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    • UPDATE 3-Trafigura, Ormet in JV to buy aluminum assets Reuters - UK Focus - 1 hour 0 minutes ago

      * Trafigura will offer financial clout to JV * Deal will build Trafigura's physical presence in aluminummarket * Ormet rumored to want to expand through acquisitions (Updates to add prices, background, ...

    • UPDATE 1-Chile Codelco CEO Hernandez to resign, CFO to step in Reuters - UK Focus - 1 hour 41 minutes ago

      (Updates with background, details of Anglo dispute) SANTIAGO, May 24 (Reuters) - Chile's state copper giantCodelco said on Thursday CEO Diego Hernandez was resigning andwould be replaced by CFO Thomas ...

    • * Gold breaks three-day decline * Correlation tight with euro * Philippines boosts gold reserves by 32 tonnes (Updates market activity, prices to U.S. session; new byline,changes dateline, previously LONDON) ...

    • GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks eke out gains, euro falls Reuters - UK Focus - 3 hours ago

      * Wall Street sees late bounce for second day * Euro falls, dollar index touches 20-month high * German debt yields hit record low, U.S. yields up * Oil rise, gold flat after Wednesday's losses (Recasts, ...

    • Oil prices rise on EU Greece support, Iran impasse

      Norwegian energy giant Statoil's Huldra oil rig in the North Sea. Oil prices perked up Thursday after European leaders reaffirmed their desire to see Greece stay in the euro and Iran and world powers deadlocked ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate in 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up, but less ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate in 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up, but less ...

    • * Global shares, fall on Europe, data; U.S. stocks slip * Euro falls, dollar index touches 20-month high * German debt yields hit record low, U.S. yields up * Oil, gold rise after Wednesday's losses (Recasts, ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • Oil prices rebound on bargain hunting

      Norwegian energy giant Statoil's Huldra oil rig in the North Sea. Oil prices rebounded slightly on Thursday as investors went bargain hunting after New York crude slumped below $90 a barrel the previous ...

    • * Wall Street stocks slip on weak growth data * Euro falls, dollar index near 20-month high * German debt yields hit record low, U.S. yields up * Oil, gold rise after Wednesday's losses (Recasts lead, ...

    • * Trafigura will offer financial clout to JV * Deal will build Trafigura's physical presence in aluminummarket * Ormet rumored to want to expand through acquisitions (Updates, adds detail, background, ...

    • Please ignore UPDATE 8 - Oil up over 1 pct on Iran talks snag.Story has been updated.

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • (Recasts headline to fix reference to data, no change to text) * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • JKX Oil &Gas PLC - Result of AGM AFX CNF - 7 hours ago

       JKX Oil ∓ Gas plc Result of Annual General Meeting JKX Oil ∓ Gas plc announces that at its AGM held earlier today, each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed, with ...

    • Stocks in the oil sector were the best performers on Thursday as crude prices rebounded from a seven-month low.

    • Second Price Monitoring ExtensionA second and final Price Monitoring Extension has been activated in this security. The closing auction call period is extended in this security for a further 5 minutes.Following ...

    • Price Monitoring ExtensionToday's closing auction call period has been extended in this security by 5 minutes.Auction call extensions give London Stock Exchange electronic order book users a further opportunity ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • Commodities prices improved on Thursday, buoying the share prices of some blue-chip miners and oil stocks, including Randgold, Vedanta, Amec, BP and BG Group.

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • * Investors worry about complication in Iran talks * China factories falter in May, official data shows * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years * U.S. durable goods data up less than ...

    • * Global stocks claw up, led by rebound in Europe * Dollar stalls near 20-month high, euro steady * German debt yields hit record low, U.S. yields up * Oil, gold rise after Wednesday's losses (Update with ...

    •  24 May 2012 Faroe Petroleum plc ("Faroe", the "Company") Result of AGM Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and ...

    •  24 May 2012 EQUATORIAL PALM OIL plc (" EPO " or the " Company ") Posting of Accounts and Annual General Meeting Equatorial Palm Oil plc, (AIM: PAL), the AIM listed palm oil development ...

    •  24 May 2012 Chariot Oil ∓ Gas Limited (the "Company") Holding in Company Chariot Oil ∓ Gas Limited was notified today that, as of 23 May 2012, Baillie Gifford ∓ Co holds a total interest ...

    • * Discovery could draw more explorers to hot region * Brazil eyeing becoming world no.3 crude producer * Brazil key area for Repsol after Argentina nationalisation (Updates with detail) MADRID/OSLO, May ...

    • May 24 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on severalEuropean companies, including Tele2, Sonova and Tullow Oil, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Tele2 : Jefferies raises to ...

    • (Updates prices, adds comment) * Gold breaks three-day decline to climb 1 percent * Correlation tight with euro; dollar retreats * Philippines boosts gold reserves by 32 T By Amanda Cooper and Jan Harvey ...

    • * Iran talks with world powers hit snag over sanctions * China factories falter in May * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years (Updates detail, comment, prices; paragraphs 1, 3-4, 6) ...

    • * Iran talks with world powers hit snag over sanctions * China factories falter in May * German manufacturing shrinks at fastest rate for 3 years By Christopher Johnson LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Brent ...

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