An English solicitor has been struck off the Roll following "gross recklessness." He acted in a land-banking scam.

Renault, which next year will be known as Lotus Renault GP despite Group Lotus having only a funding role, has confirmed its driver line-up for 2012. Petrov and Senna are out. Raikkonen and Grosjean are in.

The USA's Securities and Investment Commission announced yesterday that, with immediate effect, it will modify the way it assesses non-public submissions by foreign issuers. Full statement below.

A study that says that there is evidence that eating dark chocolate is as good for you as exercise has been reported in a misleading manner, says the UK's National Health Service writing as NHS Choice.

The USA's Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has over-ruled a Federal Drugs Administration (FDA) decision to allow the sale of a controversial drug from pharmacies and without the intervention of medical care.

Another phishing attack on the customers of UK bank LloydsTSB shows why the UK's lead domain authority is right to seek strong powers and why those who oppose its plans are wrong.

If you are a small business and don't have a computer or internet access, obviously, you can't read this. You can't fill in on-line forms and you can't use on-line banking. But you can still pay your taxes, right? Wrong. As from April 2012, the UK Treasury's Revenue and Customs department will no longer accept any paper returns or manual payments for Value Added Tax.

It's "The Bank in Your Pocket." Payment cards, e-Payments, Mobile Payments and Kiosks all create specific risks of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Financial Crime Forum's ASIA PACIFIC FORUM 2012 will take place in Hong Kong and address all these inter-connected technologies and risks.

The actions of a witness to alleged possession by a fellow passenger of child pornography on a Delta Airlines flight yesterday are laudable. But they reveal the very substantial risk of real-time industrial espionage or even insider dealing where executives read confidential documents in public.