BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery ...

A laborer works in a textile factory in China's Anhui province, April 10, 2013. Manufacturing activity in China contracted in May for the first time in seven months, HSBC said Thursday, in another sign ...

The stock of capital flowing into emerging markets has doubled from $4 trillion to $8 trillion since the Lehman Crisis, chasing a catch-up growth story that looks tired and has largely sputtered out in ...

The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Wednesday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. SOCIETE GENERALE France's No.2 bank said on Wednesday ...

Beverage giant SABMiller is expected to report a rise in annual revenues Thursday, driven by excise-driven prices increases and its product and geographical mix.

Vodafone will receive a surprise £2.1bn dividend from its US joint venture

A person walks past a Rosbank branch in Moscow, on May 15, 2013. French bank Societe Generale has sacked the head of its Russian unit Rosbank -- who was arrested and charged last week for accepting a $1.5-million ...

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 Rachelle Kakouris May 22 - The bid for risk remained firmly intact on central bank Wednesday, with seven corporate borrowers - mostly in the lower echelons of the ratings scale - currently marketing ...

A person walks past a Rosbank branch in Moscow, on May 15, 2013. French bank Societe Generale has sacked the head of its Russian unit Rosbank -- who was arrested and charged last week for accepting a $1.5-million ...

Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. While players such as Citi and Austria's Raiffeisen ...

Carillion , one of several UK construction firms struggling against a prolonged weakness in its home market, announced the winning of the £400m Phase I of the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station. ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. While players such as Citi ...

Afferro Mining: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 279p to 100p, while keeping its buy recommendation.

Motion to separate President and CEO roles at JP Morgan defeated; Bullard (Fed): to do nothing risks deflation; Bullard (Fed): central bank should adjust purchases as data comes in; Dudley (Fed): At some ...

Motion to separate President and CEO roles at JP Morgan defeated; Bullard (Fed): to do nothing risks deflation; Bullard (Fed): central bank should adjust purchases as data comes in

Well-received results from a number of FTSE 100 heavyweights and a sharp drop in consumer-price inflation in the UK lifted London's benchmark index to fresh multiyear highs on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE top share index closed within sight of its all-time high on Tuesday, lifted by mining stocks and positive corporate news from luxury retailer Burberry among others. The FTSE ...

Britain's blue chip share index closed within sight of its all-time high on Tuesday, lifted by mining stocks and positive corporate news from luxury retailer Burberry among others. The FTSE 100 index ended ...

Best Buy Co Inc reported lackluster sales in the first quarter and warned that efforts to entice shoppers could squeeze profits in the near term. The news overshadowed its better-than-expected, first-quarter ...

Soft drinks producer Britvic will release its second quarter results Wednesday.

Homeserve shares were rising strongly after the group said it is confident it will return to modest growth in 2014/2015. The group said it has clear Sales and Marketing plans for increasing both customer ...

U.S. stocks were little changed in early trading on Tuesday with Home Depot at a record high and buoying the blue-chips while investors eyed congressional testimony from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday. ...

Best Buy Co Inc reported weak quarterly sales on Tuesday and warned that a slew of investments to entice shoppers could squeeze profits in the near term. The news overshadowed its better-than-expected ...

U.S. stocks were set to open little changed on Tuesday after the S&P 500 hit yet another intraday record in the previous session, with markets expected to drift sideways ahead of Congressional testimony ...

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday after the S&P 500 hit yet another intraday record in the previous session, with markets expected to drift sideways ahead of Congressional testimony ...

U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday after the S&P 500 hit yet another intraday record in the previous session, with markets expected to drift sideways ahead of Congressional testimony from Fed ...

Rallying miners and a contract win for outsourcing company Capita helped steady the FTSE 100 by midday on Tuesday despite weakness in travel firms after disappointing results from Carnival. By 1011 GMT, ...

UK small caps rise 0.2 percent, broadly in line with mid-caps and blue chips, up 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively. Shares in Greencore rise 2.8 percent as the food group reports a 0.9 percent ...

Galliford Try has won three major construction contracts in the South East of England and one in Manchester worth more than 60 million pounds.

By Rachelle Kakouris NEW YORK, May 20 - Investor demand continues to be focused on higher coupon paper in the US speculative-rated sector with the majority of today's deals dominated by Single B and Triple ...

The oil rig maker was hit by a double-whammy of analyst downgrades.

The FTSE 100 had erased its early-morning gains by Monday lunchtime, as strong performances by easyJet and RBS were offset by heavy falls in the mining sector.