Barclays Plc may be close to securing a 100 billion yen (£470 million) capital injection from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. as part of the bank's efforts to weather the impact of the global credit crisis, according to media reports.

--- FEMA Officials In Iowa (Des Moines, IA) -- Almost 200 federal officials are in Iowa today to help coordinate the response to Iowa's devastating flooding and severe weather.

Tens of thousands of Chinese people were rushing to get married or to deliver their babies on Friday, state media reported, to coincide with the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

ONDAS Media, the satellite radio company for Europe, has today announced that it has entered into an extensive Framework Agreement with the State of the Netherlands as represented by the Radio Communications Agency Netherlands, completing another key comp

American Media Services Interactive (AMSi) announces that it is making its 193 online music channels available to listeners on mobile "smart" phones through a partnership with FlyCast. Additionally, AMSi plans to create custom channels to take advantage