Apple Is First US Firm To Hit $700bn Value

Apple is the first company in US history to achieve a value above $700bn (£459bn). The tech firm set the record at the close of trading on Wall Street on Tuesday, making it almost twice the size of the next biggest company, oil producer Exxon...

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Sky Wins Majority Of Premier League Matches

By Paul Kelso, Sports Correspondent Sky has won the rights to show 126 live Premier League matches per season for three years from 2016-17 after winning the rights to five packages of games. The broadcaster, which owns Sky News, won the rights to...

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PM Hails Business As 'Country's Job Engine'

David Cameron has hailed business as "the country's job engine" as he unveiled plans to help expanding firms through the financial "valley of death". The Prime Minister said a Tory Government would launch a financing scheme to help the country's 500...

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Greece To Make Its Case For Bailout Break

Greece is to present to eurozone finance ministers a plan to break from its bailout commitments, despite intense creditor opposition. Speaking ahead of a vote of confidence on the proposals in the Greek parliament - won easily by the anti-austerity...

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US Cyber Security Agency Plan After Sony Hack

A new cyber intelligence agency is being created in the US after the "game changing" attack on Sony Pictures. There is currently no single government unit responsible for co-ordinating cyber attack responses - but that is about to change. President...

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Driverless Car Trials Begin Across Britain

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent A project to test driverless vehicles is being launched today in the hope the UK will become a leading global supplier. A shuttle is being tried out in the London borough of Greenwich and an electric pod will...

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Balfour Beatty Lures Ex-BHP Boss As New Chair

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The struggling construction group Balfour Beatty is lining up a former head of BHP Billiton's energy business as its new chairman amid speculation that it could receive a fresh takeover bid as soon as this month. Sky...

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Mobile 'Kill Switches' Cut Phone Thefts By Half

London, New York and San Francisco have seen the number of smartphone thefts plummet - thanks to so-called kill switches. Apple, Samsung and Google have all implemented techniques for owners to effectively render a phone useless if it is stolen. ...

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Sturgeon Claims UK Austerity Has Failed

More budget cuts would be "morally unjustifiable and economically unsustainable", Scotland's First Minister has argued. Nicola Sturgeon used a speech in London to claim the UK Government's economic policy had failed "categorically and comprehensively"...

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Cameron Challenged Over HSBC Swiss Accounts

David Cameron has been challenged to reveal whether he discussed tax evasion at HSBC with Lord Green, the bank's former boss who was subsequently appointed a Tory minister. There were fierce clashes at Prime Minister's Questions amid revelations that...

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