Tobacco Firms Fight EU Picture Warning Rules

The world's biggest tobacco companies have made a legal bid to have new EU health warnings and a ban on menthol cigarettes overturned. Philip Morris International (PMI) and British American Tobacco (BAT), with support from other companies including...

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Millions To Receive New Tax Payments Summary

Millions of taxpayers will receive a new annual tax payments summary from this week under a scheme introduced by Chancellor George Osborne. Some 16 million Pay As You Earn (PAYE) taxpayers will receive the summaries in the post, which set out exactly...

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RBS To Help Cops Catch White-Collar Criminals

Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland is to help it investigate complex financial crimes with the City of London police, it has been confirmed. In what it described as a "landmark agreement", the bank which is 80% owned by the Government, will help...

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Thousands To Benefit From Rise In Living Wage

By Katie Spencer, Sky News Reporter Around 35,000 people are set to benefit from a 20p rise in the UK living wage, but more than five million people are still earning below its hourly basic rate of £7.85. Care worker Perrine Roland told Sky News...

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RBS Faces Record FCA Fine For 2012 IT Failure

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The City regulator is to fine the taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) tens of millions of pounds for an IT failure in 2012 which left customers without access to their money. Sky News can reveal that the Financial...

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World Trade Center Reopens 13 Years On

By Sky News US Team Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center is again opening for business. Publishing company Conde Nast will start moving on Monday into One World Trade Center, a 104-storey skyscraper...

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Ryanair: It's Good To Be Nice To Passengers

No-frills carrier Ryanair has seen half-year profit rise by a third, on the back of fare increases and being "nicer" to passengers. It said a 5% rise in ticket prices and 4% boost in seat loading were key factors behind the 32% rise in pre-tax profit,...

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Brazil Plans Own Internet Cable To Beat Spies

Brazil is beating the National Security Agency's (NSA) web snoops by building its own 3,500-mile internet cable under the Atlantic. Internet communications are relayed around the world using undersea cables - but revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward...

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HSBC Prepares For UK Forex Fines Of £236m

Banking giant HSBC has set aside almost £250m as it prepares itself to be hit with fines over alleged foreign exchange manipulation. It said it has made a $378m (£236m) provision for potential penalties following an investigation by Britain's Financial...

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Merkel Warns Cameron On EU Immigration: Reports

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is reported to have made clear she will withdraw her support for Britain's continued EU membership if David Cameron insists on pushing through curbs on immigration. News weekly Der Spiegel quoted government sources...

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