Authorities closed one of two highway tunnels carrying traffic under Baltimore’s harbour for nearly two hours today and partially shut the other because of a threat to detonate vehicles full of explosives inside the tubes.

One of two tunnels carrying traffic under Baltimore’s harbour was closed today and another was partially shut down in response to what an official said was a security threat.

Pfizer has agreed to plead guilty and pay €343m in fines to settle charges that Warner-Lambert, the company it acquired four years ago, flouted the law by promoting non-approved uses for one of its drugs.

BRITAIN’S top supermarket chain Tesco kicks off a results-laden week for retailers, while investors will chew over the next move for the FTSE, tuning into the Federal Reserve’s one-day meeting for guidance.