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Time for the MPC to make up its mind on QE

04.11.09

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Simon Mann's road to freedom

04.11.09

As British 'dog of war' comes home, Stephen Robinson looks at the politics behind his release and what the future might hold for him... more

The Kroes UK’s banks have to bear

04.11.09

The High Street is about to undergo radical change… all thanks to a feisty woman in Brussels ... more

Lloyds' shares leap as it looks to avoid toxic debt scheme

30.10.09

"Far from cheap, but no longer expensive." That was the view of Credit Suisse on Lloyds Banking Group... more

Fans laying siege to X Factor house upset embassy next door

29.10.09

Chinese Ambassador, who lives next door to X factor house, launches official complaint over noise and lewd behaviour from teenage groupies... more

GM 'to scrap' Vauxhall sale

25.08.09

General Motors' chief negotiator over the sale of Vauxhall/Opel was locked in talks this evening with a German government-led taskforce amid growing speculation the deal will be scrapped... more

Ł5 billion gilts sale to test confidence in UK economy

15.06.09

The British Government has hired Barclays, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and RBS to sell a bumper Ł5 billion of gilts this week... more

Good news has pound on the up

12.06.09

The pound hit a six-month high against the euro this morning, continuing its recent recovery. Sterling was up for the fifth day on the trot ... more

ANZ raises Ł1.2bn to buy RBS Asian units

27.05.09

Royal Bank of Scotland's Ł1.1billion auction of its retail and commercial banking businesses in Asia hotted up today as bidding frontrunner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said it will raise A$2.5billion (Ł1.2billion) through a share placing.... more

The Jaguar boss shows touching faith in our leaders

12.05.09

So Ratan Tata has finally come out against the British Government’s reluctance to stump up funds to support Jaguar Land Rover ... more

Why these Tamil sons in London, mourning their slain mothers in Sri Lanka, have placed Westminster under siege

09.04.09

Will Self reports on the third day of protests by British Tamils inflamed by the military actions of a Sri Lankan government intent on extirpating the last of the Tamil Tiger fighters ... more

Gordon to Obama - it's the world, not US, to blame

09.03.09

Quelle Surprise. Gordon Brown was unable to bring himself to tell to Barack Obama to his face that the global recession was the fault of America. Strange, as this was something he has been only too happy to trumpet up until now.... more

New car sales continue to dip

05.03.09

New car sales, a key indicator of consumer confidence, fell sharply again last month, registering a 21.9 per cent dip against the same period last year... more

Dutch applauded over ‘realistic’ ING scheme

26.01.09

Bail-outs: Dutch government today won plaudits for what was seen as an innovative deal to rescue the stricken ING bank... more

Irish banks win softer bailout terms than British lenders

22.12.08

Ireland's big three banks have been handed a €7.5bn state bailout on far better terms than the equivalent Ł37bn package handed to RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB by the British Government... more

This is no time for us to join euro

16.12.08

Timing would appear not to be the Prime Minister's strong suit. It would be typically British to apply to join the club just when the others are thinking of leaving... more

Barclays rounds up Ł7.3bn of new funds

31.10.08

Barclays thumbed its nose at the sceptics, as the bank raised up to Ł7.3 billion of new capital to allow it to pass the regulators' capital demands without any recourse to the Government bailout... more

NAB's profits in UK on the slide

21.10.08

Banking: National Australia Bank, owner of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire brands, saw profit from its UK operations fall 8.4% to Ł220.2 million in the second half... more

Bizarre battering of insurers

20.10.08

Stock markets are having a bad time, and London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares has been particularly hard hit because it is heavily weighted towards financial stocks and natural resources.... more

Collapse on the cards for Tesco Clubcard firm

16.10.08

The company that makes cards for the giant Tesco Clubcard loyalty scheme is set to collapse into administration after being hit by the credit crunch... more

Shares applaud the rescue plan

14.10.08

Stocks around the world rallied again as the latest bank rescue plan was unveiled by the US government... more

No end to strain as banks' cost of borrowing rises

09.10.08

The financial crisis showed few signs of easing as the cost of interbank borrowing rose just 24 hours after interest rates were slashed around the world... more

Testing time for historic move

08.10.08

Britain's banking leaders must make strenuous efforts to unfreeze the interbank lending market as a first step to a gradual return to normality... more

Fixing this crisis is too big for one government

07.10.08

The best bet for saving our ailing banks is for governments to buy into them. But it will also require action at a truly international level... more

HBOS seeks Ł800m from Aussie sale

07.10.08

Halifax owner HBOS is in exclusive talks to sell its Australian business BankWest to the country’s biggest mortgage provider for about Ł800 million... more

German rail on track of listing

20.08.08

City investors are being courted by German railway operator Deutsche Bahn as it prepares for a £5 billion stockmarket rollout later this year... more

A dilemma for the Fed on rescue mission

14.07.08

The dilemma faced by the US Federal Reserve and the Treasury, therefore, is not whether the agencies should be rescued, but how best to do it... more

Our greed, not Gordon, has got us in this mess

02.06.08

The country hasn' t changed much in the three weeks I've been away from Britain. But the newspapers seem to have been admitted to intensive care, suffering from a collapse of the nervous system... more