European stock markets rallied at the open on Wednesday after three consecutive days of losses. Overnight gains on Wall Street provided some momentum and Vivendi's outlook for the full year also...
UK pensions are becoming a rare breed, the latest survey suggests, with only one in four people expected to retire with one. According to JP Morgan Fleming, as little as 26.5% of people are set for...
23/09/2003
BRITISH AIRWAYS is recruiting 300 cabin crew because staff shortages are forcing the airline to close its first-class service on some flights. The airline has angered lucrative premium passengers...
23/09/2003
Two key members of the Budgetary Control Committee have threatened to boycott Thursday's meeting of the Conference of Presidents - where Commission President Romano Prodi will be questioned over the...
23/09/2003
European Commission chief Romano Prodi has the unenviable task this week of appearing before sceptical lawmakers to answer fraud allegations that have blighted the EU executive's final year in office...
23/09/2003
Tony Ball, chief executive of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, is to quit his post amid speculation he will be replaced by Rupert Murdoch's son, James. Mr Ball, who has been in charge since June 1999,...
23/09/2003
Consumer spending in France, Europe's third-largest economy, fell 2.7 percent in August from July, the steepest drop in almost seven years, as a heat wave and rising unemployment discouraged shoppers...
23/09/2003
European markets stabilised at the open on Tuesday after currency concerns shook investor sentiment in the previous session. In the absence of any economic data to guide them, investors were...
23/09/2003
A meeting on Saturday (20 September) between France, Germany and the UK saw Europe's big three reach a more united position on the future of EU defence. While UK Prime Minister Tony Blair did not...
22/09/2003
European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg warned in a newspaper interview published Monday that repeated violation of the EU's budget rules by a euro-zone country would not only cast monetary...
22/09/2003