European shares edged higher in early trade on Tuesday, snapping a sharp three-day drop, with energy stocks taking the lead after oil heavyweight BP's third-quarter results beat forecasts. By 0937 GMT, the
BP's better-than-expected results on Tuesday lifted the oil giant and other energy stocks just enough to offset weakness in miners and banks, to leave Britain's top shares near flat in early trade.
Emerging market and Japanese shares fell sharply on Tuesday after an overnight sell off on Wall Street, but the retreat failed to boost the battered dollar. European stocks made modest gains at
BP Plc beat third-quarter earnings forecasts by a big margin as its cost-cutting programme proved more successful than expected, prompting the British oil major to increase its target for savings for the
European shares rose in early trade on Tuesday, with energy stocks taking the lead after oil heavyweight BP's third-quarter results beat forecasts. By 0812 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top
Anonymous trading venues known as "dark pools" are a technological evolution that have benefitted both institutional and retail trading by bringing down transaction costs, Goldman Sachs Group Inc said in a memo
UBS has appointed Merrill Lynch veteran Robert McCann to head its Americas wealth management unit in a bid to rebuild the franchise which has been battered by a damaging tax row. The
Google Inc has introduced a new feature that will allow consumers to use its Google Voice service without switching to a special phone number, potentially broadening the appeal of the nascent, and
The United States welcomes the rise in the yuan's exchange rate in recent years but wants the currency to climb further, visiting Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Tuesday. "We think more
South Korea's economy grew at its fastest rate in 7-½ years in the third quarter, joining China and Singapore that have also reported faster growth in Asia in the September quarter. In
