Starbucks volunteers to pay more taxes
Stephen Beard Dec 7, 2012
The company is one of a number of big U.S. businesses accused of not paying a fair share of tax on their British operations.
UK press may face tougher regulation after hacking scandal
Stephen Beard Nov 29, 2012
UK officials are expected to recommend a new, tougher media regulatory body following a series of phone-hacking, bribery, and data theft abuses by the country's newspapers.
In face of debt crisis, EU asks for budget increase
Stephen Beard Nov 19, 2012
While most EU governments have been forced to freeze or cut their spending drastically, the European Commission is asking for a six percent budget increase.
UPDATE: Ford to transfer UK plant to Turkey
Stephen Beard Oct 25, 2012
Ford has announced the closure of its last vehicle manufacturing plant in the UK. The company is reportedly shutting down a van factory and shifting production to Turkey.
Could the U.S. follow the U.K. into another recession?
Diane Swonk Apr 26, 2012
The Federal Reserve has upgraded its forecast for the U.S. economy in 2012 but also downgraded its outlooks for 2013 and 2014. There are worries the U.S. could fall back into recession just like the U.K. did.
Meat theft on the rise in U.K.
Sarah Stolarz Apr 24, 2012
In the U.K., meat theft is on the rise and it's not just hungry individuals -- we're talking fully-fledged organized crime gangs. And it doesn't stop at supermarket meat either.
MIDDAY UPDATE: BP oil spill, toning shoes, and the Recession Generation
Katharine Crnko Jan 6, 2011
A series of cost cutting tactics and management failures by BP and other companies, including Halliburton, are to blame for the Gulf oil spill...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Ernst and Young, Kinect
Katharine Crnko Dec 20, 2010
New York prosecutors may charge accounting firm Ernst and Young for its role in the collapse of Lehman Brothers. New York prosecutors are...
