Rentokil Initial confirms it will close its current final-salary pension scheme to all members this month.
Oil giant BP has further cut crude production at its troubled Prudhoe Bay field, after technical problems.
It may be August, but they're having a snowball fight in Hell right about now.
The head of Microsoft's open source lab extended a very public offer to the Mozilla community to work to insure Mozilla software will run properly on Windows Vista.
Asda announces it is cutting its petrol prices by 2 pence, heating up the current fuel price war.
Hopes of a possible fall in UK gas bills are raised after regulator Ofgem says gas supplies may improve this winter.
Germany's budget deficit has dropped back within EU limits for the first time in five years, official figures show.
The average couple needs to save at least £29,000 to pay for the deposit on their first home, a survey suggests.
Bookmaker Ladbrokes posts a 12% rise in first half profits, thanking the football World Cup for the rise in earnings.
Hamburger chain McDonald's says its president and chief operating officer Mike Roberts has resigned.
Northern Foods is to close a bakery in Manchester at a cost of 690 jobs, with another 210 going in Shropshire.