Dubai Autodrome appoints new GMDubai Autodrome, a motorsport venue has appointed Richard Birch as the new general manager, in place of Hamish Brown who left the company last month. Birch has been with the company since 2006 and brings a wealth of experience in More… |
Brown a hacking target as Murdoch delays BSkyB bidAllegations that former British prime minister Gordon Brown was a target of illegal data gathering by Rupert Murdoch's newspapers piled pressure on the media baron as he tried to prevent investors pulling out of his News Corp empire. Murdo More… |
Cameron becomes Britain's new prime ministerThe Liberal Democrats agreed on Wednesday to rule with the larger Conservatives under new Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain's first coalition government since 1945. The agreement between the two parties, reached five days after a More… |
Liberal Democrats in talks; Brown to quitBritain's two big rival political forces planned to resume wooing the smaller Liberal Democrats on Tuesday after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would step aside to try to keep his Labour Party in power. Brown's announcement disrupted More… |
Brown to call May 6 electionBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set to announce on Tuesday a May 6 parliamentary election which could bring down the curtain on 13 years of rule by his centre-left Labour Party. Brown will meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday to request More… |
Oman plans to buy Eurofighters says UKOman has indicated that it intends to buy an unspecified number of Eurofighter warplanes, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman said on Friday. The possible deal followed three years of talks between Brown and the leaders of More… |
Labour to remain biggest party says pollBritain's ruling Labour party will remain the largest in parliament, but fall short of an overall majority after an election expected on May 6, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. The daily poll in the Sun newspaper indicated the oppositi More… |
Brown putsch peters out, but Labour damagedAn attempt to oust British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ran out of steam on Thursday after two ex-cabinet plotters failed to win public support from ministers, but analysts said Brown's authority had been shaken. With lit More… |
Disappointment at Copenhagen justified: ObamaUS President Barack Obama said that disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure. "I think that people are justified in being d More… |
G20 united on stimulus, divided on bank reformThe world cannot be complacent about economic recovery and will need to keep emergency stimulus packages in place well into next year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday. Addressing G20 finance ministers and central banke More… |








