Britain's leading shares rose on Monday, led by banks and commodity stocks as risk appetite remained after a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report in the previous session. Cable & Wireless Worldwide gained on
GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled from sale because of concerns about heart risks, British drug regulators said on Monday ahead of a special European meeting on the drug's safety. The
Encouraging news about the U.S. employment picture continued to spill over onto financial markets on Monday, lifting world stocks on hopes that a slip back into recession could be avoided. The mood
Fugitive businessman Asil Nadir appeared in court on Friday for the first time since returning to London last month, 17 years after he fled while awaiting trial on fraud and theft charges
Junk-rated Continental AG lowered its borrowing costs markedly this week amid bullish bondholder sentiment, in an encouraging signal to other less creditworthy issuers waiting on the sidelines. Europe's market for speculative grade
U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private hiring surprised on the upside, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to
Japanese ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, challenging Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a party leadership vote, said on Friday that investing in foreign resources could help curb a rapid rise in the
Russia's plan to extend its grain export ban destabilises markets but does not bring closer a repeat of the 2007/2008 food crisis, a senior UN economist said on Friday after seven people
Plastic card spending by Greek Cypriots in the “Occupied Areas and Attaleia” rose by 2.97% to EUR 4.66 mln in the first eight months of 2010, according to data from the credit
European Union diplomats agreed on Thursday to set up pan-EU financial watchdogs by the start of next year, to lead a clampdown on the bankers that many blame for the worst recession
