(Reuters) - British grocer Tesco Plc is among bidders expected to express interest in buying a controlling stake in South ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - HSBC on Thursday said it will pull out of the retail banking business in Japan, including the HSBC Premier ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares and the euro fell on Thursday on concerns about global growth driven by higher oil prices ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - HSBC on Thursday started withdrawing from its private banking service in Japan for clients who hold more ...

LONDON (Reuters) - State-owned Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to pay out up to 400 million pounds in bonuses to its corporate ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Group of 20 policymakers are hoping for a signal this weekend that Europe will boost crisis funding, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Clothing retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill is to acquire two thirds of discount clothing retailer Peacocks ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Two rate cuts, an expected 1 trillion euro stimulus and tentative signs of the euro zone economy stabilising ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks slipped and the euro was little changed on Wednesday after data showed the euro zone may ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Policymakers from the world's top economies meet this weekend in Mexico City to begin finding common ground ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home resales rose to a 1-1/2 year high in January, pushing the supply of properties on the market ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Away from the markets' fixation with the debts of Greece and other governments, concern is growing at ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The expert group set up by the European Union's executive to see how banks could be made safer will study ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The leading share index edged lower on Wednesday as investors refocused on fundamentals, specifically ...

BERNE (Reuters) - Switzerland announced plans on Wednesday to force its secretive banks to do more to make sure foreign clients' ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and more than a half dozen other major ...

(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc and UBS AG, in a series of disclosures to law-enforcement officials, have provided crucial information ...

ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - UBS might struggle to attract big institutional investors for more loss-absorbing bonds it wants ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Gibraltar will scrap a key curb on its funds industry as the minnow British territory tries to take on ...

LONDON (Reuters) - House builder Barratt returned to profit in the first half, thanks to its focus on higher-margin regions ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc has made an agreed 992.4 million pound bid for Mozambique-focused Cove Energy , ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government raised its target for the sale of state assets to 3 billion euros (2.5 billion pounds) ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone economy is in danger of tipping into recession, with the services sector shrinking this ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Lenders paid out a record 441 million pounds in compensation for insurance mis-selling in December, taking ...