The Ballydoyle camp are “delighted” with Gleneagles ahead of today’s mouthwatering showdown with Golden Horn in the Juddmonte International.

Tomorrow is the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, which killed 70,000. Geoffrey Roberts looks at how and why we ushered in the age of the megaton bomb.

John Gosden will wait until this morning before deciding whether to let Golden Horn run in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes after heavy rain at Ascot saw conditions significantly deteriorate on the eve of the famous race.

Golden Horn will “definitely” run in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week as long as conditions are suitable, said owner Anthony Oppenheimer.

Golden Horn’s owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer has given the strongest indication so far his champion three-year-old is likely to retire at the end of the season.

John Gosden insists “nothing is a given” as stunning Derby hero Golden Horn tests his powers against the older generation for the first time in today’s Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.

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Based in West Cork, Global Shares provides international companies with employee share schemes, and after a bumper 2012, it is now looking to hire additional staff for its Clonakilty headquarters, writes Trish Dromey

More consumers are buying the least expensive versions of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, a new phenomenon that is causing the company’s breakneck growth rate to slow.

Top climate scientists have warned the world’s political leaders to get ready for more dangerous and “unprecedented extreme weather” caused by global warming.

Apple said that net income for the most recent quarter soared 70% on strong sales of iPhones, though iPad sales fell short of expectations.

Strong demand for laptops and the latest iPhone device has helped US technology giant Apple post stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings.

DUBLIN band The Script have been hotly tipped to scoop this year’s acclaimed Choice Music Prize.

Dublin band The Script have been hotly tipped to scoop this year’s acclaimed Choice Music Prize.

The team behind Newmarket handicap winner Bronze Cannon will decide on whether he takes his chance in the Derby later this week.

EXPERTS said the Haymarket car bomb would have created a devastating explosion on the scale of those seen in Baghdad and Israel.

Experts said the car bomb found today in a car in London's Haymarket would have created a devastating explosion on the scale of those seen in Baghdad and Israel.

ISRAELI public support for the war on Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon has been so overwhelming it has become hard to tell the doves from the hawks in the Jewish state’s generally fractious society.

Stocks fell slightly today at the end of a week of zigzag trading that saw a steep selloff followed by a dramatic rebound. The major indexes finished the week mixed, with large caps seeing gains and small caps slipping.

Scientists in the US have discovered an apparently straightforward formula for winning on the stock exchange: invest in companies with simple names.

Iran successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the military says.

THE homemade explosive thought to have been used in both London bombing waves can deteriorate after just a few days.

In a sign of the fierce opposition that could accompany Israel’s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a Jewish settler leader has made a public call for his followers to break the law when fighting against the evacuation.

Israel announced plans today to construct hundreds of new housing units in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a violation of the road map peace plan.

De Beers has spoken out in favour of a £12 billion takeover bid by a newly-formed consortium.

De Beers has received a £12bn takeover bid from a consortium including mining firm Anglo American and South Africa's Oppenheimer family.