VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's new financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had detected six possible attempts to use the Holy See to launder money last year, citing this as proof of its commitment ...

MILAN (Reuters) - A board member at Italy's troubled lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI) is being investigated over allegations of breaking insider trading rules and has been suspended, a judicial ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will ensure big companies pay more taxes in the countries where they are based, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. "We will work towards ensuring ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that European countries would start working in June on an automatic exchange of tax information, in a bid to recoup some of the ...

By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe moved closer to ending banking secrecy on Wednesday after Austria dropped objections to sharing data on foreign depositors and the EU focused on negotiating ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France must step up reforms to rein in its budget deficit, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said in a magazine interview, urging Paris to avoid repeating "the mistakes of the past." ...

Broken relations between the French and steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal have found a new expression - an online video game called 'Kill Mittal'.

Google's boss has defended its tax arrangements, insisting that the internet giant follows the law. Chief executive Eric Schmidt hit back after Ed Miliband claimed it was wrong for the firm to go to "extraordinary ...

By Clara Denina LONDON (Reuters) - Gold was flat on Wednesday, giving up earlier gains after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned of the risks of holding interest rates too low for too long, ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders meet on Wednesday to discuss tax policy and specifically their concerns over how a number of high-profile international companies have managed to pay next to no tax ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders will discuss how to combat aggressive tax avoidance by major companies such as Amazon, Google and Apple at a summit on Wednesday, and cut the estimated 1 trillion ...

LONDON (Reuters) - European Union regulators have proposed tighter safeguards on sales of the type of securitised debt that became untradable in the financial crisis, forcing taxpayers to rescue banks. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, is in advanced talks to divest its remaining 25-percent stake in its Middle Eastern joint venture to local partner Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), two sources ...

European equities climbed to a new five-year high on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank would retain its monetary stimulus measures until the economy improved. ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on May 22, 2013. European leaders have targeted setting a year-end deadline to do away with ...

LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Wireless charging has been gathering speed over the past two years and is set to become an increasingly popular form of charging for various applications in a diversity of industries, ...

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the U.S. central bank's stimulus program would remain ...

Stock markets around the world rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the U.S. central bank's stimulus program would remain intact. In testimony to Congress, Bernanke ...

* Spot gold briefly broke above $1,400/oz * Fed Chairman Bernanke calms fears over bond-buying end * U.S. dollar moves higher vs basket of currencies (Recasts lead, adds comment after Fed Ben Bernanke ...

LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- The demand for gluten-free products has registered robust growth in the past several years owing to the increasing health awareness amid customers together with improvements of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale said on Wednesday that it was moving to dismiss its top Russian executive days after his shock arrest on bribery charges. The decision by Russian subsidiary Rosbank's ...

By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government should spend more now to fund investment and steer its economy back to recovery, the International Monetary Fund said on ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's energy price manipulation probe has turned regulatory attention to secretive trading units at oil companies with huge turnover and millionaire staff with risk appetite higher ...

The euro fell to a session low against the dollar on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that holding interest rates too low for too long has its risks. Trading was volatile with ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy. On Wednesday, ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss banks fear heavy fines they expect to pay to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over helping wealthy Americans evade tax could hit smaller lenders particularly ...

The dollar recovered to trade at a fresh 4-1/2-year high against the yen and a new nine-month high against the Swiss franc on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that holding interest ...

Stock markets around the world rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the U.S. central bank's stimulus program would remain intact. In testimony to Congress, Bernanke ...

Swiss National Bank (SNB) Governor Thomas Jordan does not rule out weakening the Swiss franc further and lifting the floor on the euro to 1.25 Swiss francs.

By Natsuko Waki LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest investors may be rethinking 20 years of boosting overseas holdings and are instead seeking more stable cash income at home, as aging societies and ...

People who avoid paying tax by stashing their money in tax havens could have contributed enough to end extreme poverty across the world twice over, a charity has said. Oxfam calculated that individuals, ...

Greek youth unemployment is close to hitting 75pc in some parts of the country, official data showed on Wednesday, highlighting a huge disparity between Europe’s northern and southern states.

The euro extended gains against the dollar, while the dollar pared gains against the Swiss franc and yen on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. ...