Whether you're making regular international payments or simply need to make a one-off transfer, fluctuating exchange rates can make a big difference to the amount of currency you finally receive in your bank account.
The new chief executive of Barclays today delivered a blunt "shape up or ship out" message to the bank's 140,000 staff around the world.
The chief executive of Home Retail, owner of Argos, has called on the Government to help the UK's battered High Street, in the wake of the devastating collapses of Jessops, HMV and Blockbuster in just over a week.
The owner of PC World and Currys benefited from the demise of rival Comet today by reporting a bigger-than-expected surge in Christmas sales.
eBay finished 2012 with a flourish as bargain-hunting festive shoppers flocked to its internet shopping site and digital payment service to help lift the company's fourth-quarter earnings above analyst projections.
Carmen Ortiz, the federal prosecutor who hounded Aaron Swartz in the months before his Friday suicide, has released a statement arguing that "this office’s conduct was appropriate in bringing and handling this case." She says that she recognized that Swartz's crimes were not serious, and as a result she sought [...]