BP have announced today that work continues on the relief well at the site of the oil leak, after a fierce Tropical Storm called Bonnie intervened over the weekend.
ARM Holdings, the chipmaker, has risen 2.04 pct on the FTSE 100 following its licensing arrangements with No 1 software maker Microsoft Corp.
House prices are stabalising according to a survey of over 5,000 estate agents across all postcode districts in England and Wales.
BT SmartWater is an initiative to combat thievery of its lines by BT Openreach after rising prices, meant that BT's copper became more valuable.
Once every two years, Farnborough, a town of 58,000 in the north-east corner of Hampshire, finds itself for a few summer days at the centre of world aviation attention when it hosts the Farnborough International Airshow and companies and their representatives gather to buy, sell and promote their wares and services.
Shares in Reckitt Benckiser were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading despite posting a rise in net income of 23 per cent in the second quarter of the year to £380 million.
Tony Hayward, CEO of troubled oil giant BP is likely announce his resignation within the next 24 hours, it is being reported.
Channel Five has been bought by Northern & Shell, the company owned and run by Richard Desmond, also known as "Dirty Desmond" for making much of his fortune from pornographic publications.
The government has cancelled a lead firm on the e-borders contract over delays, Immigration Minister Damien Green said.
Shares in Fuller, Smith & Turner were up in afternoon trading after the pub-owner reported a rise in sales in the quarter ended 17 July.
The British Banker's association has said that high street lending figures for June show a net consumer credit, business credit and mortgage lending fall.
Shares in BP were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading as BPs attempts to deal with a catastrophic oil leak look like being hampered by a tropical storm gathering in the Bahamas.
UK's Gross Domestic Product grew by 1.1 pct last quarter as economists forecasts were left behind in a massive construction, business and manufacturing growth that beat forecasts by as much as two times forecast of 0.5 - 0.7 pct.
Shares in Vodafone were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group said it had returned to organic revenue growth in the quarter ended 30 June.
Car production rose by more than a quarter in June according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Shares in BP were up in afternoon trading on the FTSE 100 despite coming under fire for posting doctored pictures relating to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on its website.
Retail sales are up 1.3 pct year-on-year after the official figures were released by the Office of National Statistics showing a whopping 4.4 pct increase in non-foods.
Santander is apparently gearing up to launch an IPO for its Abbey National and Alliance & Leicester UK (including Bradford & Bingley deposits) onto the stock market to raise money for its expansion here.
Sports Direct, the UK's number one sports retailer, has boasted of 49 pct increase in profits after a strong year's earnings boosted profits before tax.
Shares in Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the company said it was cautious about the near future, after delivering a statement for the second quarter ended 10 July.
Boeing's competitor to the huge double-decker A380 is 'probably' going to be delivered late, after schedule was delayed, according to Boeing's Vice President of programs, Pat Shanahan.
Shares in Kingfisher were up on the FTSE 100 and are a recommended buy ahead of tomorrow's statement on Q2 trading from the company.
Shares in Land Securities were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the company said it would be beginning work on its Trinity Leeds development in Leeds city centre.
Scottish retail sales have fallen in June according to the Scottish Retail Consortium and KPMG.
The Bank of England has voted 7-1 against raising rates in their latest interest rate meeting, minutes reveal today.
Shares in chemical company Johnson Matthey were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group reported a rise in sales excluding precious metals, of 32 per cent in the first quarter ended 30 June.
Cabin crew have voted by two-third majority to reject the latest offer from airline British Airways, whose shares fell 2.6 pence on the news.
Shares in BP were up in afternoon trading on the FTSE 100 after losing over one per cent of their value in morning trading.
Cable & Wireless Worldwide, the telecoms provider that was spun off from Cable & Wireless Communications, has issued a warning that full-year earnings would be negatively impacted by austerity cuts sendings its shares sliding 16 pct.
UK economists are getting increasingly pessimistic on growth as a whole host of new data emerged today on the 'poor state' of public finances.
