The crisis surrounding Greece's debt situation gathered pace, despite the prime minister's assurance that "the worst is over". The yield on ten-year Greek government bonds jumped sharply, pushing Greece's premium over German bonds to the highest level si… more »

Prudential, a British financial company, announced plans to buy the Asian life-insurance business of American International Group for $35.5 billion. AIG will use the money to help it repay some of the remainder of the $182 billion bail-out it received fr… more »

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Predictions that an “exaflood” of traffic will overload the internet have been doing the rounds. But will it really happen? Read article more »

Attacks launched over the internet on Estonia and Georgia highlight the difficulty of defining and dealing with “cyberwar” Read article more »

Google’s new web browser is its most direct attack on Microsoft yet Read article more »