Sir Brian Pitman, the venerable City heavyweight banker and former Lloyds TSB chairman, died early this morning in hospital after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday. He was 78. .. ...

Tributes paid to highly respected banker who spent half a century at Lloyds bankTributes were pouring in tonight after the sudden death of Sir Brian Pitman, one of the most highly ...

Authorities seize data on 15,000 private clients, but bank insists it will not be seen by tax investigatorsHSBC was being investigated by Swiss banking regulators last night after ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The court-appointed examiner who investigated the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holding Co is set to make his report publicly available, aft ...

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp is in talks with Gazprom and Rosneft over taking equity stakes in oil and gas projects to help cement an energy partnership ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The banking industry will tell Senate tax writers on Friday they oppose a plan by U.S. President Barack Obama to tax big banks to recoup about $100 billion ( ...

Sir Brian Pitman, the former chairman and chief executive of Lloyds TSB and one of the most respected bankers of his generation, has died suddenly at the age of 78 ...

Last-minute amendment could scupper bill protecting indebted poor countries in UK courtsLegislation to protect some of the world's poorest countries from being sued by rapacious "v ...

Malcolm Calvert, who retired from Cazenove 10 years ago, found guilty of using insider information to buy shares between 2003 and 2005A former partner at the Queen's stockbrokers w ...

Chris Dodd, the Senate banking committee chairman, said that he would introduce a financial regulatory reform bill next week in a substantial move forward for one of President Bara ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland's foreign minister said on Thursday he was hopeful Reykjavik could restart talks with Britain and the Netherlands next week on striking a new "Icesav ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Investing in a high-speed Internet network would open up a new global trade route for Britain, boosting economic recovery and creating thousands of jobs, the Con ...

Barack Obama urges China to change its currency strategy, a move that would effectively raise the value of the yuan and benefit US exporters. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Thursday that he did not plan generous giveaways in his March 24 budget, and that plans to halve the budget deficit over four ...

Man Utd: The takeover maths in detail ...

Malcolm Calvert, a former partner of the blue blooded investment bank, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after being found guilty of insider trading ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A former partner of Cazenove, known as the Queen's stockbroker, was jailed for 21 months on Thursday for making more than 100,000 pounds from buying shares in co ...

Chancellor Alistair Darling warns people not to expect a "giveaway" when he unveils the government's Budget later this month. ...

Malcolm Calvert, the former Cazenove banker convicted of insider dealing earlier this week, was today sentenced to 21 months in prison. ...

Emergence of memo warning that safety was being put at risk by cost-cutting piles pressure on Japanese carmakerA four-year-old memo from Japanese factory workers warning that safet ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A former partner of Cazenove, known as the Queen's stockbroker, was jailed for 21 months on Thursday for making more than 100,000 pounds from buying shares in co ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Carmakers in the European Union will face falling sales this year after their output dropped 17 percent in 2009 due to the economic crisis, an auto association ...

Top European Union officials say the bloc's decision to act on hedge funds is in line with a G20 decision to reinforce transparency, after the US Treasury secretary warned they may ...

Europe's largest carmaker announces plans to launch a convertible bond issue alongside its multibillion-euro capital increase, in a move to woo investors wary of equity issues ...

Pink Floyd won a ruling at the High Court today that will prevent its own record company from selling single downloads from its concept albums. ...

DUBAI/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Dubai's market rallied to seven-week highs on Thursday on hopes for a Dubai World debt deal while some major creditor banks halted internal trading in t ...

Malcolm Calvert, a former partner at Cazenove, has been sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for insider dealing in the shares of three UK companies. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Pubs group JD Wetherspoon unveiled a new 530 million pound debt facility on Thursday, giving it the firepower to ramp up expansion as its struggling rivals look ...

The US trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in January as fewer foreign cars and less crude oil were imported. ...

European airport authorities subsidise Ryanair to the tune of at least

About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen by a former employee, the company has admitted. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Major shareholders in Prudential are warming to the insurer's $35.5 billion (23.6 billion pound) bid for AIG's Asian business following meetings with chief execu ...

A firm of solicitors which worked for a leading claims management company has been shut down by the solicitors' regulator. ...

President Nicolas Sarkozy and other senior figures in France's governing UMP party are stepping up their contact with Conservative leader David Cameron and his team ...

Johnston Press warned today that further job losses at the regional newspaper group were

You're at work, on holiday, or halfway through a vital conversation about last night's television. Suddenly, you realise the phone's battery is about to run out. It's a very modern ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Workers from the RMT union have backed strike action in a dispute with Network Rail over its plans to cut 1,500 maintenance jobs. ...

The government outlined the likely shape of a future UK high-speed rail network when it unveiled proposals for a £30bn network that would slash rail journey times between Lond ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Pubs group JD Wetherspoon unveiled a new 530 million pound debt facility on Thursday, giving it the firepower to ramp up expansion as its struggling rivals look ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling rose on Thursday after a slight uptick in inflation expectations, though analysts still expected economic and political concerns to keep the pound under ...

The energy company Scottish Power says its gas prices will fall by around £66 a year and vulnerable customers will get extra help. ...

The validity of Portsmouth's administration will not be challenged by HM Revenue & Customs, the BBC learns. ...

EMI are no longer allowed to sell individual Pink Floyd tracks online, the High Court rules. ...

The mutually-owned retailer's 70,000 staff receive payout of 15% of salary after the owner of the John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets lifts full-year profit 10% ...

An estimated 24,000 clients of HSBC Private Bank in Switzerland had personal details stolen in a data theft three years ago, a far higher number than originally thought and "highly ...

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Network Rail maintenance workers vote in favour of strikes, bringing about the possibility of action over Easter. ...

The global airline industry will recover strongly this year, as passenger and freight numbers improve, its trade body says. ...

Public transport and services shut down across Athens as Greece's three biggest trade unions staged a 24-hour strike to protest against the socialist government's latest package of ...

Consumers expect inflation to fall back to 2.5 per cent over the next year, figures indicate today, in some welcome news for the Bank of England. ...

The data is unequivocal: investing in scientific research during times of recession results in economic growthOn Tuesday night, the science representatives of the three main partie ...

Toyota was forced today to turn over to United States congressional investigators a

The Forbes Rich List is out again and Bill Gates has been knocked off the top by Carlos Slim. See how the lists have changed since 2000

LONDON (Reuters) - The government's desire to punish large banks bailed out by the taxpayer is crippling smaller rivals hit with the same "one-size-fits-all" rules, Arbuthnot Banki ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Insurer Old Mutual said it would sell its life unit and list its funds operation in the United States as part of a strategic overhaul, but shares in the company ...

AstraZeneca is linking up with Indian group Torrent Pharmaceuticals to boost its presence in emerging markets.In its first partnership with a generic drugs manufacturer, Astra will ...

Banking group Investec is to join the FTSE 100 following the latest reshuffle of the UK stock market indexes. ...