The coalition has combined the alternative vote referendum and redrawing of constituency boundaries into a single bill. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has allowed himself to be sandbagged by his Tory partners in his otherwise laudable attempt to... 

Trading Systems Whether you plan to venture into foreign or stock exchange, trading systems will help you become successful in this endeavor. But before proceeding, it is vital to first have an understanding of what they are and how they function. Trading systems pertains to specific rules or parameters that determines... 

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was released by Scotland on compassionate grounds. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The new coalition government regards the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie plane bombing as a “mistake”, Britain’s ambassador to the US has said. Sir... 

Students protest against higher tuition fees. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images The idea Top-up fees, ie the status quo What it means English undergraduates are given loans to pay their tuition fees. They pay these back when their earnings reach £15,000, over 25 years. This model was... 

Amazon webpage selling the Wylie Agency’s Odyssey Editions Fear and loathing among the movers and shakers of America’s publishing industry have reached new heights with both Random House and Macmillan denouncing the literary agent Andrew Wylie’s move into digital publishing. Home... 

Tony Hayward had been criticised for his handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images BP has reported one of the largest losses in British corporate history because of the cost of the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and confirmed this morning...