Italy's RCS dissolves shareholder pact
07:19pm 14 October 2013
MILAN (Reuters) - The shareholder pact controlling RCS MediaGroup has been wound up ahead of time, a move expected to cut shareholder interference in the loss-making publisher of Italy's leading...
Fed's Yellen often warns about lingering unemployment - ECB official
07:08pm 14 October 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Janet Yellen, the nominee expected to run the U.S. Federal Reserve beginning next year, regularly warns at meetings of the world's central bankers that short-term unemployment...
Grangemouth refinery begins shutdown ahead of strike
07:06pm 14 October 2013
GRANGEMOUTH, Scotland/LONDON (Reuters) - UK's Grangemouth refinery began halting work on Monday ahead of a 48-hour strike in a development that looked increasingly like a repeat of a 2008 crisis...
GM-Peugeot setbacks set scene for Dongfeng deal push
07:00pm 14 October 2013
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors scaled back cooperation with Peugeot months into their alliance and later turned down a government-backed merger, leaving China's Dongfeng as the French...
Hunt for ways to monetise the hashtag
06:38pm 14 October 2013
Ad.ly is using Twitter userbase to promote products, matching clients including Walmart, General Mills and L’Oréal with some of its ‘influencers’
Future BoE deputy governor sees no UK housing bubble
06:27pm 14 October 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's housing market is not entering a new price bubble but bank lending must be watched closely after the launch of a new state mortgage guarantee programme, the Bank of...
ISS prepares for return to public markets
06:19pm 14 October 2013
Owners EQT and Goldman Sachs prepare Danish cleaning and catering group for a return to the public markets – the third attempt in seven years to do so
Four of top five annuity providers increase rates
06:15pm 14 October 2013
Four of the top five annuity providers in the UK increased their rates by 2% in September, according to the Annuity Bureau
EU Commission says Italy needs to notify Alitalia bailout
06:04pm 14 October 2013
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy will have to notify a planned government-led 500-million-euro bailout of near-bankrupt airline Alitalia to EU regulators who will then assess whether the measure complies...
SEC seeks comments on asset managers
05:59pm 14 October 2013
A designation as a systematically important financial institution for an asset manager would move oversight of that firm from SEC to Federal Reserve
Banks to repay 2 billion euros of ECB's crisis loans next week - Reuters poll
05:50pm 14 October 2013
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Banks will return 2 billion euros (1.6 billion pounds) of their three-year crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week, according to a Reuters poll of euro money market...
UK retailers set for best Christmas sales growth since 2007 - report
05:40pm 14 October 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers are set to enjoy their best growth in Christmas sales since the financial crisis, according to a report published on Monday which forecast consumers would spend...
Greek think tank says economy close to stabilising after six-year slump
05:36pm 14 October 2013
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's economy may shrink by up to 4.2 percent this year but is close to stabilising after six years of sharp contractions that have wiped out about a quarter of output,...
VIDEO: Huge container ship in 30 seconds
05:31pm 14 October 2013
BBC News demonstrates the huge size of modern container ships with a walk along part of the deck of a 365 metre long vessel - condensed into just 30 seconds.
VIDEO: Huge container ship in 30 seconds
05:31pm 14 October 2013
BBC News demonstrates the huge size of modern container ships with a walk along part of the deck of a 365 metre long vessel - condensed into just 30 seconds.
Italy seeking spending cuts in 2014 budget
05:12pm 14 October 2013
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian cabinet will try to agree on Tuesday on a 2014 budget geared to reviving a chronically stagnant economy by cutting taxes and spending, while keeping the budget deficit...
Washington weighs on consumer stocks
05:04pm 14 October 2013
Optimism on Wall Street over negotiations in Washington were tempered on Monday by news that talks had yielded little progress
Telefonica set to sell $3.6 billion Czech stake - sources
05:03pm 14 October 2013
MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms group Telefonica has started preparing the sale of its $3.6 billion (2.2 billion pounds) stake in its listed Czech unit, three sector bankers closely...
FTSE creeps up in thin trade, Johnson Matthey leads
05:02pm 14 October 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE inched higher on Monday, led by catalytic converter maker Johnson Matthey on the back of an analyst rating upgrade, while the slow progress in U.S. debt talks kept...
A new business model for Noah
05:00pm 14 October 2013
The wealth manager recognised the importance of trust and relationships with customers and product providers
Rangers forced to postpone their AGM
04:35pm 14 October 2013
Rangers' annual meeting is delayed after shareholders seeking changes to the club's board won a court decision.
Rangers forced to postpone their AGM
04:35pm 14 October 2013
Rangers' annual meeting is delayed after shareholders seeking changes to the club's board won a court decision.
Avon to close its French operations
04:33pm 14 October 2013
The French operations of the US cosmetics giant Avon Products are to be closed by the end of the month, its Paris office says.
Avon to close its French operations
04:33pm 14 October 2013
The French operations of the US cosmetics giant Avon Products are to be closed by the end of the month, its Paris office says.
NAPF highlights pensions confidence boost
04:32pm 14 October 2013
Confidence in pension schemes has risen 'significantly' in among those workers who have already started to save, the National Association of Pension Funds revealed today.
US tech groups’ profit growth in focus
03:01pm 14 October 2013
The ability of America’s largest technology companies to expand profits despite muted sales growth will be under focus this week
British brands take on the Chinese market
02:42pm 14 October 2013
British brands work to woo Chinese consumers
EU study doubts 'benefit tourism'
02:38pm 14 October 2013
A European Commission study plays down "benefit tourism" in the EU, saying jobless EU migrants are a very small share of benefit claimants.
EU study doubts 'benefit tourism'
02:38pm 14 October 2013
A European Commission study plays down "benefit tourism" in the EU, saying jobless EU migrants are a very small share of benefit claimants.
UK-IOM tax deal 'a momentous step'
02:35pm 14 October 2013
The signing of a UK-Isle of Man tax information-sharing agreement is a "momentous step forward", George Osborne says.