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BT reports its first rise in consumer revenues after strong demand for fibre optic broadband and on demand TV.

Commission president criticises governments for failing to act as a bridge to EU and urges mainstream parties to counter eurosceptic and populist rhetoric

Dividends to the US Treasury exceed bailout funds provided in the crisis, as the future of the mortgage finance companies remains unclear

NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened flat on Thursday after initial jobless claims data pointed to a possible strengthening in the labor market and ahead of testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI...

Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote says he will invest $2.3bn (£1.35bn) in the north of the country, where an insurgency has sparked international concern.

Speaking in Berlin, the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has claimed that procreation not immigration is the answer to economic problems