US Turns To Crowdsourcing To Fight Ebola

By Pete Norman, Sky News Business The United States has issued an urgent plea for internet crowdsourcing to fight the deadly ebola outbreak, Sky News has learned. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) wants radically new...

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Lego Drops Shell Over Greenpeace Spill Video

Lego has ditched a long-standing partnership with Shell, after a Greenpeace video used its toys to illustrate an Arctic oil spill. The decision comes after the slick parody video by the environmental group went viral online, garnering more than 5...

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Old Mutual Sweetens £650m Bid For Wealth Firm

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Old Mutual, the London-listed South African financial services group, is in advanced talks about a £650m takeover of the UK's second-biggest independent wealth manager. Sky News has learnt that Old Mutual is closing...

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Counting The Cost Of The Ebola Outbreak

The impact of the deadly ebola virus may cost West Africa £20bn, experts have warned. The World Bank said the worst case scenario would see the wider region's lost GDP amount to 3.8%, with Liberia at risk of losing almost 12%. Sierra Leone, which...

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FTSE Slips To One-Year Low On Growth Fears

The FTSE has closed at its lowest level in nearly a year with a crisis of confidence over the global recovery. It came as there were warnings about a triple-dip recession in the Eurozone at the IMF's annual conference in Washington. Data from Europe's...

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Energy Firms' Profits Drops To 2009 Level

By Poppy Trowbridge, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Profits at the so-called big six energy suppliers are at their lowest since the regulator began collecting data in 2009, according to the regulator. Ofgem said that between them, they made £2.8bn...

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Chinese Poised To Snack On 40% Weetabix Stake

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor One of China's biggest food companies is poised to take full control of Weetabix, the UK's second-biggest breakfast cereal producer, in a deal worth hundreds of millions of pounds. Sky News understands that Bright Food,...

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Microsoft CEO Links Women's Pay Rises To Karma

The newly installed boss of Microsoft has come under fire for telling women they do not need to ask for pay rises, relying instead on "karma". The comments were made by CEO Satya Nadella while he was speaking in Arizona at an event for women in computing....

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Fears UK Will Be Hit By New Euro Recession

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor, in Washington The euro crisis is back. But this time it's different. That's the general gist of the discussions at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington this week. For this time around the meetings...

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Singapore's SMRT Steers £800m Addison Lee Bid

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor One of Singapore's largest transport groups is examining an £800m takeover bid for Addison Lee, London's biggest minicab operator. Sky News has learnt that SMRT Corporation, which is listed on the Asian city state's...

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