AP Photo/Paul Sakuma The Motorola logo is seen at the company’s exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Motorola Inc. said Monday, July 19, 2010, that it is selling most of its wireless network division to Nokia Siemens Networks, a Finnish-German joint venture, for $1.2 billion as part... 

Begin Investing If you are anxious to get your investments started, you can get started right away without having a lot of knowledge about the stock market. Start by being a conservative investor with a low risk tolerance. This will give you a way to making your money grow while you learn more about investing. Start... 

The New York headquarters of the Goldman Sachs investment bank. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Goldman Sachs faces the threat of legal action from Royal Bank of Scotland, which lost $800m (£523m) on the complex mortgage security at the heart of a record-breaking fine by the US regulators. Even... 

REUTERS/Thierry Roge Facebook has 500 million users worldwide, the social-networking site announced, just six years after it started in a Harvard University dorm room. The milestone figure means the social networking site has reached about 8% of the world’s population — a huge increase for a... 

PartyGaming says the deal with Bwin will create a group worth .3bn. Photograph: Graham Turner PartyGaming and its Austrian-based rival Bwin today announced plans for a merger that they say will create the world’s biggest publicly-listed online gambling company. The enlarged group, to... 

Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, says the most prestigious private schools seem to be doing least to widen access. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Richer, more prestigious independent schools devote less of their funds to bursaries for students from disadvantaged backgrounds...