The Footsie ended the day slightly in the red following a weak start on Wall Street and with a similar pattern to yesterday´s emerging, with equities in core European countries such as the UK and Germany ...

A pensioner buying even the best annuity at age 65 has to live beyond 82 until he or she makes any return - and to 100 to make just 5pc a year.

The FTSE began the morning with moderate gains of 0.5 per cent as markets tracked the rise overnight on Wall Street. That appears to have come on the heels of an article in The Wall Street Journal from ...

The Footsie has dipped slightly into the red ahead of the 'opening bell' on Wall Street with a similar pattern to yesterday´s emerging, with equities in core European countries such as the UK and Germany ...

German business confidence rises; Spain unemployment drops; UK economy grows; Juergen Stark reportedly sees no lasting end to Eurozone crisis

Profit warnings by German heavyweights BASF and Siemens hit the country's stock index on Thursday and cast a shadow over the broader European market, which was seen vulnerable to further declines. The ...

Efforts by the insurance industry to crack down on fraud have pushed the level of fraudulent claims uncovered in Britain over 1 billion pounds per year for the first time, new figures show. According to ...

U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has hired Martin Moore, the former head of Prudential's real estate arm, to help with its push into the property sector. Moore, who retired as Chairman ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss engineer ABB's more selective approach to projects and delays by utilities in starting new schemes drove a fall in second-quarter orders below expectations, sending its shares ...

German business confidence to rise: Spain's unemployment rate falls

The UK economy is expected to have grown by 0.6pc in the second quarter, official data will show on Thursday, adding to hopes of a sustained recovery.

Facebook shares opened up 28pc and analysts pointed to further advertising growth on Instagram and 15-second videos.

British Land, the FTSE 100 property company, raised its dividend as it said the new leases it was signing with occupiers were beating its expectations amid an improving economic backdrop.

Worse-than-expected economic data from the US saw markets across Europe erase their earlier gains on Tuesday, as the FTSE 100 fell into the red despite a strong performance in the mining sector..

Fading hopes of a 'hard landing' in China lifted stocks in the heavyweight mining sector on Tuesday, meaning that the FTSE 100 opened with solid gains early on.

A well-received trading update from Sage Group and strong gains in the mining sector lifted the FTSE 100 into positive territory on Tuesday morning, with sentiment lifted by reassuring comments about Chinese ...

The FTSE 100 opened slightly lower on Monday morning as investors turned cautious ahead of a busy week for corporate earnings across the globe.

Oil exploration company Gulf Keystone Petroleum has withdrawn its opposition to four directors proposed by shareholder M&G; Recovery Fund, ending a row with its biggest investors over corporate governance. ...

Gulf Keystone has settled its dispute with one of its largest shareholders over the composition of the oil and gas company’s board after agreeing to its demand for the appointment of four new independent ...

The average family has only enough savings to survive for 18 days if they were to lose their income, a study will suggest next week.

London's benchmark index closed at 6,631 on Friday, down by 4 basis points.

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