Banks drove Britain's top share index higher at midday on Tuesday after Barclays posted 2009 results that beat forecasts, while commodity issues were also in demand, buoyed by firmer metals and oil
Stock index futures rose on Tuesday as corporate earnings fueled investors' optimism on their return from a 3-day holiday. But debt issues centered on Greece and other peripheral euro zone countries remains
Barclays Plc said it had started the year well after beating expectations with 2009 profits of over 11.6 billion pounds ($18.18 billion), on the back of a strong performance at its investment
Sony Corp has pulled the plug in Japan on sales of a next-generation flat TV due to sluggish demand, a setback for a product the company had trumpeted as a sign of
The Cypriot economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to flash estimates released today by Eurostat. On an EU-wide basis, the GDP increased by 0.1%, the
Euro zone states urged Greece on Monday to announce more deficit-control steps by mid-March if needed, but said nothing new of last week's pledge to defend the country if debt market pressures
European stocks turned lower, the dollar jumped to a seven-month high against a currency basket and commodity prices slipped on Friday after China surprised markets by raising banks' reserve requirements. China sprung
China raised the level of reserves banks must hold for the second time this year on Friday, spooking financial markets on the eve of its New Year holiday by showing it was
European shares fell on Friday, snapping a four-day winning streak, with banks and miners the major fallersafter China raised its banks' reserve requirements for the second time this year. By 1140 GMT,
Stock index futures fell on Friday after China surprised global markets by increasing banks' reserve requirements, raising worries about the impact of eventual monetary tightening on global growth. The hike in reserve
