Waste company 'bullying clients' - A waste company stands accused of bullying small businesses by using unfair contracts to ramp up charges, the BBC has learned. [BBC Business]
Greece unity talks hit stalemate - The latest attempts to form a Greek government are said to be deadlocked, raising the prospect of fresh elections and more eurozone uncertainty. [BBC Business]
Google brings instant answers to search results - Type in 'Mona Lisa', and a biography appears right on the page (on the right hand side), type in 'Leonardo DiCaprio' and you get a list of his films, and suggested related searches. [Daily Mail IT]
Sixth of cancers due to infection - One in six cancers - two million a year globally - are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest. [BBC Health]
New car sales rise 3.3% in April - New car sales in the UK rose to 142,322 in April, up 3.3% from a year earlier, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says. [BBC Business]
Britons are switching record sums between pounds and euros as fears grow over the future of the single currency and the safety of Continental banks. But many are doing the opposite with a view to buying discounted properties.
Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao is expected to point to a potential £8.2 billion of future gains from its US joint venture Verizon Wireless when he unveils increased full-year profits from the mobile phone giant.
They are the ‘grey market’ buyers who search for big brand names at the lowest prices. But the big brands are fed up with their products being sold at knockdown prices and are taking steps to tighten up the market.
Rather than lecture European leaders on how they should try to create growth in the eurozone, David Cameron and George Osborne would do better to focus on how they can get things moving in their backyard.
