Taxi drivers protest as rule-free private cars take fares across London, say Olga Kharif and Amy Thomson.

READERS may be paying double what an ebook really costs every time they download one online, due to an arrangement between five of the world’s major publishers and Apple.

Walter Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the US networks’ golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called “the most trusted man in America”, has died at the age of 92.

The US stock market notched its second straight daily advance today, with investors encouraged by a pull-back in oil prices and some better-than-expected economic data.

Hopes were raised today that the Oscars could still go ahead next month after Hollywood directors reached a tentative contract deal with studios.