PPC/DEH posts Q4 loss on Greece provisions, costs

Greece's biggest electricity producer PPC/DEH announced a record quarterly loss on Friday, hit by bad-debt provisions and higher fuel costs amid the country's economic crisis. The state-controlled company's loss reached 240 million

FTSE 100 seen at 6,100 by year-end

A less turbulent European debt crisis and improving global economic prospects are expected to help Britain's FTSE 100 share index rise a further 5% from current levels by the end of 2012

Shares fall on U.S., China growth worries

Asian shares fell for a second successive day on Thursday as concerns about growth prospects in the world's two largest economies, the United States and China, prompted investors to trim their risk