As U.S. troops move out there are growing fears that insurgents in Iraq will attack economic targets such as oil facilities in the southern part of the country.
British drug regulators call for GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia to be pulled from sale due to concerns about heart risks, as the EU reviews the drug's safety.
British Oil giant BP is restarting its sale of assets in Alaska having failed to sell them to apache in July according to a report in the Financial Times.