The European Central Bank is holding talks with the Bank of England on extending its new stock and bond settlement system beyond the euro zone under a plan to slash trading costs,
The Bank of England's forecast of a recovery later this year is showing signs of fruition, a central bank policymaker said on Tuesday, and the BoE detected a new readiness by some
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has lost support for his handling of the economy, two polls showed on Tuesday, the eve of what is expected to be one of the bleakest budgets
The European Commission said on Tuesday it had proposed giving Romania 5 billion euros in financial assistance to help Bucharest deal with the effects of the financial crisis. Romania secured a 20
The EU's executive European Commission has been stepping up the pace on proposals for financial regulation reform to make markets safer for investors. The United States is looking at similar measures as
European shares fell by midday on Tuesday in choppy trade as declines in bank stocks offset gains in defensives led higher by record earnings from British retailer Tesco. At 1117 GMT, the
World stocks sold off on Tuesday and Wall Street looked set to open lower after a more than one-month long rally lost some of its immediate fiz due to renewed worries about
German economic sentiment jumped on Tuesday, a clutch of central bankers detected signs of stabilisation ahead and retail giant Tesco shrugged off global malaise to post bumper profits. Recent improvement in some
Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday on concerns about the state of corporate profits after Bank of New York Mellon cut its quarterly dividend and DuPont warned of
President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has said Tuesday's meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat was good, noting that most of the meeting was tete-a-tete. In statements on
