Mitt Romney gratefully completed the long recalibration of his presidential campaign yesterday to focus fire exclusively on Barack Obama after primary voting in Texas on Tuesday pushed him past the magic number of 1,114 delegates he needed to clinch the Republican nomination.

Japan's scandal-hit cameras and equipment firm Olympus gave more evidence it is struggling yesterday as it signalled plans to axe 2500 staff and sell a stake to Sony or Panasonic.

Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt will appear before Lord Justice Leveson tomorrow in what is expected to be a key day of drama for the inquiry.

Samsung launched its new Galaxy handset yesterday, leading to the kind of queues usually only reserved for a new Apple product.

Aside from a large brain and ample stomachs, the chief glory of being an ape is largely due to our opposable thumbs. Darwinists have long known that evolution sped up when our mammalian ancestors developed fingers arranged in such a way as to make picking up objects and gripping things generally, much easier; and indeed, the fact that apes can manipulate their environments using opposable thumbs is one of the main reasons homo sapiens have distanced themselves from the rest of the animal kingdom, developing fine motor skills and inventing tools.

Would he like to count again the conversations with News Corp he told the Commons were 'zero'?

Henry Macrory, the former tabloid hack and much-liked spinner for the Tory Party, told a tale of classic misunderstanding at his farewell party in Downing Street.

Culture Secretary was warned to 'do nothing' to influence Murdoch's bid for broadcaster

The Daily Mail and General Trust blamed the tough UK economy for falling profits at its newspaper division yesterday, but said the number of mobile users viewing its MailOnline site is booming.

Cable & Wireless Communications, the British-based overseas phone group with operations ranging from Macau to Jamaica, is to halve its dividend next year to reflect tougher trading.

Somehow, it's never easy. Even if there's an even number of you. Even if everyone has the same meal. And the same drinks. Even the tip can make things complicated.

Former Mirror editor 'told guests about hacking over dinner'

One of Google’s most senior executives issued a stark warning tonight that the power of the internet to free some of the world’s most oppressed people risks being overturned by autocratic governments who seek to “Balkanise” the web by controlling what can be accessed.

Piers Morgan has responded to the claim that he told Jeremy Paxman how to access people's voicemail messages, branding him an "ungrateful little wretch".