Sir Roger Carr, the President of the CBI, has emerged as the leading candidate to chair defence contractor BAE Systems. I understand that Sir Roger, who is about to end his two-year term at the helm of ...

By Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) - A broad collapse of company profits in the developing world shows no sign of abating, forcing investors to tilt portfolios towards sectors such as healthcare or consumer ...

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg delivers a speech at a conference in Hamburg, northern Germany, on April 18, 2013. Sandberg has said in an interview that it's ok for women to cry at work, ...

The company behind Greyhound buses and the First Capital Connect rail franchise is poised to tap shareholders for £500m in new funds months after it lost out in the fiasco over the West Coast mainline. ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 17 (Reuters) - OSX Brasil SA, the shipyard and ship leasing company controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, will scale back the construction of its shipyard at Acu, a port ...

The Obama administration opened the door to a new era of U.S. energy exports on Friday, approving the first liquefied natural gas project since the start of a heated debate over how best to benefit from ...

By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in state-backed Lloyds Banking Group rose above the level which the government sees as its break-even price after its 20.5 billion pound rescue of the bank, raising ...

By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc's (CAT.N) deal to cut the purchase price of a Chinese mining-equipment maker it bought last year ends an embarrassing episode that overshadowed ...

By Alice Baghdjian ZUG, Switzerland (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd (RIG.N) shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn ...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 10, 2013 in New York City. US stocks resumed their upward push Friday with both the Dow and S&P 500 closing at new all-time highs following ...

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - After months of speculation, Vodafone's (VOD.L) Vittorio Colao will be under pressure next week to set out whether he may sell its prized stake in Verizon Wireless in ...

Apple and US lawmakers are gearing up for a showdown over taxes -- specifically how to deal with the huge stockpile of cash held by Apple and other multinational firms offshore.

The dollar rallied across the board on Friday, topping the 103-yen level as it hit a 4-1/2-year high against the Japanese currency, after data showing a robust rebound in U.S. consumer sentiment prompted ...

The deal between Wm Morrisons and Ocado to launch an online business creates perhaps the most unlikely alliance in the City - the Bradford grocer and the Goldman Sachs whizz kids.

The board of miner ENRC has rejected a $2.4 billion tentative offer from its founding investors and the Kazakh government for the shares they do not already own, giving them two weeks to come up with an ...

The dollar rallied across the board on Friday, rocketing to a fresh 4-1/2-year high against the yen above the 103-yen level as data showing a robust rebound in U.S. consumer sentiment prompted more investors ...

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The dollar rose against a swath of currencies on Friday, rocketing to 4-1/2-year high against Japan's yen as data showing a robust rebound in U.S. consumer sentiment prompted investors to pile on bullish ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE top share index hit fresh five and a half year highs on Friday, as banks were buoyed by an upgrade, the prospect of the end of state ownership in the sector and rotation out ...

Britain's top share index hit fresh five and a half year highs on Friday, as banks were buoyed by an upgrade, the prospect of the end of state ownership in the sector and rotation out of defensive stocks. ...

A rally in auto stocks and strong U.S. data helped European shares set a new 5-year high on Friday and record their fourth consecutive weekly gain. The STOXX Europe 600 Automobiles & Parts sector added ...

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, with the S&P 500 erasing declines in the previous session, putting the index on track for its fourth straight weekly advance as ...

U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, with the S&P 500 erasing declines in the previous session, putting the index on track for its fourth straight weekly advance as data helped support recent momentum. The ...

Lloyds Banking Group's shares advanced Friday to a level which the government considers high enough to exceed the break-even point for a sale of its stake in the company.

By Jan Harvey LONDON (Reuters) - Gold fell for a seventh straight session on Friday, its longest losing streak in four years, as speculation that the Federal Reserve may soon rein in monetary easing lifted ...

* Dollar lifted by Fed official's comments on QE * Gold prices set to end the week down 5 pct * Palladium, platinum outperform after Platinum Week (Updates prices, adds comment) By Jan Harvey LONDON, May ...

British supermarket chain Wm Morrison is investing more than 200 million pounds in a 25-year deal with online grocer Ocado, seeking to catch up with rivals in home delivery and sending Ocado shares to ...

The dollar soared against a basket of currencies on Friday, reaching a nearly three-year peak as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying program later this year gathered ...

Emerging markets telecoms group Vimpelcom wants to delist Cairo-based subsidiary Orascom Telecom Holding from the Egyptian and London stock exchanges so it can manage it directly, two sources said on Friday. ...

U.S. stocks were set for a higher open on Friday, putting the S&P 500 on track to rebound from its worst decline in nearly three weeks and on pace for its fourth straight weekly advance ahead of data on ...

Morrisons has reached agreement with online grocer Ocado to launch its own food offering over the web from January 2014. The companies, which confirmed the 25-year deal after months of talks, saw their ...

Shares in state-backed Lloyds Banking Group rose above the level which the government sees as its break-even price after its 20.5 billion pound rescue of the bank, raising hopes of a sale this year. Lloyds ...

One of Warren Buffett's famous investing sayings is " be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful " - or, in other words, sell when others are buying and buy when ...