Stocks declined and both Treasury-bond yields and the dollar rose sharply, all signs of market unease, after Mr. Bernanke repeated his May comments that the Fed this year could begin trimming the size of its monthly debt purchases.

By Huw Jones and Matt Scuffham. LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:11am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group must plug a capital shortfall of 8.6 billion pounds ($13.5 billion), Britain's banking regulator said on Thursday, a day after the government ...

LONDON, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:49am EDT. LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - British retail sales rebounded much more than expected in May, lifted by discounting at supermarkets and online shopping, official data showed on Thursday.

LONDON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BT announces today that Gavin Patterson will succeed Ian Livingston as chief executive of BT Group plc.

Dixons Retail has announced a �115.3m pre-tax loss in its annual results, only marginally better than �118.8m last year. However, the owner of PC World and Currys has said underlying profits are much better - up 39pc - while group sales rose 4pc in the full ...

Mr Paterson said that GM offers �wonderful opportunities� that could benefit human health and the environment. He said GM production in the UK would mean less spraying of pesticides and less intensive farming.

The Scottish first minister has backed a break-up of RBS to split its risky investment bank from its mainstream retail and business lending arm.

LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:42am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined a property agent nearly a million pounds for defrauding vulnerable people, the largest-ever fine for a sole trader in the consumer sector.

LONDON--Gross mortgage lending was the highest in just over four-and-a-half years in May as government initiatives appear to be stimulating demand for a growing number mortgages with low interest rates, figures showed Thursday.

Outgoing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King is to be made a life peer. Speaking at the annual Mansion House dinner last night, chancellor George Osborne thanked King for his �integrity, intelligence and patriotism�.