Bank of England shied away from printing presses and held interest rates unchanged at 0.5% - but its counterpart in Frankfurt acknowledged a growing threat to the eurozone... more
Societe Generale shares traded in Frankfurt recovered some ground after the bank's head sought to reassure investors that a host of rumours that wiped 15 per cent off its stock were unfounded... more
One of the most important decisions taken by the Coalition government was to rule out a new runway at Heathrow – and they were right. It was a decision supported by this paper and by millions of Londoners... more
So, European financial regulatory bodies are to be headed by a Dutch professor (capital markets regulator), Portuguese solvency guru (insurance and pensions regulator) and an Italian centralising policymaker (banking regulator).... more
Budget airline Ryanair cancels nine routes from Frankfurt next year, which means the airport's annual passenger numbers will fall by one million... more
TUI Travel is losing between £5 million and £6 million a day as flights remain grounded across much of the Continent because of the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland... more
The stock market has been heading mostly upwards for months but some fund management houses, such as F&C Asset Management, are still contriving to lose money... more
Major technical problems at internet service provider Colt Telecom have affected email and web access at a string of major London businesses over the past two days ... more
Banks will be back in the spotlight next week when they report second-quarter profits. But if the pin-stripes in the boardroom were expected to suffer from a touch of nerves, they were not showing it ... more
In attempting to trace the evolution of children's portraiture from the 17th to the 19th century the German curated exhibtion at the Dulwich Picture Gallery falls short.... more
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