Barclays Plc shareholders are expected to comfortably approve the British bank's sale of asset manager Barclays Global Investors to BlackRock when they vote on the $13.5 billion deal on Thursday. The bank
Asian stocks edged up close to 11-month highs on Thursday on strength in resource-related shares, while the Australian dollar gained after a surprise rise in employment prompted increased bets on higher interest
The Bank of England will decide whether to expand its quantitative easing programme later on Thursday, and economists are split down the middle over the central bank's choice. The outcome of Thursday's
The biggest winners since the U.S. stock market got another dose of bull market fever in mid-July have been the companies with the most beaten-down shares and the ones whose business outlooks
Stocks in Shanghai dropped 3 percent on Thursday, weighed by speculation China may take more steps to rein in liquidity, slashing the Australian dollar's gains, while copper slid from 10-month highs after
Global stocks clawed back early losses on Wednesday while lower risk government bonds sagged after upbeat economic reports and corporate earnings reinforced views that the worst of the global recession may be
Britain's blue chip shares rose 0.3 percent by midday on Wednesday, supported by gains from banks after Lloyds Banking Group rose on in-line earnings, while reassuring economic data added to positive sentiment.
Britain's Lloyds Banking Group sank to a 4 billion pounds ($6.8 billion) loss in the first half, battered by a surge in bad debts from its HBOS business, but the bank told
A closely-watched gauge of U.S. factory activity likely rose in July but stayed below the level showing expansion, suggesting the economy might start to emerge from recession in the second half of
Sony Corp will begin selling this month the cheapest digital book reader for the United States, heating up the competition with Amazon.com Inc in the small but fast-growing market for electronic readers.
