Fermented cocoa beans being dried. Cocoa prices have risen 150% in 18 months – but farmers have not necessarily benefited. Photograph: Alamy Financial speculators have come under renewed fire from anti-poverty campaigners for their bets on food prices, blamed for raising the costs of goods... 

Peter Mandelson has denied his book would damage the Labour party. Photograph: Christopher Thomond Lord Mandelson today hit back at criticism over his decision to publish his memoirs during the Labour leadership election, claiming his analysis of New Labour was at its “most relevant”... 

Mining stocks Where are the hot and cold spots around the world for resource investors? The stampeding bull market in commodities has investors reaching for new ideas. Highly respected newsletter writer Lawrence Roulston of “Resource Opportunities” favors Canada, Alaska and China for investing in mining and... 

Louis Oosthuizen lets rip with his driver at St Andrews on his way to a five-shot second-round lead. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images Wind, wind, everywhere, and most of it blew across the Old Course today, leaving the best players in the world vexed and perplexed and the little-known Louis... 

Seo search: Gain Traffic and Profits with These Seo Search Strategies In the beginning Google created Page Rank and every living seo search master who then learned to optimize websites for one-word key words. And Google found that page rank was not strong enough and lo here it said, Let there be Phrase Rank. In...