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US retail giant appointing outsider to top post for first time.

Pattinson opens up about his former girlfriend's betrayal

Vidal's agent is working round the clock to push through a move to Manchester United.

Carillion apparently changed the terms of the deal.

UK consumer confidence hit nine-year high in June 2014.

The production was due to resume on Wednesday, with five key cast members without deals for season eight

Arsenal and Manchester United will reportedly tussle for William Carvalho's signature after Sporting Lisbon agree to sell.

The British Gas owner's operating profit fell to £1bn from £1.5bn a year earlier.

BofA penalty is below the $2.1bn sought by US Department of Justice.

Disaster in India's Maharashtra state claims 27 lives so far while eight people have been rescued.

However Lloyds said 'the scale of potential change is currently unclear'

Tottenham are close to landing young English defender Eric Dier from Sporting Lisbon

Lloyds Banking Group reported a 32% increase in underlying first-half profit

West Ham United have managed to beat Hull City in signing Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson on loan

Morgan Schneiderlin has issued a come-and-get-me plea to Arsenal and Tottenham by submitting a transfer request to Southampton.

Liverpool and Tottenham are set for summer battle in signing Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony.

BoE deputy governor Ben Broadbent says any rate rises won't be dramatic

Wikimedia Foundation partners with Coinbase to accept bitcoin payments on its website.

Wilfried Zaha has revealed his former manager David Moyes isolated him at Manchester United.

Edinson Cavani is keen to move to Manchester United this summer.

Bayern Munich are hoping to beat Manchester United and PSG in signing Real Madrid winger Angel di Maria.

Argentina's deadline to make payments to restructured bondholders expired on 30 July.

Liverpool are considering a move in signing Tottenham Hotspur target and Southampton star Jay Rodriguez

Call up of additional reservists takes their number to 86,000 as US reaffirms support for Israel.

Going by the number of olfactory receptor genes in its genome, the elephant turns out to be the strongest sniffer species.

IBTimes UK previews day eight of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Discerning GTA gamers and tipsters shortlist most-anticipated DLC wishlist for GTA 5 on YouTube.

Ancestry.co.uk study reveals 3 in 10 descendants of WW1 heroes are unaware of military heritage.

Analysis of Otzi the Iceman mummy suggests he was genetically predisposed to atherosclerosis.