Out of America: Founded before the Declaration of Independence, it's facing an uncertain future thanks to the recession and the rise of the internet

Japan's closed shop would never allow me to rescue Olympus, Michael Woodford tells Jim Armitage

David Cameron sought to pass a health check while visiting Salford Royal Hospital in Greater Manchester.

Couples love to smooch for the Mistletoe Cam at basketball games but when it came to a proposal of marriage at one recent UCLA game, it went badly wrong.

The Business Interview: The former Olympus boss is The Independent's Businessperson of the Year in recognition of his fightback after he was sacked for blowing the whistle on the company's dirty secret

February trial date as footballer vows to 'fight tooth and nail' to prove his innocence

The man who presided over the state too crazy to fail is dead. Kim Jong-il, the pint-sized tyrant who never outgrew his khaki jumpsuits, is said to have died from a heart attack while on an inspection tour on board a train, aged 69 (or, more likely, 70).

Michael Woodford, the former boss of scandal-battered Olympus, said he is opposed to business partnerships as a way to shore up a gaping hole in the company's balance sheet caused by the huge losses it hid for years.

Sir David Attenborough has defended using footage in his Frozen Planet series of a polar bear tending her newborn cubs that was shot in a zoo.

Big investors say the company is still notfully engaging with concerned shareholders

This week several newspapers ran stories claiming that the vast majority of the tents outside St Paul's were empty at night.

Olympus yesterday bowed to investor pressure and agreed to set up an independent committee to scrutinise a series of controversial takeover deals.

Belgian theatre company Ontroerend Goed are know for pushing their audiences with their interactive work, but this time they don't just become part of the process, they become the subject too.

A look at all the alleged images of what appear to be brazen looters that have been uploaded on to the internet.