Lloyds had a good third quarter and is on track for a decent financial performance in 2010 as bad debts fall and margins improve, the part-nationalised British bank said on Tuesday. "We
Japan's broad-based Topix index fell to its lowest close in 19 months on Tuesday as the yen's strength against the dollar hurt shares of exporters such as automakers, while weakness in financial
Oil edged higher on Tuesday, with investors cautious ahead of expected monetary easing from the U.S. Federal Reserve, capping gains from an apparent upwards shift in price tolerance among OPEC ministers. U.S.
The Australian dollar leapt after Australia's central bank surprised markets with a rate hike on Tuesday, leading the U.S. dollar to give back gains in ranges that tightened ahead of the Federal
The Group of 20 must do more to strengthen international supervision of the financial sector, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday. "More has to be done in the
Greek police said it had intercepted on Monday a booby-trapped parcel addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after another package exploded at a courier company in Athens. "One of the explosive devices
A parcel exploded at a courier company in Athens on Monday and police detonated two more bombs wrapped in packages, one carried by two suspects and the other left at another delivery
The Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders will meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Nov. 18 to take stock of U.N.-mediated talks aimed at reuniting the Mediterranean island that has
Britain's top share index pared gains on Monday in choppy trade as investors juggled their positions ahead of potential further easing of monetary policy in the United States, with miners higher after
China launched a once-in-a-decade census on Monday in an exercise that will form a basis for policy-making in the world's most populous country, but is likely to face resistance from residents wary
