From WORLD 10:26am

BoJ’s Kuroda vows to steady bonds

Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan. Mr Kuroda, a potential candidate to head Japan’s central bank, signaled that he favors greater monetary stimulus by the Bank of Japan this year. ©Bloomberg

Governor seeks to ease fears that volatility could threaten Abenomics

From COMPANIES 12:27am

Google faces fresh inquiry from FTC

Regulators are probing the display advertising market

From COMPANIES 6:28pm

Spain’s banks face €10bn more provisions

Central bank presses lenders on ‘extend and pretend’ loans

Woolwich terror suspect From WORLD 10:10am

MI5 faces inquiry into intelligence on suspects

Alleged soldier killers were on security service files

.President Barack Obama answering questions ©AP From WORLD 9:31pm

Obama rewrites rules for drone strikes

Pentagon to take lead on limited programme

A gas burner of a stove is pictured in London, on July 31, 2008. British energy firm Centrica said Thursday that net profit surged 79 percent to 1.802 billion pounds (2.286 billion euros, 3.569 billion dollars) in the first half as it charged more for its gas and electricity to fight soaring wholesale costs."Centrica once again delivered a good financial performance during six months when wholesale natural gas prices in the UK were on average more than double those in the same period of 2007. ©Getty From WORLD 7:30pm

The day UK had six hours’ gas left

Low storage levels and persistent cold to blame, says official