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Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are "monolithic institutions" that dampen competition and should be split up, the former financial services minister in the last government said on Monday. LLoyds merged with HBOS during the…

A property in the UK is being searched as part of the investigation into the weekend's bombing in Sweden, in which one man died, police have said. A search warrant was executed at a property in Bedfordshire, under the Terrorism Act 2000,…

The Democratic-led Congress moved on Monday toward grudging approval of President Barack Obama's deal with Republicans to extend expiring tax cuts, even for the wealthiest Americans. Backers were expected to muster on Monday the needed…

Credit card offers are surging again after a three-year slowdown, as banks seek to revive a business that brought them huge profits before the financial crisis wrecked the credit scores of so many Americans. The rise is striking because it…

More than 80 artists, academics and politicians including U.S. actor Robert Redford, singer Sting and France's Bernard Kouchner on Monday called for the release of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning. Sakineh Mohammadi…

Australia is at odds with its major security ally the United States over Iran, saying it is not a "rogue state" and its nuclear weapons program is for deterrence, not attack, according to U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks. The documents,…

Ghana exports mostly gold and agriculture products. According to the Bank of Ghana the country’s export earnings during the first three quarters of 2010 improved on the back of strong increases in volume and prices of gold and cocoa. It…

Cote d’Ivoire’s President Laurent Gbagbo uses the country’s Constitutional Council, with the backing of the military and some southern ethnic groups and elites, to cling to power. The opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara defeated him on…

Dr Baawuah Osei-Bonsu, Head of the Oncology Directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in Kumasi, has advised Ghanaians to change their lifestyles and cultivate healthy living, to avoid getting cancer and other related…

The Public Affairs Director of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, Mr Philippe Ayivor, has stated that the company has budgeted US$1.5 million to provide sanitation facilities and boleholes for some deprived communities across the country. He…