US jobless claims surged during the Christmas week to 6-month high
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployments insurance benefits surged last week.
The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday that in the week...
First export of US crude oil in 40 years has set sail from Corpus...
NuStar Energy and Conoco Phillips have finished loading the first export cargo of US crude oil in over 40 years.
The ban on exporting...
China’s manufacturing sector contracted for a fifth straight month in December
China's manufacturing sector contracted for a fifth consecutive month in December - representing the longest period of continuous deterioration since 2009.
The National Bureau of...
Waitrose top own brand UK supermarket followed by Aldi
Waitrose was by far top UK supermarket for own brand products in 2015, followed by Aldi, Sainsbury’s and M&S, says Which?, Britain’s Consumer Association....
Brit shouts BOMB at Schiphol airport and everything shuts down
What happens when a Brit shouts BOMB at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands? Everything gets shut down, people are evacuated and the man is...
New coins representing Shakespeare Potter and the Battle of Hastings for 2016
New coins released in 2016 include those representing William Shakespeare, Beatrix Potter, the Battle of Hastings, the First World War, and the Great Fire of...
FTSE 100 one of the worst performing global markets in 2015, down 4.9%
The UK’s FTSE 100 index was one of the worst performing global markets in 2015 as plunging commodity prices triggered slumps in the value...
BBC websites suffered cyber attack and not technical issues
Nearly all BBC websites suffered a cyber attack on the last day of the year - the problem was not caused by technical issues, which the...
Google robot BigDog too noisy and Spot no good either says US military
The Google-owned Boston Dynamics' robot called BigDog, that the US military had intended to deploy, is too noisy. The smaller version - Spot -...
Comet Catalina giving you last chance to see it
Comet Catalina, known technically as nC/2013 US10, will be visible for just a few days in the Northern Hemisphere as it passes Earth by,...