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Italian carrier Alitalia is considering cutting as many as 1,400 jobs by the end of the year and may not renew the contracts of 600 temporary staff, Italian media reported on Sunday. The head of the airline, Rocco Sabelli, hinted at a…

The well is dead. Finally. A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S.…

The amount of pocket money children receive has fallen to a seven-year low, a survey has indicated. The average child currently receives £5.89 a week, the lowest level since 2003, and down from £6.24 in 2009, according to high street bank…

Wearing glasses ages people by at least three years, a poll said. Skip related content Those who wear glasses are perceived to be older and tend to be regarded as "geeky" compared with people who do not wear glasses. On average,…

Nissan Motor Co.'s main Chinese manufacturing and sales joint venture on Monday opened a new plant in Zhengzhou, Henan province, its fourth primary vehicle-assembly factory in China, despite worries among some Chinese government officials…

Scottish singer Susan Boyle has been given three different entries in the new Guinness World Records book. Her debut album I Dreamed A Dream was the fastest selling album by a UK female and also had the most successful first week's sales…

LG Electronics, the world's third-biggest mobile phone maker, has replaced its chief executive after record losses at its handset business. Nam Yong will be replaced by Koo Bon-joon, the brother of the chairman of parent company LG…

Google is the undisputed king of search in the United States, but the question remains, who's number two? Yahoo! has long held that position but Microsoft has been creeping up and may even have leapfrogged the Sunnyvale, California,…

A pressure test  on the blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico was set to be finished early Sunday, the last step needed before the runaway well can finally be declared dead. There was no word from company or government officials on…

Facebook has launched its location-based Places service in the UK. It allows people to "check in" wherever they are and see who among their friends and other Facebook users is - or has been - at the same location. The service also lists…