The centrepiece of “Abenomics” the policy creed of new prime minister Shinzo Abe has been, and continues to be, the implementation of “quantitative easing” on a scale approaching that of the Bank of England ...

After approaching record highs, stock markets tumbled last week over fears of a global slowdown. What next for the equity sugar rush?

The departing chairman of FirstGroup tells Nathalie Thomas about losing the West Coast deal and how he set the transport giant back on the right track .

Royal Dutch Shell Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is one of the bluest of blue-chip shares. You might expect, therefore, that it would have benefited from investors' rediscovered love for shares. Not so. Share-shoppers ...

Traders work on the floor of the stock exchange on March 14, 2013 in New York City. Traders remained cautious Friday, with stocks virtually unchanged, leaving the markets lower for the five-day period ...

Traders work on the floor of the stock exchange on March 14, 2013 in New York City. US stocks closed flat Friday, reeling in early losses but showing caution following Japan's Thursday plunge and ahead ...

A broker monitors market movements at BGC Partners in London on August 5, 2011. European stock markets slid modestly on Friday, following sharp losses suffered the previous day, failing to score gains ...

London equities finished lower for a second straight day, with investors being put off by the recent gyrations in the market, although the early close of some US markets ahead of the Memorial Day weekend ...

Next shares slide after a note from Morgan Stanley "encouraged" investors to take profits and invest in competitor Marks & Spencer.

LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- The liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is poised to undergo remarkable changes, with a bountiful of both import and export capacities to come on-stream during the next decade. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100, which had raced to its highest level in nearly 13 years this week, fell sharply for the second straight session on Friday as a decline at major bank HSBC hit the market. ...

Britain's benchmark equity index, which had raced to its highest level in nearly 13 years this week, fell sharply for the second straight session on Friday as a decline at major bank HSBC hit the market. ...

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) was leading the way lower. The company announced Thursday that it has suffered two potential losses of company data.

With market sentiment still fragile following the heavy sell-off of the past two days, defensive sectors were thriving on Friday as investors refrained from taking risk ahead of the long weekend.

Britain's blue-chips closed out the week on a downbeat note as investors continued to sell equities on both sides of the Atlantic ahead of two bank holidays in Britain and America.

1518: Markets continue to trade lower after a poor start on Wall Street with airline IAG now providing a drag after one its jetliners carrying 75 passengers had to make an emergency landing at Heathrow. ...

Dividend income accounts for around two-thirds of total returns, the actual rate of return taking into account both capital and income appreciation. Given that share prices are often volatile and unpredictable, ...

Management can make all the difference to a company's success and thus its share price. The best companies are those run by talented and experienced leaders with strong vested interests in the success ...

There are things to love and loathe about most companies. Today, I'm going to tell you about three things to love about British American Tobacco . I'll also be asking whether these positive factors make ...

To me, capital growth and dividend income are equally important. Together, they provide the total return from any share investment and, as you might expect, my aim is to invest in companies that can beat ...

Any bid for British water company Severn Trent Plc would have to be pitched at 23 pounds per share or more to have any chance of success, top investors said after an approach for the company earlier this ...

A broker monitors market movements at BGC Partners in London on August 5, 2011. European stock markets showed a modest rebound at the start of trading, following sharp losses suffered the previous day....

Oh, how the headlines change! For weeks we've had pronouncements like "FTSE highest for 13 years". And then suddenly today, it's all "FTSE has its worse day in a year!" Sure, that's ...

Utility firms National Grid and Centrica have long been favoured for investors for their generous dividends, but rising markets have pushed these companies' share prices up by around 25% over the last ...

European shares edged lower on Friday, dragged down by heavyweight bank HSBC and some technical selling as key indexes tested support levels, igniting concerns about further falls. HSBC shed 1.7 percent, ...

Britain's benchmark equity index slid further on Friday, knocked by a fall in major bank HSBC's shares, after taking its steepest drop in a year in the previous session. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was down ...

We've been in a busy reporting period for FTSE 100 companies with years and quarters ending in March. Things are starting to settle down a bit, with most having reported now, but there is still some good ...

Two Tesco executives have received almost three million pounds in liquidation damages after leaving the UK supermarket chain.

Management can make all the difference to a company's success and thus its share price. The best companies are those run by talented and experienced leaders with strong vested interests in the success ...

Old Mutual Fund management firms such as Old Mutual thrive in bull markets. This does not seem to have been reflected in the Old Mutual share price. With the FTSE 100 ahead by 13.6% this year, Old Mutual ...

A broker monitors market movements at BGC Partners in London on August 5, 2011. European stock markets showed a modest rebound at the start of trading, following sharp losses suffered the previous day....

Markets opened tentatively on Friday morning with sentiment still fragile following a plunge the day before as traders reacted to concerns about stimulus measures in the US and a slowdown in China.

Shares in Next shed 2.3 percent, top fallers on a flat FTSE 100 index, which traders attribute to a move by Morgan Stanley to cut its rating on the fashion retailer to "underweight" from "equal-weight" ...