By Steve Slater and Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - James Crosby, former boss of failed British bank HBOS, offered on Tuesday to give up his knighthood and nearly a third of his pension after being denounced by lawmakers for the "colossal failu... [Full Article]
A medieval headstone and skeleton have been found underneath a parking lot in Scotland, and researchers believe they might belong to a knight. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Knights of Malta, one of the most peculiar organizations in the world, is marking its 900th birthday with a colorful procession through St. Peter's Square, a Mass in the basilica and an audience with Pope Benedict XVI. (S... [Full Article]
ROME (AP) - Matthew Festing - aka His Most Eminent Highness The Prince and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta - bounds into the sitting room of his magnificent Renaissance palazzo sweaty and somewhat disheveled, and asks an aide if he should take o... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins, the first Briton to win the Tour de France cycling race, has been knighted in a special United Kingdom New Years Honours list which acknowledges the success of the home team at the 2012 London Olympics. Just over a... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Management LP is in talks to join Virtu Financial LLC's bid for U.S. brokerage Knight Capital Group Inc , the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the discussions. Virtu and rival electronic trad... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Knight Capital Group Inc is in talks about possibly selling its market-making operation, its largest and most profitable business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on the discussions. The securities firm has been ap... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film adaptations of "Anna Karenina" have featured the likes of Greta Garbo and Vivien Leigh, but Keira Knightley isn't fazed about measuring up to such silver screen luminaries with a new cinematic take on Leo T... [Full Article]
The Knight Capital Group Inc. trading firm said it lost $764.3 million in the third quarter because of a software glitch that flooded the stock market with trades one day in August, causing dozens of stocks to fluctuate wildly. (Source: Associated Pr... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - England's globetrotting coach Roy Hodgson has been knighted in Finland for helping the minnows put their name on the football map. Hodgson, appointed England coach in May, managed the Nordic nation from January 2006 to Novembe... [Full Article]