Obama's Starbucks Run: 'The Bear Is Loose!'

Barack Obama leaves the White House to take a rare stroll to a nearby Starbucks. The president left without the travelling White House press pool, and photographers scrambled to catch up to him. As he left the White House on Monday afternoon he joked:...

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E3 Reveals Xbox One Call Of Duty Debut

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent E3 has kicked off with announcements from rivals Sony and Microsoft. The Seattle-based maker of the Xbox One was first to go at the games event. Hours after the console went on sale for a reduced price...

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Manufacturing Growth At Three-Year High

There is further evidence the economic recovery is becoming more broad-based with industrial production and manufacturing growth figures hitting three-year highs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) measured a 3% jump in annual industrial production...

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Buyout Firms Battle For Housebuilder Keepmoat

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor A pack of buyout firms is circling Keepmoat, one of the UK's biggest social housing providers, as George Osborne prepares to offer the housebuilding industry another big policy boost. Sky News understands private equity...

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Tycoons To Argue Case For Scottish Tax Revamp

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Scotland could become one of the world's five leading advanced economies if it adopts tax reforms designed to promote long-term investment, a group of economists and businesspeople will argue this week. Sky News understands...

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Time Warner In Talks About $2.2bn Vice Deal

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Vice Media, the digital group which has mounted an aggressive assault on traditional news providers, is in talks to sell a major stake in itself to Time Warner. Sky News has learnt that the two companies have been...

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Tesco Bank Challenges High Street Rivals

Tesco Bank has launched its first current account, claiming it will bring competition back to a market offering "ridiculously poor value" to consumers. The bank's chief executive Benny Higgins said its first foray into the current account market would...

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Donald Sterling Says LA Clippers Not For Sale

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has pulled his support from a $2bn (£1.2bn) deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Instead the embattled Mr Sterling will pursue his $1bn (£595m) federal lawsuit against the NBA,...

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Grid To Pay Firms To Prevent Winter Blackouts

National Grid has begun offering to pay firms to manage their electricity use from this winter to help prevent the "lights going out". The company, which runs the power network in England and Wales, is asking the largest energy users to agree to cut...

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Investors Seek AstraZeneca Talks With Varley

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor John Varley, the former chief executive of Barclays, will be thrust back into the City spotlight as investors seek assurances that AstraZeneca will link boardroom pay to targets used to rebuff a recent £69bn takeover...

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