Europe is plunging into recession as politicians row over plans to tackle its sovereign debt crisis ahead of Wednesday's key summit, alarming new figures show... more
European shares fall in early trade, snapping a four-day rally, in cautious trading ahead of Slovakia's key vote in Slovakia on the eurozone rescue fund... more
There's no question that David Harding is a clever fellow. In a relatively few short years, he has built up Winton Capital Management into a hedge fund giant, a monster with assets of £16 billion.... more
A global share rout sends the FTSE 100 plunging back towards the 5000 mark as fresh alarm over vanishing European growth follows emergency action to prop up the US economy... more
Despite the raging European crisis, until two weeks ago markets seemed to be taking most other challenges in their stride. But suddenly a number of things have erupted to cause a loss of confidence among investors... more
Feature: As City firms announce huge job losses, bankers are taking more risks and working longer hours to justify their existence - is the macho culture back?... more
So veteran banker Lord Rothschild believes that the boom in commodities could be coming to an end. In his annual address to shareholders of his RIT Capital Partners investment trust, Rothschild said: "After a decade of commodity leadership, a shift to a new regime is a possibility"... more
The bills from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme which landed on private-client brokers' and wealth managers' mats this week have created a furore the like of which this normally genteel world has rarely seen... more
Broking and wealth management firms react with fury to bills they have received in the last day totalling hundreds of millions of pounds to pay compensation to the victims of two firms which went bust
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Royal Dutch Shell announces an 88% surge in profits to $4.9 billion in the third quarter, meaning it made more than $53 million a day during the period... more
Market Round-up: What a fortnight it's been for Invensys shareholders. Last week the talk was all of it being a takeover candidate from rival engineers Emerson or ABB, then today it forms a potentially lucrative deal to crack into the huge Chinese train market... more
AstraZeneca’s bill to pay off one of its biggest legal headaches hits £877 million as the drugs giant settles thousands of US claims over Seroquel... more
BP bosses are preparing to make one of the biggest write-offs in British industrial history when they announce next week the vast scale of the financial damage wreaked by the oil spill... more
Market Round-up: Smith & Nephew is on its sickbed as talk of a large placing of shares and sluggish sales from a rival weighs on the artificial hip maker... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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