LONDON (Reuters) - Co-operative Bank said on Friday it had stopped offering loans to new business customers, in a move designed to quell growing concerns over its capital position. A spokesman for Britain's ...

CARDIFF (Reuters) - Cutting the Bank of England's interest rates below zero would not necessarily help Britain's economy, and could even be counterproductive, central bank policymaker Paul Fisher said ...

By Ian Chua SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell to one-month lows on Friday and the yen rebounded broadly as extreme volatility in the Nikkei kept investors on edge. The Nikkei has soared nearly 70 percent ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in Wockhardt Ltd(WCKH.NS) plummeted as much as 19.3 percent on Friday to their lowest since August 2012, continuing to reel for the second day, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

* Gold on track for strongest week in a month * No rush to end monetary easing -Fed's Bullard * Volatile Nikkei keeps Asian stocks on edge * Coming Up: U.S. durable goods orders; 1230 GMT (Updates prices) ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 gained on Friday, with central bankers offering some reassurance that stimulus will stay for a while yet, and some investors seeing value after the market's steepest fall ...

Reuters Market Eye - The BSE Sensex gains 0.19 percent and the broader Nifty is up 0.27 percent, in a volatile session after four days of declines. Tata Steel Ltd (TISC.NS) shares rise 4 percent after ...

CARDIFF (Reuters) - Britain may be as much as three quarters of the way through the process of working off the high debt levels which have weighed on the economy since the financial crisis, a top Bank ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shareholders in Jet Airways(JET.NS) approved an agreed sale of a 24 percent stake in the airline to Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, a senior executive at the Indian carrier said on Friday. ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Steel Ltd(TISC.NS) shares rose as much as 6.65 percent on Friday after its January-March quarterly operating profit beat analyst estimates. Brokerage IDFC estimated Tata Steel posted ...

LONDON (Reuters) - 3i Group PLC is taking over the European infrastructure fund management business run by Barclays as part of a plan to boost fee income from public-private partnerships and energy investment ...

Reuters Market Eye - Dollar sales from foreign banks in the morning are sparking talk of inflows related to Unilever's open offer for its India unit. Unilever Plc(ULVR.L) (UNc.AS) plans to pay up to $5.4 ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading online social network, VKontakte, was blacklisted in error and a ban on distributing content inside the country imposed earlier on Friday has already been lifted, according ...

* Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth * Rosy U.S. economic data raise worries Fed may end stimulus soon * Gasoline demand over U.S. summer driving season may disappoint * Coming ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average rose on Friday in turbulent trade, stablising somewhat after a 7.3 percent dive in the previous session, but the extreme volatility and worries the bull-run may ...

Berlin (Reuters) - Private consumption helped Germany eke out meagre economic growth of 0.1 in the first quarter of the year, compensating for declines in exports and investment in Europe's largest economy, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average turned positive in a volatile session on Friday afternoon after the previous session's 7.3 percent plunge. The Nikkei was up 1 percent at 14,626.91 by 0543 ...

Reuters Market Eye - Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd(SUN.NS) fall 3 percent after its unit Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TARO.N) posted a lower-than-expected January-March net profit, ...

* Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth * Rosy U.S. economic data raise worries Fed may end stimulus soon * Gasoline demand over U.S. summer driving season may disappoint * Coming ...

May 24 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Friday: * Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed ...

Reuters Market Eye - Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) extended their record net purchases of Indian stocks to a 26th consecutive sessions on Thursday, despite sharp share falls sparked by worries ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday expressed confidence the central bank can stem bond market volatility with flexible market operations and engineer a steady recovery in ...

REUTERS - Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd(NABV.NS) is considering restructuring its Odisha unit after regulatory restrictions hurt the operations at the ferro alloy and power generation unit, it said late on ...

* Crown sells Echo stake for $255 mln * Crown, Echo in fight to capture Asian gamblers in Sydney * Crown planning VIP casino; Echo seeking exclusive licence (Recasts; adds company, analyst quotes) By Jane ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average regained ground on Friday after a 7.3-percent dive in the previous session, which most market watchers said marked a long-overdue correction and didn't presage ...

By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told ...

REUTERS - Google Inc (GOOG.O) is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc (FB.O), Bloomberg news reported, citing people ...

May 24 (Reuters) - The following table shows the position of Asian currencies against the dollar at 0135 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Change on the day at 0135 GMT Currency Latest bid Previous day Pct ...

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) ...

(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co on Thursday brought back A.G. Lafley to run the world's largest household products maker, replacing Bob McDonald immediately in the midst of a major restructuring. Lafley ...

(Reuters) - Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with ...

By Jessica Wohl REUTERS - Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) on Thursday brought back A.G. Lafley to run the world's largest household products maker, replacing Bob McDonald immediately in the midst of a major ...

TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Tokyo rubber futures edged up only slightly on Friday following a big plunge the previous day and were poised to fall more than 3 percent on the week, as weak manufacturing data ...