COMPANIES

BP tops FTSE 100 after oil major says it may sell its 50 percent stake in Russian joint-venture TNK-BP

BP is considering selling its 50 % stake in the Russian joint venture TNK-BP, after receiving a set of "unsolicited approaches", according to a company statement released today.

The credit ratings agency hits back at Italian government led market abuse probe, following S&P’s downgrade of the country

Indian GDP shows no signs of slowing, after only expanding 5.3 percent

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given its permission to Virgin Galactic for its suborbital spacecraft, SpaceshipTwo, and the carrier aircraft, WhiteKnightTwo.

Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission reported to start formal investigation into insider trading allegations weeks after "London Whale" debacle

'Rebellion Pack' DLC for the 'Mass Effect 3' multiplayer edition is finally here on all three platforms - PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. The new game-play trailer reveals the DLC content including new maps, skins, objectives and more.

'Mass Effect 3' Patch 1.03 brings new update for penalising AFK players after a set period of inactivity, patches up the infamous Vanguard warp/float issue, besides adding a multitude of fixes pertaining to story, EMS and PS3 frame-rates.

Deal to modernize the flight deck and avionics of US and Nato E-3 707 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft fleet.

Peru's government has issued a 30 day state of emergency in an attempt to curb the anti-mining protest that is currently raging against Xstrata's

Oil giant hit by US investigation into employee claims about Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while TNK-BP is dealt another blow

Greggs shares rocket after the UK government makes dramatic about-turn on controversial pasty tax.

Research In Motion is cutting costs as it has lost market dominance to Apple's i-phones and Google's Android-based phones.

Bankia and parent company BFA plan to sell its holdings in IAG and other companies to raise much-needed capital.

Boeing Co announces the successful completion of the software Preliminary Design Review for its Commercial Crew Development initiative.

Tradition and innovation can mingle, and meshed if boundaries for originality are maintained and respected, shares Pat Whelan, director at James Whelan Butchers of Ireland.

David Simon, CEO of Simon Property, named highest paid CEO of 2011 in AP analysis.

Jessica Harper, the former head of fraud and security for digital banking at Lloyds, has been charged with allegations of a £2.5m fraud from false invoices.

John Lewis online performed particularly well as the department store seen another consecutive week of double-digit sales growth.

While ST Aerospace leads the engineering development work in collaboration with Airbus and EADS EFW, EADS EFW will lead the industrial phase.

Bank's chief executive Lloyd Blankfein would be taking a pay cut and receive lower pay compared to his counterparts in JPMorgan and Citigroup, shareholders told.

Trading in shares of Spain’s fourth largest bank has been suspended over bailout rumours.

Alibaba raising funds for the buyback through a stake sale to China Investment Corp.

IronMonkey Studios presents Mass Effect: Infiltrator to Android Devices through Google Play, following its release to iOS platform.

BioWare has set tougher goals in the forthcoming Multiplayer Challenge - Operation Shieldwall - as the player's community failed to complete the previous weekend challenge - Operation Silencer.

Prada unaffected by eurozone crisis or Chinese slowdown.

The world’s largest manufacturer of PCs, Hewlett Packard, is feeling the heat of the global recession as it announced its intention to axe 27,000 jobs worldwide - about 8% of its total workforce - within two and a half years.

Company plans to complete layoffs within two years, mainly through early retirement to minimise number of redundancies.

The British defence group signs bumper deal with Saudi Arabia, which includes jets and related support and services