A newly released study reveals the countries with the deadliest roads.
The good news: Fewer people are dying on the job in the United States. Last year work-related fatalities dipped 6%, to 5,488 (or 3.7 per 100,000 workers), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries report.
The Government may have boosted confidence by guaranteeing deposits in Icesave last week, but our compensation scheme would be strained if a big British institution fell. A collapse is unlikely, finds Julian Knight, but savers should still spread their cash around
"I'm a strong believer in free enterprise, so my natural instinct is to oppose government intervention," he said. But "these are not normal circumstances. The market is not functioning properly. There has been a widespread loss of confidence....
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 - U.N. climate change talks are "dangerously close to deadlock," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will warn on Monday, kicking off a week that could prove critical for efforts to halt...
BOSTON, Feb 11 - Illegal anti-impotence drugs and herbs contaminated with the diabetes drug glyburide have caused some 150 cases of dangerously low blood sugar, researchers in Singapore reported on Wednesday. Four people have died,...
BEIJING, Dec 11 - China's economy will flirt with its slow-growth danger zone next year as growth prospects have weakened from just a few months ago in the wake of the global downturn, a Reuters...
MEXICO CITY, Dec 10 - The Mexican unit of HSBC Holdings Plc said on Wednesday its license to operate is not in danger as a result of a UK financial bailout, as had been reported...
NEW YORK, Oct 28 - Global economic prospects are highly uncertain and the danger of global recession looms large, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Tuesday. John Lipsky, the IMF's first deputy managing...
LONDON, Oct 17 - The global banking system is past the danger of systemic meltdown following government intervention, but there will still be economic consequences, the chairman of Britain's financial watchdog said on Friday. Adair...