Online stocks market have introduced trading options over the Internet, it has become possible for new and small investors to start options trading. Earlier, the market was not easily accessible to small investors. Banks, multinational companies and large conglomerates were the only ones who were engaged in trading.... 

Peter Mandelson publishes his memoir The Third Man this week. 9.30am: Here’s a roundup of the best stories in the rest of the papers: • Phillip Webster and Roland Watson in the Times (paywall) say Labour figures are furious with Mandelson because of what he has said in his book. [Tony... 

A more innocent time. Fewer schoolchildren are now drinking, smoking and taking drugs, according to NHS report Fewer schoolchildren are smoking, drinking or taking drugs, according to an NHS report which contradicts the widespread belief that such behaviour is increasingly popular with young... 

Image from a BP video shows oil flowing from a valve before a leak stopped tests on the containment cap in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: AP BP engineers trying to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico have fixed a leak in the new containment system and are preparing to start critical... 

Enterprise Inns expects profits to be in line with forecasts. Photograph: Newscast/Ally Carmichael Drinkers enjoying the good weather and watching the World Cup have given a boost to Enterprise Inns. In a trading update for the 42 weeks to the middle of July, the pubs group said it expected... 

Karen Millen shop in London. The firm is now part of the newly formed group Aurora Fashions owned by Kaupthing. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian The fashion chains Oasis, Karen Millen, Coast and Warehouse, which became entangled in the failure of Icelandic group Baugur, have reported...