The owner of British Airways must provide some sort of "cast iron permanent guarantee" on flights to Ireland if the government is to even consider its bid for Aer Lingus , Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Sunday. Aer Lingus's board on Tuesday recommended a 1.36-billion-euro (996 million pounds) of... Read More

Motif Bio, which is working on a range of antibiotics, is planning to raise at least 4 million pounds - and potentially up to 16 million - through a stock market listing in London. Motif Bio said it was in talks with investors ahead its move to list on the AIM market as it seeks funding to advance its experimental drugs. Motif Bio, which is led by former Merck executive and one-time vet Graham Lumsden, is buying righ... Read More

Cement companies Lafarge SA and Holcim Ltd are nearing a deal to sell at least $7 billion (4.65 billion pounds) worth of assets to Ireland's CRH PLC, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Journal noted that the sale of the assets in Europe, Canada and elsewhere was a precondition of winning antitrust approval for the roughly $40 billion pending merger between France... Read More

A pack of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds are pursuing a stake in the company that is poised to become the UK's largest mobile phone operator. Sky News has learnt that state-backed investors from China, Singapore and the Middle East have approached advisers to Hutchison Whampoa, the Hong K... Read More

The owner of British Airways must provide some sort of "cast iron permanent guarantee" on flights to Ireland if the government is to even consider its bid for Aer Lingus , Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Sunday. Aer Lingus's board on Tuesday recommended a 1.36-billion-euro (996 million pounds) of... Read More

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's upgraded view that growth in the world's biggest economy is "solid", and so capable of withstanding an interest rate rise this year, will be put to the test by U.S. jobs data this week. The Federal Reserve last week lifted its asse... Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) - Growth in China's services sector cooled to a one-year low in January, an official survey showed on Sunday, reinforcing expectations about the Chinese economy losing more steam in coming months. The official non-manufacturing purchasing manager's index, or PMI, fell to 53.7 from December's 54.1. That is above the 50-point level that separates growth from contraction on a monthly basis, but still a... Read More

The Islamic State group beheaded an Iraqi police officer and two soldiers, the latest in a long series of atrocities committed by the jihadists, according to pictures posted online Sunday.

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By Natalia Zinets and Aleksandar Vasovic KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Thirteen government soldiers and at least as many civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours in eastern Ukraine's separatist conflict after the collapse of peace talks, Kiev authorities said. "Fighting continues across all sections of the frontline," Kiev military spokesman Volodymyr Polyovy said in a briefing. The O... Read More

An Al Jazeera journalist, who has served 400 days in an Egyptian jail on charges including helping the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, has been deported. Australian Peter Greste was released from a Cairo prison earlier and is now on a flight to Cyprus. Mr Greste, along with Al Jazeera colleagues, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed, have been held in prison since December 2013. The trio were sente... Read More

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste left Egypt on Sunday after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars in a case that was widely condemned by rights groups, officials said.

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By Natalia Zinets and Aleksandar Vasovic KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Thirteen government soldiers and at least as many civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours in eastern Ukraine's separatist conflict after the collapse of peace talks, Kiev authorities said. "Fighting continues across all sections of the frontline," Kiev military spokesman Volodymyr Polyovy said in a briefing. The O... Read More

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The crowd at DirecTV's Super Saturday Night party came for Rihanna, and got a healthy dose of Kanye West as a bonus.

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Italian-born French piano virtuoso Aldo Ciccolini died overnight at his home in the Paris area after a long illness, his manager said Sunday. He was 89.

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By David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some charities that have received money from U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein said they are reviewing their relationships with him or will decline to accept any future gifts from him in the wake of recent allegations he forced an underage girl to have sex with Britain's Prince Andrew and other powerful men. Epstein, 62, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring an underage girl for prostitution and served a year in a Florida jail, has long burnished his reputation as a philanthropis... Read More

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler charged up a frenzied crowd on the eve of the Super Bowl that features his beloved New England Patriots.... Read More

PHOENIX (AP) — Jimmy Fallon is planning his own match-up on Super Bowl Sunday.

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