Much has changed since Lloyds Banking Group joined the Government's Asset Protection Scheme and the shares have the scope to more than double in value from their current level of 47.5p, up 0.3p.... more
The response of London stock-market investors to the Federal Reserve's move to cut rates to within a range of between zero and a quarter point was far less enthusiastic than that of their counterparts on Wall Street overnight.... more
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has turned down a new £5.7 billion offer from Panasonic for its near-30% stake in rival consumer electronics firm Sanyo Electric... more
Banking: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, the Japanese lender that pumped billions of dollars into Barclays' summer fundraiser, is cutting back on loans to overseas companies ... more
Banking: Japanese banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, which only four months ago propped up Barclays with a £500 million cash injection, now has to raise money to boost its own balance sheet... more
Banking: Barclays' shareholders snapped up all of the £500 million of preferred stock that the troubled bank offered to them as an olive branch to calm the row over its controversial fundraising plans... more
Credit crunch: Failed Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers is in talks to sell some Japan assets to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, insiders in Tokyo say... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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