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Former brokers arrested alongside ex-UBS and Citi broker Tom Hayes charged with conspiracy to defraud.

GlaxoSmithKline executives 'routed payments through 700 travel agencies and consultancies'.

Apple is hiring aggressively to overcome 'hard engineering problems' with its iWatch project, the FT reports.

Concern surrounding Chinese growth will weigh on market sentiment next week.

Investigation at Heathrow Airport aims to establish the cause of the latest fire on board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has urged the Gunners to start on the front foot when the new season begins.

Arsenal and Manchester United are set to battle it out for Dnipro playmaker Yevhen Konoplyanka.

Fed in no hurry to hike rates after unemployment rate threshold is reached.

Markets rally on Fed chief's comment that there will be no immediate rate hike.

Japan’s central bank says country’s economy on road to recovery.

Consumer confidence in Japan falls for first time in six months on slowing income growth and rising prices.

Giant exchange group to manage the running of Libor after British Bankers' Association was stripped of its duties

IMF trims forecast due to a slowdown in emerging market economies and a recession-struck Europe

Japanese bank lending increases in June by 1.9% showing signs of improved economic conditions.

Daniel Stewart & Co's chief economist Alastair Winter looks at the week ahead for the financial markets

New Delhi calls blasts terror attack, blames Indian Mujahideen.

British and Canadian firms, along with Reliance, engaged in gas exploration in India.

Apple submits flexible battery design to United States Patent and Trademark Office. Will it power the rumoured iWatch?

Xbox Live Public Beta update expected to improve online service.

Barring South Korea, Asian markets finish higher but China growth concerns remain.

Exercise in Sea of Japan not aimed at any country, says China's official daily.

This is the eighth case of needle insertion in food products from Nagareyama area alone ever since the beginning of June.

SFO charged the former UBS and Citi trader with eight counts of fraud

Commissioner Adrian Leppard launches joint anti-bribery training with British Standards Institute.

Researchers in Yokohama say research has major implications for treating liver failure.

The ECB and the BoE are expected to keep interest-rates unchanged.

No explanation given but insurance market chief steps down days after regulator asks for information on Iran dealings

Markets looking forward to ECB meeting after positive US job figures.

ONS charts show UK's steepest decline and slowest recovery in 40 years, and a poor performer against other G7 states.

Paul Deneve has swapped haute-couture for high-tech as he joins Apple as head of "special projects."