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Discount firm Groupon aims for $750m in US stock market float
Three-year-old Chicago firm seeks backing for expansion after attracting 83m subscribersOnline discount coupon service Groupon has confirmed plans to go public, announcing its intention to raise an...
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Letters: On the fault lines of fractured Britain
Behind the Department for Work and Pensions press release about benefit fraud of £1.5bn (Chav: the vile word at the heart of fractured Britain, 31 May) has been debate in the welfare reform bill...
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Letters: The unfairness of the capability test
I support the views expressed in several articles in your edition of 1 June (Experts: cuts create mental health crisis; Letters; Was listening to the doctor's diatribe a part of the test?) relating to...
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Letters: The end of history
Barbara Mills' public service extended much further than the law (Obituary, 30 May). As a governor of London Guildhall (later London Metropolitan) University, she supported the education of the diverse...
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Letters: Thirty years on from The Silent Minority, yet another care scandal
It is, perhaps, no coincidence that this week's BBC Panorama report on the plight of young people with learning difficulties at a hospital in Bristol (Police investigate abuse at private care home, 1...
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Corrections and clarifications
• "Every revolution has its face", said a leader comment, noting that in Iran's case in recent times the face was that of a young woman shot in the chest during a demonstration (Syria: The truth will...
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Weatherwatch: When the risk of sunburn is at its worst
At this the time of year the sun is at its highest and the risk of sunburn is at its greatest. Despite all the publicity about covering up and using sunblock, it's still surprisingly easy to...
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In praise of… the unquantifiable | Editorial
It says something about our culture if the only way to make the nightingale's song heard is to contort it into national income"Nature hates calculators," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, but that won't stop...
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Country diary: South Uist
As the latest in a succession of showers moves out to sea, the view to the north reappears. Far beyond the sea loch and its scattering of rocky islets, wedge-shaped Eaval, North Uist's distinctive and...
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Talking to the Taliban: Less than meets the eye | Editorial
If real negotiations took place, they would allow Barack Obama and David Cameron to claim that a peace process existsOur report today that Britain and America are pressing for UN sanctions against 18...
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North Sea oil: Trading blows with Mr Osborne | Editorial
Ever since the tax raid on oil and gas producers, the energy industry and the Treasury have been at loggerheadsIn the great battle of the North Sea, no side is deserving of one's entire sympathy. Ever...
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Israel accused after Palestinian boys burned by mystery canister
Military experts say unidentified devices found in West Bank may have contained outlawed white phosphorusThe Israeli army has been accused of leaving dangerous munitions near Palestinian homes after...
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Hugh Muir's diary
After Southern Cross, would you take a wigging from Dame Sally?• Any school that gets a ticking off from Ofsted for financial management will be delighted to know that Ofsted's chairman, Baroness Sally...
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Love bluebells, give up the dogs – Germaine Greer tells Britons
Author calls for banning dogs from woodland, claiming their excrement is killing the spring flowerGermaine Greer has called on Britain to give up its reputation as a nation of dog lovers to save the...
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New strain of MRSA superbug may have spread from cattle to humans
Newly discovered MRSA strain found in cattle on 3% of dairy farms in the UK and caused 12 infections in people last yearScientists in the UK have discovered a new strain of MRSA that appears to spread...
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Scott of the Antarctic anniversary to focus on science, not the sideshow
Conference marking 100 years since Scott's trip to south pole will remember scientific legacy of Terra Nova expeditionThe polar historian David Wilson expects a sharp intake of breath in Plymouth this...
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Louis Gallois: EADS's grounded high-flyer
In the cockpit of Europe's defence, Airbus and satellites conglomerate is a modest man guided by his socialist beliefsFor a Frenchman who presides over a world-famous aerospace brand and counts...
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Response: It's complacent to believe these cyber threats are just the same...
Defence doctrines of the past won't work. The nature of internet-related crime is uniqueThere has been much to welcome in the government's recent interventions on the wonders and risks of cyberspace,...
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Number of work-free households doubled under Labour, figures show
Findings from Office of National Statistics show there were 352,000 households where no-one had ever worked by 2010The number of households in which no one had ever worked almost doubled from 184,000...
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