A DRUG dealer’s claim that ecstasy tablets were being sold for €2 or less was rejected by a jury which returned a unanimous guilty verdict after more than an hour of deliberation.

Kraft Foods Inc., the largest US food manufacturer, said today it would axe 8,000 jobs and close up to 20 production plants as it broadens an ongoing restructuring effort.

Kraft looks set to put some of its popular pudding brands up for sale, it was reported today.

Oxfam has launched an international campaign to demand higher prices to be paid to coffee farmers in the developing world.