Holders Manchester City will host Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the Capital One Cup.

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini refuses to dismiss the title threat of neighbours Manchester United.

Kevin Ball has urged Sunderland to build on the foundations they have lain during his spell in charge, irrespective of whether or not he remains at the helm.

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More than a quarter of employees in Britain intend to lavish gifts on their boss this Christmas, with many hoping it will help them hang on to their job, research from Capital One found today.

A Pakistani terrorist jailed for six years in 2007 came to the UK on a student visa and later settled in the area where four of this week’s alleged al-Qaida bomb plot suspects lived.

Wall Street retrenched today, closing sharply lower as investors showed their cautious side and cashed in profits from the market's best week in nearly five years.

A volatile Wall Street advanced today for the second day in a row, as investors found renewed confidence in a report that Bank of America is close to buying struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial.

More than a fifth of credit card users are not happy with their provider, according to a study released today.

ADARE, the printing group and academic book publisher, is being primed for a sale by its private equity owners.

A cautious stock market finished the session mixed in the US today as a troubling top-level management shake-up at Boeing Co pressured blue chips, while technology shares saw strong buying.

Online bank Egg is to remain under the control of the Prudential after the insurer today called a halt to its seven-month search for a buyer.

Internet bank Egg is just days from being taken over by American credit card company Capital One, it was reported today.

US credit card firm MBNA is believed to be winning the auction to buy internet bank Egg, it was reported today.