• Swiss bank UBS returned to profit in the first three months of the year, after racking up big losses at the end of 2012, related to the Libor scandal.

    BBC: UBS logo

  • One reason for the shortage of big names that usually show up at Quail Hollow might be the condition of the golf course.

    NPR: McIlroy Enters Next Phase Of Season

  • The recovery of 1975-76 saw consecutive up quarters of economic growth at big rates, 6.9, 5.3, 9.4%.

    FORBES: Obama Bets On The Business Cycle - Again

  • The risks of setting up another big venture at an age when most are thinking about how to spend their leisure time does not faze Mr Tarwah.

    BBC: Housing Cameroon's diaspora

  • Pushed for time and strapped for cash, the engineers laid eight miles of track straight up Big Hill, at a gradient more than twice the safe maximum.

    BBC: The wonders of Canada by rail

  • While Deutsche Bank didn't disclose the terms of the share sale, industry officials said the deal's structure would likely involve a small number of big institutional money managers picking up the shares at a small discount to the stock's current trading price.

    WSJ: Deutsche Bank Rallies on Capital Boost

  • As the following charts show, the big spike-up in bonds at the end of 2008, which was also fueled by economic worries and a declining stock market, ended on December 18, 2008, even as worries about the economy worsened further, and almost three months before the stock market ended its severe 2007-2009 bear market (on March 10, 2009).

    FORBES: Be Wary Of Bond Bubble Risk

  • While he has campaigned most of his career at the super-featherweight limit, St Clair has moved up for big fights against the likes of the late Diego Corrales and former WBA light-welterweight king Vivian Harris, both of whom he took the distance.

    BBC: 'Macho' Khan urged to avoid risks

  • His insulin company, Mannkind, has a big deadline coming up at the FDA at the end of next month.

    FORBES: Was There Really A Bear Raid on Mannkind?

  • Most of these pictures can be viewed for free without registration, but if you want to look at the big version of them you have to sign up for First Class membership.

    BBC: Enviropedia website

  • It could make this job situation worse if the defense industry takes a big hit at the end of the year, and also taxes going up, as you just mentioned about taxes, the Bush tax cuts expire.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The Welsh Premier must be growing up, like a fourteen year old with a cigarette, and the league can hold its head up now with the big boys at the back of the bus.

    BBC: Welsh Premier preview

  • Lars Svensson, at Princeton University, favours a big depreciation of the yen to push up prices.

    ECONOMIST: The yen

  • Moving from hardware to software, a big shake-up at Google could have big implications for the future of Android.

    ENGADGET: Editor's Letter: The familiar 4

  • Most goods are aimed at evangelicals, who make up the bulk of the big-spending consumers, according to a recent study by Baylor University in Texas.

    ECONOMIST: Making money from believers

  • But a Forbes special report on this booming industry raises big concerns about how many of these claims are backed up by any evidence at all.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Yes, Boehner has spent far too many years cozying up to Wall Street and protecting the interests of big business at the expense of the middle class.

    FORBES: It Sucks To Be John Boehner

  • He is trying to put the process back on track, and today he had a big meeting at his house in Baghdad, and a lot of political leaders turned up.

    NPR: Sectarian Violence Mounts After Shrine Bombing

  • Big depositors at Cyprus' largest bank may be forced to accept losses of up to 60 percent, far more than initially estimated under the European rescue package to save the country from bankruptcy, officials said Saturday.

    NPR: Asia Stocks Flat In Holiday Trading, Nikkei Down

  • Even though Tampa Bay fans treat the Trop as a toxic waste dump all year, even for big games at the end of the season, history shows they tend to show up once the Rays are actually in the playoffs.

    FORBES: Musings From the Baseball Playoffs

  • There are the endless digs at Wall Street and Big Pharma, not to mention the beating up of BP.

    ECONOMIST: Barack Obama and business

  • She grew up skiing at Big Sky -- as did a half-dozen of her instructors.

    CNN: Taking the kids: On an old-fashioned Montana ski trip

  • At the same time China is making big efforts to step up domestic production of both conventional and unconventional gas.

    ECONOMIST: Global reserves

  • But perhaps the man who summed up best just how big an impact Peacock had made at the Theatre of Dreams was Gareth Ellis.

    BBC: Peacock struts at Old Trafford

  • At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Johnson wrapped up a big piece of unfinished business when he powered his way to the global 400m mark in 43.18.

    BBC: SPORT | Athletics | Johnson on rising stars and records

  • "When the ball kid fell over, you wouldn't get that at any of the other slams where he's up on the big screen and the crowd get into it, " said Murray.

    BBC: Murray starts with convincing win

  • Celebrity watchers had complained at the absence of big Hollywood names this year, though those stars who did turn up included Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

    CNN: Italian film wins at Cannes

  • However, at what seemed to be the tipping point of his career at the big bank, he surprised everyone by quitting his job to take up a position in a small Southeast Asian bank.

    FORBES: To Continue Growing, Quit The Big Job

  • There are many ways to rack up debt at this major shopping destination, with hundreds of stores, big and small, scattered along its streets.

    BBC: Last minute holiday shopping in the Big Apple

  • That confidence helped BNP Paribas to pick up bits of Fortis in 2009 at an attractive price, bringing a big retail presence in Belgium and Luxembourg.

    ECONOMIST: The secret of a French bank��s success

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