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The U.K.'s leading banking association ended 2009 with a bang on Wednesday, accusing authorities of impulsive reforms that could undermine the U.K. as a top financial center and crimp future economic growth. Read More

Police are searching for a 39-year-old Milwaukee man suspected in the thefts of thousands of dollars of merchandise from Shopko stores. Read More

Registered childminders are experienced, self-employed childcare providers – often mothers themselves – who look after other people's children at home. Read More

The British economy, after contracting for six consecutive quarters on the back of the global recession that hit the economy last year, is now showing signs of recovery which provide evidence that the economy will mostly emerge from the downturn in the last quarter of the current year. Read More

LONDON--U.K. house prices rose for an eighth consecutive month in December, the Nationwide Building Society said Thursday, although it warned that prices may not increase much further in 2010. Read More

British stocks move higher in an abbreviated session Thursday, the final trading day of the year. Read More

Rappers Mc Hammer and Lady Sovereign will reportedly spend the New Year locked in a house together - as the stars of Britain's new Celebrity Big Brother show. Read More

This year's list seems decidedly "mainstream" compared to the other lists I've seen. Read More

Employees of a Georgia county near Atlanta have had their 401(k) employer match cut back as part of a broad cost-cutting effort. Read More

NEW YORK -- Trading champagne for caffeine, two convenience store chains are celebrating New Year's Eve with free coffee and hot beverages for customers in select markets. Read More