Rubbish disposal is one of the services under threat of outsourcing. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian A government efficiency drive aimed at slashing spending in town halls and boosting productivity in the health service is likely to deliver billions of pounds of new business for... 

Stock trading If you have always wanted to know more about this topic, then get ready because we have all the information you can handle. Within the buy to cover orders, there are four options in which to place against your stock purchases. When you buy to cover on a stock order, you are in agreement that you... 

Sony singer Shakira performing Waka Waka with South African band Freshlyground at the World Cup final. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer clearly enjoyed his World Cup experience, despite missing the Spain-Germany semi-final when his private jet, along with... 

Imperial Tobacco’s Rizla rolling paper brand is co-sponsoring this weekend’s Lovebox festival in east London. An Imperial spokesman said: ‘It’s all part of creating brand awareness and it’s entirely legitimate.’ Photograph: Roger Tooth for the Guardian Tobacco companies... 

AP 2007 Zsa Zsa Gabor, shown here in this AP file photo, was hospitalized late Saturday, July 17, in Los Angeles for broken bones. LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor’s publicist says the 93-year-old actress has been rushed to a hospital after falling out of bed and breaking several bones. John Blanchette...