An Alabama women's prison is the focus of a formal complaint filed with the Justice Department on Tuesday that alleges male guards for years engaged in the widespread sexual abuse of female inmates, according to a nonprofit group called The Equal Justice Initiative.
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Frequent sex abuse at prison claimed
Marks and Spencer reports a fall in annual profits in what the retailer describes as a tough economic environment.
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M&S posts fall in annual profits
Budget airline Ryanair reports record annual profits of £406m, up 25% on the year, as fare rises help to offset a sharp rise in fuel costs.
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Ryanair reports record profits
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. commanders in Afghanistan want to get war supplies rolling across Pakistan’s borders again. So do Pakistanis in places high and low — from officials trying to balance the nation’s budget to black marketeers who stand ready to plunder the NATO-contracted trucks and oil tankers expected to shortly resume passage into Afghanistan after nearly six months of closed border crossings. Read full article > >
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Many will profit if Pakistan reopens NATO supply routes
The Japanese consumer electronics giant expects to return to profit this year, aiming to reduce by half the losses in its television business.
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Sony Striving to Cut Its Way From Record Loss to Profit
Sony Corp predicted a return to profit this year as it looks to halve the losses in its TV business that pushed the Japanese consumer electronics giant to a record loss of $5.74 billion in the year just ended.
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Sony Sees Return to Profit, Aims to Halve TV Losses
Supermarket group Sainsbury’s reports an increase in sales and market share but a small dip in profits in what it describes as a “good year”.
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Sainsbury’s reports ‘good year’
Profits at Home Retail Group, the owner of the Argos and Homebase retail chains, drop 60% and the company scraps its final dividend.
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Sharp profits fall at Argos firm
Large payouts to owners make it profitable for owners to field thoroughbreds that are past their prime, sometimes with fatal results.
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Breakdown: Big Purses, Sore Horses, and Death
US carmaker Ford reports lower quarterly profits following weak sales in Europe and higher tax charges.
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Ford suffers European sales slump
Apple reports better-than-expected results, with profits almost doubling in first three months of the year to $11.6bn (£7.2bn).
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Apple doubles quarterly profits
Carpetright warns again that its profits will be lower than previously forecast, blaming disappointing bed sales and weak trading in Europe.
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Carpetright in new profit warning
Swiss drugmaker Novartis reports a sharp fall in profits, due in part to manufacturing problems at a US plant and to currency moves.
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Novartis sees profit fall sharply
Associated British Foods announces a 3% rise in half-year profits thanks to strong performances from retailer Primark and its sugar business.
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Profits rise 3% at Primark owner
Facebook says it is paying Microsoft $550m for some of the patents it recently bought from AOL, while reporting a drop in first quarter profits.
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Facebook buys Microsoft patents
