Teen joins ranks of UK's top young businesswomen

Reuters - South Korea's Kumho Asiana Group said on Sunday it had decided to put Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co (047040.KS) up for a sale to ease investors worries about its liquidity.

Michael Jackson fans who bought tickets for his O2 gigs on the internet auction site eBay and will receive refunds, it is confirmed.

GM agrees to take on liability for future product claims, easing concerns from consumer groups and officials.

Reuters - Tata Motors Ltd , India's largest vehicles maker, on Sunday announced the launch in India of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles, the marquee brands it bought from Ford Motors last year.

Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Novartis is in talks to buy parts of Irish peer Elan , including its flagship multiple sclerosis products and its Alzheimer's disease pipeline, the Sunday Times said.

North Korea's economy expanded in 2008, after contracting for two years, according to South Korea's central bank.

Reuters - Volkswagen said it had not presented Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) with an ultimatum to accept its layout for a merger of the two carmakers, denying a media report and accusations from Porsche.

Victims of the Madoff scandal tell their story

Baltimore reveals a tale of sub-prime woes

Why there is more to Wimbledon than tennis

Reuters - Bernard Madoff, who became a symbol of greed in the financial crisis for masterminding Wall Street's biggest investment fraud, faces the rest of his life in prison in one of the stiffest punishments for white-collar crime when he is sentenced on Monday.

Leading Democrats say they are more than happy to have the energy bill serve as a signature issue because it represents a transformative moment.

Reuters - Management consulting firms Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby Inc and Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc on Sunday announced an agreement to merge into a new publicly listed company called Towers Watson & Co.

Reuters - Management consulting firms Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby Inc and Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc on Sunday announced an agreement to merge into a new publicly-traded company that will expand their global reach.

AP - Repaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful.

Reuters - General Motors Corp has agreed to accept liability for future product defects as one of several concessions offered in a bid to win court approval for a quick sale from bankruptcy.

Google is on a mission to persuade the world ? and federal regulators ? that even given its size, it remains vulnerable to competition.

The ease with which video games can be played on the iPhone and the iPod Touch has spurred lots of attention in the industry.

The travel site is one of several companies moving ad creation from the realm of Madison Avenue to shift its focus and save some money.

By asking them to work free, one translator wrote, LinkedIn showed ?an enormous amount of disrespect towards them and their work?.

Horrid reviews couldn?t dent ?Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,? which sold an estimated $201.2 million in tickets at North American theaters over its first five days.

As Bernard L. Madoff prepares to be sentenced, his victims are warring over who should get how much from the government-chartered agency that insures customers of failed brokerage firms.

Agents trying to persuade mortgage companies to lower payments for homeowners who can no longer afford their loans are becoming increasingly frustrated at the futility of their pursuit.

News organizations that would reject using cell-phone videos or Twitter reports are forced to rely on them as an information source.

Jeroen van der Veer deftly righted the oil major after an accounting scandal. His successor, Peter Voser, will continue the company?s overhaul.

The management consulting firms Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby and Watson Wyatt Worldwide said that they would merge in an all-stock deal valued at $3.5 billion.

A German magazine reported that VW gave Porsche an ultimatum: accept the merger on VW?s terms or risk having the deal fall apart.

The New York Times asked Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia, for his help when David Rohde was kidnapped and the news was being posted.

Dow Chemical?s long-term interest in the ethanol produced by the algae is as a replacement for natural gas to make plastic.

The BBC?s Persian-language channel has been singled out as the main threat among foreign news broadcasters for what the Iranian government calls biased coverage.

The government is shutting down every legal casino and slot-machine parlor in the country on Wednesday, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work.

And they say the Oscars are never much of a surprise.

There are signs that the financial services sector is emerging from the worst of the downturn, a CBI survey suggests.

Mr. Mays, the promoter of such products as OxiClean and Orange Glo, became widely known for his enthusiastic, boisterous delivery.

The government is shutting down every legal casino and slot-machine parlor in the country on Wednesday, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work.

A photographer creates ?The Obama Time Capsule,? allowing buyers to include their own messages and art in a book about the presidential campaign.

Twitter users condemned a furniture company?s spam posts that tried to connect a gift card offer with the election protests.

One analyst sees a shift toward ?appointment-based viewing? of TV shows or movies online, rather than casual viewing of short clips.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff could be given a life sentence by a US court for a $50bn investment fraud.

Reuters - For investors, June's job data could determine in this short July 4th holiday week if the stock market's recent rally is reignited or sputters out like a wet firecracker.

Reuters - Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday as many investors stuck to the sidelines as the second quarter winds down, while the dollar recovered from a slide on worries about the push by major emerging countries for a reserve currency alternative.

Reuters - Microsoft has hired Morgan Stanley to sell Razorfish, its digital agency, and French marketing company Publicis Groupe SA is thought to be a possible bidder, the Financial Times said on its Website late Sunday.