Monday, 16th October 2006 20:35 Stocks edge higher; Dow nears 12,000 NEW YORK (AFX) - Stocks advanced Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average creeping closer to the psychologically important 12,000 mark on optimism about corporate profits in a slow...

The value of electronic card transactions was 9.7 per cent higher in March than at the same time last year, says Statistics New Zealand...

The mobile world has divided into two camps: on the one side are the industry elders struggling with a lack of fresh customers, and the headache of how to get more out of existing one...

The owner of Yarmouth Racecourse last night said it had agreed a deal for its nine courses with property tycoons David and Simon Reuben worth £65.9m...

concerns. About 3,000 Australians have used the drug, marketed as Zelmac, since its introduction in 2002. the drug and patients suffering heart attacks and strokes. the drug compared to those on placebos...

Barclays' John Varley (L) shake hands with ABN-AMRO's Rijkman Groenink. Photo / Reuters ABN Amro's chief executive, Rijkman Groenink, defended plans to merge with Barclays amid angry scenes at the company's annual meeting yesterday...

its takeover plans for ABN Amro, putting a rival banking consortium vying to buy the Dutch lender in the ascendancy. US unit LaSalle Bank without the approval of its shareholders, management with Barclays. (RBS), Banco Santander and Fortis, analysts said...