branson tells Virgin Atlantic staff unhappy with wages to quit ahead of a planned New Year strike.

Pakistan’s main stock market index falls 4.7% in the first trading since the death of Benazir Bhutto.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng share index finishes the year up 39%, its biggest annual rise since 1999.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng share index finishes the year up 39%, its biggest annual rise since 1999.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng share index finishes the year up 39%, its biggest annual rise since 1999.

Fresh talks are to be held in an attempt to avert a series of strikes by workers at some of the UK’s busiest airports.

Starbucks’ most successful CEO shows you how he got the job done, with a smile.

A blizzard of tech gadgets will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show next week.

Web applications are hot–and either destined to be the next big thing on the Web or the next bubble.

The Blackberry-maker falls at the close of the eyar as investors wonder if it can keep its momentum in the new year.

The nation’s largest savings and loan company ended a bad year with a slight lift.


Anglo-Dutch oil firm Shell is considering the position of a number of workers as part of a review of its operations.

GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca are co-operating with a probe into breaches of Iraq’s oil-for-food programme.

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