Google Privacy: EU Countries Take Action

A group of European regulators has brought legal action against Google to try to force the tech giant to overhaul its privacy practices. Data protection authorities from France, Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Italy agreed on the joint...

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Welfare Shake-Up 'Could Increase Fraud'

Osborne Defends Benefits Shake-Up Updated: 5:14pm UK, Tuesday 02 April 2013 George Osborne has robustly defended the Government's controversial benefits shake-up - insisting Britain can no longer afford to reward people who do the "wrong thing". Speaking...

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South Korea Warns Military Action An 'Option'

South Korea's defence minister, Kim Kwan-jin, has said that military action is an "option" to protect its citizens in its stand off with North Korea. The news comes as the United States has said it will "not accept" North Korea as a nuclear state, after...

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Vodafone Shares Slip As Verizon Denies Deal

Verizon Communications has denied speculation that it was preparing to bid for Vodafone - either alone or with others. It comes after speculation that the US telecommunications company would pair-up with its biggest rival AT&T to buy out the British...

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Australia Reveals Big Firms' Tax Details

Australia will force corporate giants such as Google and Apple to disclose their tax arrangements in an effort to curb alleged tax avoidance by multinationals. "The government intends to improve transparency around how much tax large enterprises are...

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RBS Shareholders Launch £4bn Lawsuit

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent A group of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shareholders has launched proceedings against the bank and four directors, including former chief executive Fred Goodwin. The RBOS Shareholder Action...

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Barclays 'Must Learn' From Culture Review

Barclays must go further in overhauling its pay practices after a culture of "overly generous" bonuses put profit first in the run-up to the bank's Libor scandal, an independent review has revealed. A report by lawyer Anthony Salz, who was commissioned...

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Moleskine Shares Rise After Debut In Milan

Shares in notebook maker Moleskine have risen following their market debut in Milan. The company - known for its jotters based on originals used by Ernest Hemingway and Vincent Van Gogh - is the first to join the main Milan stock exchange this year....

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SSE Fined £10.5m By Ofgem Over Mis-Selling

Energy provider SSE has been fined £10.5m by industry watchdog Ofgem for repeated mis-selling to householders. The regulator said the proposed penalty is the largest it has made against an energy firm. It relates to failures at "every stage" of the...

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Citizens Advice Chief To Head Banking Panel

The head of the Citizens Advice network is to chair a panel being set up by Britain's banks to provide an early-warning system aimed at preventing another industry mis-selling scandal. I have learnt that Gillian Guy, chief executive of the charity which...

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