Britain's leading share index was up 0.2 percent approaching midday on Friday with a rally by banks offsetting weakness in oil majors in thin trade as investors await the key U.S. October
The Group of 20 leading nations will agree this weekend it is too early to pull the plug on emergency support for the global economy and launch a new system of checks
A record number of people in England and Wales succumbed to bad debts in the third quarter of this year but the pace at which companies went bust slowed, official figures showed
British firms' raw materials costs posted their first annual rise in 8 months in October, propelled by rising oil prices and the weak pound which made imported goods dearer, official data showed
American International Group Inc (AIG.N), the insurer bailed out by the U.S. government, posted its second straight quarterly profit on Friday, helped by recovery in the value of its investments. Net profit
U.S. stock index futures were slightly higher on Friday as investors awaited monthly payrolls data and the unemployment rate, key indicators to determine the strength of the economic recovery. * With the
Britain's top share index rose early on Friday, as gains in banks offset a retreat by energy stocks, ahead of key U.S. monthly jobs data which could give clues as to the
Global stocks and commodities gained on Friday, buoyed by firm U.S. data the previous session, lifting risk appetite ahead of hotly anticipated jobs data which will give more evidence on the state
Europe shares rose in early trading on Friday, ahead of a key U.S. employment report, with banks and miners gaining. At 0813 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was
G20 policymakers are agreed that it is too early to pull the plug on economic life-support packages as the global recovery is still fragile, British finance minister Alistair Darling told Reuters in
