Life insurer Resolution posted first half profit just above market forecasts on Wednesday, helped by growing asset management income
As the International Monetary Fund embarks on a second round of reforms to give developing countries more say in the institution, the World Bank signalled on Wednesday that it was ready to go the same route.
An agreement to boost the voting power of emerging nations in the International Monetary Fund is just the start of a difficult process, the IMF's head said on Wednesday, as the World Bank signaled it was ready to go the same route.
A group of nine of the world's biggest investment banks said on Tuesday they planned to set up a new system for reporting share trades, bypassing the major European stock exchanges and ahead of new European securities regulations due to come into force later this year.
India's leading consumer goods manufacturer, Videocon, is within an arm's length to acquiring South Korea's third largest electronics company, Daewoo Electronics, but certain riders attached by the ailing company relating to its takeover may persuade the Indian company to give it a second thought.
A new era began on Monday for the UK's most successful investment fund, as trading resumed in Fidelity Special Situations after the fund was split in two.
British Gas today launched a campaign to reduce energy waste in UK households by one billion pounds
BP Plc is carrying out a global review of its safety regulations following a refinery explosion last year.
Sudan is expected to agree to an extended African Union peacekeeping mandate in Darfur when African foreign ministers meet in New York on Monday, a presidential adviser said.
UK stocks edged up on Monday, led by mining stocks based on higher commodity prices.
Gas prices fell on Monday ahead of an expected inflow of extra gas from Norway later this week via the new Langeled pipeline.
British bank Alliance & Leicester Plc said on Monday it had sold customer leases worth 391 million pounds and the deal would boost its second half pretax profit by 30 million pounds.
Asking prices for homes in England and Wales grew almost 10 percent on a year ago in the period from mid August to early September
Finance ministers on Monday backed a controversial new World Bank strategy for tackling corruption in developing countries but insisted on overseeing how it is implemented
Chancellor Gordon Brown suggested on Monday economic growth this year would turn out stronger than forecast in his budget a timely boost as he sets out his pitch to succeed Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Cyber scams are increasingly being committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online name for themselves, according to a top U.S. official.
Wm Morrison Supermarkets' firsthalf results on Thursday will be a watershed, being the first time it shows the upside of its problematic acquisition of rival Safeway
Britons make the largest number of cash machine withdrawals throughout Europe, a report shows, almost all of them from free to use ATMs.
The FTSE 100 held steady on Friday, with banks gaining but heavyweight oils and miners led lower by commodity prices and with trading cautious ahead of U.S. CPI data.
John Liang Plc today announced that it had received a non binding proposal, and was now in takeover talks
This week seven leading mobile operators have united to create a new organization, known as the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) initiative
First time homebuyers are stretching their finances more than ever before to get a foot on the property ladder, a survey shows.
