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The article focuses on the National Football League (N.F.L.) and its position on sports betting in Great Britain due to three 2015-2016 regular-season games being played in London, England. Topics include a three-year deal signed between the N.F.L. and daily fantasy sports website DraftKings for advertising at Wembley Stadium in London, the popularity of fantasy sports, and the N.F.L.'s stance on players participating in fantasy sports.

The article discusses the football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Steelers that took place in London, England on Sunday, September 29, 2013. It addresses the U.S. National Football League's (NFL) attempts to increase the popularity of American Football in England, the seventh annual London football game, and potential interest in an oversees NFL team,

The article offers the author's insights on why British fans, such as Louis East, Ben Ashton and Lewis Addley, follow Major League Soccer (MLS), the American version of Great Britain's soccer league, the Premier League.

The article reports on the expansion initiatives of the National Football League (NFL) in Great Britain, including its annual rite of fall that sees it holding regular season games in London, England that will see football teams Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars as among those playing.

The battle for ownership of Liverpool F. C. ended Friday with the sale of the club to New England Sports Ventures, the owners of the Boston Red Sox, for about $480 million. The consummation of the deal came after the outgoing owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr., who already lost a High Court battle in Britain, agreed to drop their law suit in a Texas court aimed at halting the sale of the debt-laden club. They argued that the team was worth about twice as much as N.E.S.V. was paying, and that the board was obligated to seek higher bidders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

You wouldn't know it from her 5-foot, 88-pound frame, but the marathoner Yuri Kano is something of a maverick in her native Japan. In a sport dominated by company teams that tightly control their runners, Kano runs for an independent athletic club that lets her enter races based on her chances to win rather than those her corporate sponsor deems necessary for promotional purposes. That has brought Kano to New York, where she will run the marathon here for the first time and where, because of injuries to others, she is considered to have at least a chance to unseat last year's champion, Paula Radcliffe of Britain. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Discusses a survey conducted by Mercer Management Consulting indicating that as much as 30 percent of homes in the U.S. and Great Britain could subscribe to Internet-based phone services in the next three years from 2004 if major telecommunications companies offer services similar in price and quality to traditional phone connections. State of the market for low-priced Internet phone services; Entry and domination of telephone companies and cable providers of the Interment industry.

Presents several items in world business news. The rising trade surplus in Japan; The falling interest rat in Indonesia; A Chinese Internet auction venture Sina.com, The Russian oil company Yukos which is contesting a claim for back taxes and fines; British retailer Marks & Spencer which reported a decline in Christmas sales; The decline of Canada's foreign trade surplus.

Presents business news briefs from around the world. Raise in Hong Kong's foreign-currency debt rating; Increase in profits for Japan's Sega Corporation; Fidelity Investments which increases its stake in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group; Jump in profits for India's Reliance Industries; Collapse of German charter airline, Aero Lloyd; Bank chief named at WestLB in Germany; Acceptance of bid to buy Inmarsat Ventures in Britain; Upturn in sales for France's Group Danone; Others.

Reports on an announcement by General Electric that corporate earnings for the third-quarter were down 11% and that full-year earnings would be low. Effort to reposition the company through acquisitions such as the Vivendi Universal deal; Two medical acquisitions by G.E. Medical; Purchase of Instrumentarium of France and a partial ownership in Amersham of Great Britain; Plans of long-term, high-value growth from Jeffrey R. Immelt, G.E's chief executive.

Presents world business news briefs. Report that Japan's second-largest telecommunications company, KDDI Corporation, raised its profit forecast for the year because of better-than-expected demand for its cellphones with high-speed connections; Report that Japan's Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company said that profit in the first half would probably reach 41 billion yen, two and a half times the forecast; Report that trading in some foreign-exchange instruments involving the Chinese currency, the yuan, suggest that the government might be ready to let currency appreciate in value; Report that British retailer Marks & Spencer Group said that revenue growth slowed in its second quarter as a heat wave hurt demand for ready-made meals and sweaters; Report that Brazilian industrial output was stronger in August than in July, but remained weaker than it was in August 2002 because of high interest rates; Report that the World Rugby Cup will expand the economy of Australia by about one billion Australian dollars, according to a report by Citigroup.

Presents world business briefs as of September 23, 2003. Music mergers in Great Britain; Technology acquisition in France; Resignation of oil executive Leif Terje Loeddesoel in Norway.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of August 6, 2003. Profit for Japan's Nintendo Company, maker of the GameCube home console; Resignation of Mike Metcalf, Great Britain's Burberry Group's chief operating officer and finance head; Profit rise for Brazilian private bank Itau; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of July 1, 2003. Offers for British toy retailer Hamleys; Purchase of passenger jets from the Boeing Company by Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways; Fall in Brazil's gross domestic product; Others.

Reports that operating results for 2003 for British-based wireless operator Vodafone Group exceeded expectations, as revenue rose. Vodafone's struggle with a worldwide slowdown in subscriber growth and delays in the introduction of third-generation wireless services; Financial performance; Introduction of Vodafone Live, which offers mobile phone customers color, music and photos; Comments of Christopher Gent, Vodafone's chief executive.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of May 21, 2003. Rise in unemployment in Japan due to an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Bid by Australian owner-manager of retail centers, Westfield, for eight malls in five Australian states controlled by the AMP Group; Profit for British entertainment company Granada; Others.

Reports on world business briefs. Trade surplus which has fallen in Japan; Industrial growth which has grown in India; Australian retail company Woolworths which reports a rise in profits; Plans of the Bank of Ireland to merge with Chase de Vere Investments and MX Financial Solutions; Economic status of Cia de Bebidas das Americas, Brazil's largest coffee brewer.

Provides business-related news of the world for January 29, 2003. Losses for Fujitsu, a Japanese maker of computers and telecommunications equipment; Decline of retail sales in Japan; Profits that fell for the drug maker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories; Decline in earnings for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, a maker of microchips; Statement released by Trackdean that discloses that Philip Green, a retail entrepreneur, plans to seek antitrust clearance for an offer for Safeway, a British supermarket chain; Announcement that the Irish airline Ryanair is expanding to Sweden; Reports that a British stockbroker and investment bank, the Cazenove Group, postponed plans for an initial share sale; Decision of the Egyptian government to allow the Egyptian pound to float freely.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance, as of December 4, 2002. Growth rate projections for India's gross domestic product; Rise in profits for British brewer Scottish & Newcastle after its acquisition of Hartwall of Finland; Plans for a pipeline to Western Europe by Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of October 17, 2002. Economic growth for China; Possible rescue for Japanese retailer Daiei by the Development Bank of Japan; Losses at British Reuters Group, a leading provider of financial information; Others.

Presents news briefs related to international business and finance as of August 1, 2002. Decision of the Nissan Motor Co. to increase Japanese production as it expands its lineup of vehicle models; Details of financial statements released by Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer Sharp and others; Endorsement by investors of the compensation for British company Vodafone Group's chief executive officer Christopher Gent; Others.

Presents world news briefs related to business as of May 29, 2002. Fall in shares for South Korean automobile company, Ssangyong Motor; Losses for Japanese telephone carrier Japan Telecom Company for fiscal year 2001; Decline in shares for Britain's investment bank Barclay's Capital; Others.

Presents world news briefs related to business as of April 18, 2002. Agreement between Japanese cellular telephone provider NTT DoCoMo and Bouygues Télécom in France; Fall in the unemployment rate in Great Britain; Sale of Swissair's airport retailing business, Nuance, to Gruppo PAM of Italy; others.

Presents world news briefs related to business, as of April 9, 2002. Share increase for Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corporation on talk that DaimlerChrysler will take over; Strategy of Britain's BT Group to increase profit; Cancellation of plans by Mexican mobile phone company América Móvil to sell shares of Cablevisión on the New York Stock Exchange; Others.

Presents news briefs related to international business and finance as of January 17, 2002. Decision of the Bank of Japan to leave monetary policy unchanged during a meeting to discuss possible measures to aid the Japanese economy; Unemployment rate for Great Britain during the last three months of 2001; Decline in fourth-quarter, 2001 profit for Samsung Electronics; Others.

Offers world business news briefs as of November 20, 2001. Comments of the Bank of Japan regarding Japan's downturn in manufacturing; Losses which were reported by the music company EMI Group of Britain; End of the strike by metal workers at Volkswagen's biggest Brazilian factory; Others.

Presents news briefs related to world business as of November 15, 2001. Increase in corporate bankruptcies in Japan; Layoffs and cost-cutting measures announced by Australian telecommunication companies; Rise in unemployment in Great Britain; Others.

Presents news briefs related to world business as of November 8, 2001. Profit forecast made by McDonald's Ltd. for its Japanese business; Decline in manufacturing orders in Germany; Preparations for the use of the euro at British businesses; Others.

Presents news briefs related to world business as of November 6, 2001. Plan of Taiheiyo Coal Mine to close the last coal mine in Japan; Decline in industrial production in Great Britain; Profit increase announced by the low-budget Irish airline Ryanair; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of September 17, 2003. Growth in profit for British supermarket chain Tesco; Rise in investor confidence in Germany; Announcement by the Bank of Japan's policy board that it would continue buying stocks from the nation's banks for an additional year; Bid for an Australian power plant by Malaysian company, Genting Berhad of Kuala Lumpur; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business, as of August 20, 2003. Expansion of British bank HBOS, which completed a takeover of the Bank of Western Australia, despite claims by minority shareholders that the price was low; Cut in growth forecast by Irish finance minister, Charlie McCreevy, who blamed a delay in the recovery of the global economy; Labor demonstration in Seoul, South Korea, against a bill for a five-day week; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of March 6, 2002. How British insurer Britannic is looking for a buyer after its pretax loss; Request for a bailout by Japanese construction company Tobishima Corporation; Unchanged interest rates for the Bank of Canada, which cited a stronger-than expected economic recovery; Others.

Presents world news briefs related to business as of February 13, 2002. Rise in profits for consumer electronics maker Thomson Multimedia of France; Drop in fourth-quarter profit for British energy company BP due to falling energy prices; Job cuts at Japanese supermarket operator Daiei Inc.; Others.

Presents international business-related news as of March 12, 2002. Announcement that the British-Dutch steel group company Corus Group will close plants in Britain; Recommendation from a British regulatory body that the proposed merger between Granada and Carlton Communications be subjected to further antitrust scrutiny; Decision of Iberdrola, one of Spain's largest utilities, to reject a takeover bid by Gas Natural; Appointment of Dudley Eustace as interim chief financial officer of Royal Ahold; Profits that fell for Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer; Expected loss that was widened for Resona Holdings; Profit forecast that was slashed by Japan Airlines System; Decision of the Honda Motor Company to renew the pact to transfer technology to its Indian joint venture, Hero Honda Motors Ltd.

Presents international business and finance-related news briefs as of February 28, 2003. Decline in British consumer confidence; Details of financial statements for Royal Bank of Scotland, AXA and others; Appointment of Rachel Lomax as deputy governor of the Bank of England; Others.

Provides business-related news as of February 7, 2003. Operating license that was lost by the airline Air Lib because an investment company, IMCA, declined to invest in the airline; Profits that rose for Royal Dutch/Shell; Loss that was reported for the cruise line P&O; Acquisition of P&O by Carnival; Lawsuits that were filed against Britain and Spain regarding government control of privately held companies; Profit that was reported by a Japanese trading firm, the Mitsubishi Corporation; Losses for the banking company UFJ Holdings; Sales targets that will not be reached by NTT DoCoMo; Plan of Telecom to budget money for new equipment for wireless networks; Earnings of Korean Air; Rise of industrial output in Brazil; Strikes that ended at Grupo Mexico, a copper mining company.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of October 9, 2002. Rise in sales for British clothier Marks & Spencer; Job cuts at Germany's Deutsche Telekom; Decline in orders for new machinery in Japan; Others.

Offers worldwide news briefs relating to business and finance, as of October 1, 2002. Falling profits at British travel agent MyTravel, Europe's third-largest tour operator; Cut in growth forecast by German finance minister Hans Eichel; Plan by creditors of South Korea's Daewoo Motor Company to split the company into entities; Others.

Presents international news briefs relating to business and finance, as of September 5, 2002. Gains for British tobacco company Gallaher; Decision by the central bank of Australia to keep interest rates unchanged; Resignations of executives at Japanese trading company Mitsui & Company amid bribery allegations; Others.

Presents international news briefs related to business and finance as of August 30, 2002. Departure of Stephen Morrison, chief executive of British media company Granada; Plans by Swiss drug maker Novartis to buy the Lek Pharmaceutical and Chemical Company of Slovenia; Sale of stakes by Japan's Softbank Corporation to meet its debt payments; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of July 30, 2002. Losses for British publisher Pearson, owner of 'The Financial Times' and large publishing businesses; Declines in industrial output in Japan; Revised bid by Canadian gold miner Placer Dome for AurionGold of Australia; Others.

Presents world news briefs related to business as of May 30, 2002. Possible bankruptcy for German airship maker CargoLifter AG; Losses at British mobile phone company MM02; Plans for London, England's Millennium Dome; Rise in Japanese industrial production; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business, as of April 5, 2002. Fall in British oil company BP's profit margins; Loan that plane maker Fairchild Dornier has received from its German creditor banks; Expectation of a loss for Japan's bank Sumitomo Trust; Others.

Presents news briefs related to world business as of March 15, 2002. Loss posted by Royal KPN, a Dutch phone company; Announcement by the British telecommunications company Energis that it will miss a debt payment; Indications of economic improvement in Japan; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of January 24, 2002. Profits for Siemens, the German electronics and engineering company; Restructuring of shares by British retailer Marks & Spencer; Net loss in the fourth quarter 2001 for BCE, which controls Canada's biggest telephone company; Others.