Britain's top share index lost 0.2 percent on Tuesday as falling oil stocks, disappointing UK industrial output data and an early slide on Wall Street offset strength in miners. At the close,
European Union ministers and regulators sought on Tuesday to minimise boom-and bust economic cycles by agreeing to make capital rules more flexible and ensuring banks have enough cash to ride out a
Greece's tourism industry has shed more than 19,000 jobs after arrivals at airports dropped by nearly a tenth in the first six months of the year, a trade group said on Tuesday.
Europe's highest court imposed a fine of 2 million euros along with extra daily penalties, on Greece on Tuesday for failing to recover state aid illegally granted to Olympic Airways. The case
Soaring U.S. unemployment and a shrinking economy drove delinquencies on credit card debt and home equity loans to all-time highs in the first quarter as a record number of cash-strapped consumers fell
U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors were cautious ahead of earnings season, and talk of the need to plan for a possible second fiscal stimulus package underscored worries about the U.S.
The euro rose broadly, world stocks turned higher, and energy and commodity prices rebounded on Tuesday after upbeat German manufacturing data helped to inject optimism about a global economic recovery. Investors sought
China, Russia and Brazil will use this week's G8 summit in Italy to push their view that the world needs to start seeking a new global reserve currency as an alternative to
European initial public offerings remained sparse in the second quarter, with most companies likely to defer going public until mid-2010, an expert on new listings from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said. "Whoever isn't forced
Britain's top share index rose slightly in early trade on Tuesday, as gains from miners and some defensive shares outweighed weakness among oil stocks. By 0805 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up
