European shares fall ahead of Irish bank tests

European shares slipped on Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Irish bank stress tests results, with banking stocks reversing earlier gains, while H&M fell after earnings missed forecasts. By 0928

Lloyds CEO to get £10 mln pay package

Part-nationalised British bank Lloyds gave its new chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio a long-term pay deal potentially worth some 10 mln pounds ($16 mln), according to its annual report. Horta-Osorio, who joined Lloyds