By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, was certified t... [Full Article]
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's flagship gay marriage policy deepened a rift in his own party on Monday after many of his own MPs defied him in a sign of growing strains on his leadership and his coalition gove... [Full Article]
By Emily Flitter and Katya Wachtel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investiga... [Full Article]
By Christine Murray LONDON (Reuters) - The government said on Friday it had hired a team of auditors to investigate whether it was overcharged on two contracts with outsourcing firms Serco and G4S. The Ministry of Justice said auditors from professio... [Full Article]
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in state-backed Lloyds Banking Group rose above the level which the government sees as its break-even price after its 20.5 billion pound rescue of the bank, raising hopes of a sale this year. Lloyds shares, ... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels cut on Saturday a newly built desert road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while the state media reported that government troops have secured the highway between the ca... [Full Article]
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - British judges ruled on Wednesday that the government has breached European Union air quality law and asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for guidance on what action needs to be taken, delaying immediate impr... [Full Article]
ROME (AP) - Italy's new government easily passed its first confirmation vote Monday in Parliament after Premier Enrico Letta made concessions to his uneasy coalition allies, promising to ease part of a slate of austerity measures that have weigh... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Italy's stock market was the big gainer Monday at the start of an action-packed week in financial markets, as investors cheered the news that a new government was ready to take the helm after two months of political deadlock. (Sour... [Full Article]
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 edged higher on Monday, underpinned by strength in miners but lagging European peers after Italy ended months of political deadlock by forming a government. At 9:00 a.m, the FTSE 100 was up 5.38 point... [Full Article]