Almost £10 million worth of fraud and errors have been identified following a national detection exercise by Audit Scotland working together with other public bodies. The 2006/07 National Fraud Initiative (NFI) formed part of the audits of 74 participating bodies,

Leads, leads, leads, every business needs them, some are actually good at generating them, but . . . there's a really important thing you must understand about leads - not all are created equal.Now, I'm not talking about leads that

EBRD president Jean Lemierre has announced this at the annual meeting of the EBRD board in Kyiv.

Russia could soon invest its oil billions in direct overseas investments if its national welfare fund gets more freedom about how it's used. To this end, the Finance Ministry's debt department will prepare more liberal investment mechanisms by October.

Russia's power generator OGK-1 will spend about $US 150 million on two turbines from Siemens. In addition, Russian generators plan to pump a total of $US 32 billion into new capacity by 2010. Almost half the money may go abroad,

Gazprom has made its first large investment in North America, reserving all the capacity at the Rabaska LNG terminal in Canada.

Derek Hood has come a long way in seven years, when he moved to Carterville after graduating from SIU with a degree in finance, and started knocking on doors to try to solicit clients for his new business, as an

MARION - Anyone who stops by for a bite to eat at the former Pulley's Barbecue on Old Illinois 13 in Marion will notice a change in ownership. Kevin and Michelle Borum opened the business under their name, KB Bar

MAKANDA - Gillian Prepejchal sure knows how to add sparkle to the world.

HARRISBURG - This Mother's Day, David Hilliard will find himself surrounded with buckets full of white, pink and red peonies.

City leavers are boosting the creative output of the countryside.

Small firms outside the capital ask: Crisis? What crisis?

Dog-ears rather than design are fatal to a good first impression.

British writers stand by a Thai journalist being sued for libel.

Elnaugh: tough times are a master key to unlocking something better.

Chances are you already speak it, but it's not English.

Hinting that 'the customer is always right' sparks rumour of revolt.

Search giant's pledge to roll out 24-month cookies has expired.

Getting corporate ID right is a boon for owners, as well as investors.

The internet is now the most offensive non-broadcast media.