LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will overhaul the way the government handles infrastructure procurement on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, and announce large savings on existing contracts. O... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's cash-strapped government is considering further cuts to its welfare bill, media reported on Tuesday, with a coalition source confirming an idea to scrap the link between inflation and rises in benefits payments had b... [Full Article]
It was pretty much all the money Bozena Oracz had after a working life as an accountant: the equivalent of $15,000. She placed it in a fund investing in gold, with the hope of paying for her daughter's studies and getting treatment for a bad kne... [Full Article]
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said he would consider asking for financial aid for his country only once the European Central bank has fleshed out its crisis-fighting plans for buying government bonds. This is the closest the leader has com... [Full Article]
The Spanish government has unveiled a savings package worth €102.1 billion ($125 billion) over three years as it tries to restore confidence in its public sector finances. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Savers across Europe are fleeing the continent's debt crisis. In Europe's most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of their banks as a way to protect their savings from the continent's growing financial s... [Full Article]
NEW YORK - The Empire State Building's owners once envisioned floating airships docking with the skyscraper's spire, but windy updrafts forced the dirigibles to abandon that dream. Today, the world-famous building may stand for a more pract... [Full Article]
More than a billion mobile phones are made every year but fewer than one percent are recycled, experts say, noting that billions of dollars could be saved if consumers go green. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Filipino Pascual Garcia III, president of Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank), takes an oath before beginning testimony as a witness in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona (not pictured) at the Senate in Manila... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - An official (R) from Tomato Savings Bank briefs people who have spent several hours waiting to get a number that determines the date they will get provisional payments in front of the headquarters of Tomato Savings Bank in Seongnam, south... [Full Article]