Kentucky Fried Chicken is being prosecuted after environmental health inspectors found cockroaches, mice and flies at one of its busiest restaurants in Britain. More »
LONDON (AFP) - The price of gold hit a record high above 1,100 dollars an ounce in trading here on Friday following a report that Sri Lanka had joined India in purchasing the precious metal in favour of the US currency. More »
A case of larvae-infested fruit has triggered a recall at supermarket Asda. More »
There's good news for homeowners with figures from one high street bank showing house prices rising for the fourth month in a row. More »
Talks to try to break the postal dispute are expected to resume later as Royal Mail faces legal action over the recruitment of 30,000 agency staff during the strike. More »
Former Meryll Lynch boss Bob Wigley has emerged as the front runner to replace Sir Michael Grade as chairman of ITV. More »
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SHANGHAI (AFP) - The sharp rebound in Chinese stocks has seen the total fortune of the nation's ultra-wealthy balloon by 141 billion dollars, Forbes magazine said Thursday as it released its annual China rich list. More »
SEOUL (Reuters) - The body in charge of assigning the world's Internet users their online addresses on Friday said it had agreed to allow the use of any of the world's scripts, no longer just the Latin alphabet. More »
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