Alpha Bank Q1 net profit seen down 49 percent

Alpha Bank, Greece's third-largest lender, was expected to report a 49 percent drop  in first-quarter net profit, hurt by the recession and the  country's debt crisis, a Reuters poll found.  Net profit was

Stocks hit 8-1/2 month low

World and emerging stocks slid to their lowest since Sept 2009 and the euro and oil fell on Tuesday on worries over the euro zone banking sector and concerns over tensions on

UK Q1 GDP revised up slightly as expected

Britain's economy grew slightly faster than initially estimated in the first three months of this year after a strong rebound in industrial production and business services, official data showed on Tuesday. The

Shareholders sue BP for spill liability

Shareholders have sued the board of BP Plc (BP.L) for failing to monitor safety and exposing the company to potentially enormous liability related to the Deepwater spill disaster in the Gulf of