Britain's top share index was flat early on Monday as weakness in miners offset gains in the banking sector, which was led higher by Lloyds Banking Group after Victor Blank stepped down
Most Asian stock markets fell on Monday on concerns about corporate profits and a still-uncertain outlook for the global economy, but Indian shares surged following the ruling coalition's sweeping election victory. Hopes
Lloyds Banking Group said shareholders who do not take up its offer to buy up to 4 billion pounds ($6.1 billion) of shares will now receive any profit made from the sale
Central banks might need more power to oversee banks if they are to play a larger role in maintaining financial stability in the post-crisis world, a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) report
The Obama administration's budget chief said on Sunday there are signs that the free-fall in the economy seems to have halted. "There are some glimmers of sun shining through the trees, but
World equities rose on Friday but European stocks weakened and Wall Street was set for a lower opening, while dreadful European economic data hit the euro. MSCI's all-country world stock index was
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday as better-than-expected manufacturing data in the United States was offset by weak European gross domestic product reading, clouding the economic outlook.
Capital Intelligence, the international credit rating agency, has downgraded the foreign currency long and short-term ratings for The International Banking Corporation (TIBC) in Bahrain to ‘D’ (default) from ‘BBB’ and ‘A3’ long-term
Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday ahead of consumer price data, while some financial shares rose on news that four insurers can tap government bailout money. But investors
Britain's leading share index ticked up early on Friday as Barclays led banks higher on reports it was in talks to sell its asset management business BGI, but oil producers and drugmakers
