Casino Royale is narrowly beaten at the US box office by an animated comedy about a tap-dancing penguin….

By Gail Schiller LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bond is back. And so are many of the brands that have been featured in previous James Bond features, some going as far back as the first film, 1962’s “Dr. No.” Along with their prominent placement……

DANIEL CRAIG’S debut as 007 took more at the box office than any previous Bond film on its first day. Casino Royale , a return to the darker James Bond envisaged by Ian Fleming, took £1…….

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pioneering rhythm and blues singer Ruth Brown, known as “the girl with a tear in her voice” for emotion-laden singing, died on Friday at age 78 after a stroke and heart attack in Las Vegas, friends said.Brown was the best……

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s top appeals court ruled on Friday that a Moroccan friend of the September 11 hijackers should be returned to jail while he waits to receive a new sentence for abetting mass murder.The ruling overturns previous……

By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The winner of this weekend’s U.S. box-office battle is almost guaranteed to be wearing a tuxedo. “Casino Royale,” the 21st installment in the venerable James Bond franchise, opened on Friday with Daniel Craig……

The last Bond film was dubbed Buy Another Day but Casino Royale has taken a more exclusive approach to product placement, writes Harry Wallop….

Paul Newey, who shot to fame after winning £3m at a Birmingham casino, has agreed to sell his loan company Ocean Finance and Mortgages to a subsidiary of American insurance giant AIG….

This is the first meeting between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines when both teams had perfect records since 1973. College football betting expert Benton Vale of Point-Spreads.com, the premier provider of sports data, information, and analysis to the betting community, discusses this weekend’s marquee college football match up between No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Michigan with CEO Thomas Jensen in anticipation of Point-Spreads.com’s full coverage of College Football Betting for Week 12….

A government move to allow small stake gambling could see the card game become as much a part of pub culture as quiz nights and darts. By Simon Bowers….

Casino Royale takes more at the UK box office in its first day of release than any other Bond film, its studio says….

A James Bond fanatic has changed his name by deed poll to match his hero’s - and used the title of all 21 films as his middle names.David Fearn is now known as James Dr No From Russia With Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live And Let Die The Man With The Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View To A Kill The Living Daylights Licence To Kill Golden Eye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Ano…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new James Bond film shook up the U.K. box office during its first day of release on Thursday, earning more than any other film in the spy franchise, distributor Columbia Pictures said.”Casino Royale,” which marks the……

Shares in Ladbrokes slipped as the bookmaker revealed a very poor set of October football results.Gross winnings were up 8% in the first 10 months of the year, a slowdown from the 12% growth in the first-half….

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Lunchtime report: A disappointing trading statement for Ladbrokes, but overall the market was heading in the right direction. By Nick Fletcher….