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.
Uruguay's wine industry, particularly Tannat, received ample praise from New York City's gourmets and media during the recent Fourth Annual Great Tannat Tasting.
Wind-blown fires scorching the parched Paraguayan countryside have scarred almost 3 million acres of forest, brush, pasture and farmland, officials said Friday, forcing the evacuation of 15,000 people and threatening nature reserves.