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OAO Gazprom neft chief dismisses reports that the group is looking to buy BP's stake in TNK-BP

A report by the activist group Greenomics finds that the palm oil company PT SMART has been honouring its commitment to avoid conversion of high carbon forests in Indonesian Borneo.

China will become the third-largest gas importer behind Europe and Asia Oceania, driving a 2.7% average annual growth in global gas demand through 2017.

Former Unicredit chief and officials allegedly avoided tax through use of complex financial instrument, 'Brontos'.

Lloyds Banking Group stocks lead FTSE 100 as the group announces £809m sale of Australian property loans

The US is well behind leading countries including Denmark, China, Germany and Brazil.

Qantas forecasts a slide in its annual profits due to a weak travel demand in its overseas routes and high fuel costs.

Flight software helps to control the launch vehicle during in flight and preflight tanking operations.

Mass Effect 3's unexpected ending seems to have surprised many, including the voice of male Shepard - Canadian actor Mark Meer - who discloses his experience working with BioWare.

Electronics Arts and Ubisoft have scheduled a press briefing, ahead of the 2012 E3 event, for 4 June; while we check out the top 10 most anticipated games for E3 2012.

E3 2012 is also likely to witness the participation of high-profile development and publishing houses such as 343 Industries, Criterion Games, Arc Systems, Konami, Tecmo, Treyarch and others

Electronic Arts (EA) confirms release of Need For Speed: Most Wanted through an official post on the Facebook page, while Bethesda Studios releases a cool video trailer on the upcoming Dawnguard DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Electronic Arts (EA) is expected to unveil a plethora of highly-anticipated game titles including Battlefield 3, Medal of Honor and Crysis 3, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Centre (LACC) from 5 June to 7 June.

UK oil major was approached by a Russian government owned oil and gas group to sell its 50 percent stake in Russian joint-venture TNK-BP, according to a source cited by Reuters

Martin Lewis founded MoneySavingExpert in 2003 and has built it up into a household-name brand, offering advice on discounts and campaigning on issues like PPI mis-selling.

As the battle to become the UK's supreme supermarket rages on, each side is bringing out the big guns in order to keep customers on their side and in their stores.

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.