UK interest rates are to remain on hold at 4%, the Bank of England has said. Economists said the Bank's decision to resist a third rate rise since November was finely balanced. Manufacturers had...
Wall Street's solid open, attributed to optimistic forecasts by technology heavyweights Yahoo and Dell as well as an unexpectedly large drop in weekly U.S. jobless claims, buoyed European bourses in...
08/04/2004
German unemployment increased by the most in a year in March, clouding the outlook for growth in Europe's largest economy after three years of stagnation. The number of jobless rose a seasonally...
06/04/2004
Deutsche Bank has been fined £190,000 by the Financial Services Authority after its London investment banking arm, Morgan Grenfell, dealt in shares on its own behalf before carrying out a large trade...
06/04/2004
The board of Europe's biggest mutual life insurer Standard Life was facing policyholders today for the first time since it announced plans to demutualise. Following a strategic review into its...
06/04/2004
A report by the tabloid newspaper, The Sun, today claims that UK prime minister Tony Blair is set to call a referendum on whether or not Britain should remain in the EU. Alternatively, he could...
06/04/2004
An unexpected fall in manufacturing output in February may tip the hand in favour of no action on interest rates when the Bank of England meets this week. Economists are split over whether the Bank...
06/04/2004
European bourses edged higher on Tuesday in quiet trading as oils turned around early losses and added to the positive influence of a late flurry of buying on Wall Street on Monday. The FTSE Eurotop...
06/04/2004
Growth in the European services industry, including tourism, banking and catering, slowed in March, adding to signs that concerns about unemployment and terrorism are deterring consumers from...
05/04/2004
The European Commission it to press on with its war on eurozone deficits this week, even if bigger than ever question marks loom over the rules underpinning Europe's single currency. The EU...
05/04/2004