Although the Solvency II regime has yet to be finalised, Moody's Investor Service has outlined its expectation that solvency ratios will ultimately exhibit a more complex volatility under Solvency II than under
Police raided addresses across Turkey on Tuesday and detained dozens of people after nearly three weeks of anti-government protests, local media reported. State media TRT said 25 people had been detained in
Switzerland's lower house of parliament stalled a bid on Tuesday to protect the country's banks from U.S. criminal charges, refusing to address a bill aimed at ending a long-running probe into rich
British inflation rebounded more than expected in May, data showed on Tuesday, primarily because of rising air fares and in contrast to April's seven-month low. Economists found little significance of the rise,
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he is looking at the world's largest cities, including Shanghai, Moscow, London and New York, as possible locations to build a mile-high skyscraper that would
A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul's Taksim Square, scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his
Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, will not permit no-fly zones to be imposed over Syria, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Monday. "I think we
European Union antitrust regulators will give unconditional approval to IntercontinentalExchange's (ICE) $8.2 billion offer for NYSE Euronext, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. "The deal is expected to be
Hungary's government raised taxes on the mostly foreign-owned financial and telecoms sectors on Monday to plug budget holes but also rattling investors who have already experienced three years of unpredictable policies. The
Shoppers in the 109 countries where Spanish fashion chain Mango has stores recognise its celebrity faces well, but few know much about the company behind the clothes modelled by Kate Moss, Gerard
