Portugal's president urged European and South American political leaders Thursday to make a fresh push toward concluding a long-delayed trade agreement between the two continents.
A new $5 bill, with enhanced security features, will enter circulation in early 2008, a new $100 bill will follow but an official introduction date has not been set.
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has called for a legislative overhaul to help prevent a repeat of the Northern Rock banking crisis.
US interest rate-setters have decided to cut rates for the first time since mid-2006, from 5.25% to 4.75%, more than had been expected.
World-renowned economist Alan Greenspan has warned that Britain's housing market is set to turn and predicted a difficult time ahead for homeowners
Britain's biggest sale of breeding lambs has been cancelled because of restrictions on animal movements.
The Government will give planning approval for the world's first large scale wave farm off the UK coast.
The European Union's top justice official is advocating for the bloc to open it's doors to 20 million more immigrant workers over the course of the next two decades.
Ministers took dramatic action in an attempt to end the crisis at Northern Rock as Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the Government would guarantee all deposits with the bank.
China raised interest rates on Friday for the fifth time this year, in the latest of a series of tightening steps to cap inflation and prevent the world's fastest growing economy from overheating.