Haruhiko Kuroda vowed on Friday to do more to steady Japan's bond market, as another rocky day's trading cast doubt over the effectiveness of the across-the-board effort to reflate the world's third-largest-economy.

A spokesman for Britain's biggest customer-owned financial services business said it would continue to provide lending to existing customers.

Fri May 24, 2013 5:47am EDT. By William Schomberg. CARDIFF May 24 (Reuters) - A Bank of England policymaker said on Friday he favoured small additional amounts of bond purchases over time, but not a hard-to-manage commitment to longer-term ...

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, has called for the UK to be "more European" and said the continent's key institutions could face dissolution if the UK leaves the European Union.

Manchester United predicted its interest payments would fall by about �10m a year after refinancing its bond notes. Bank of America is providing a new facility that allows the club to redeem all its 8.75 per cent sterling bonds, worth �178m, and $22.1m of its ...

A lack of confidence among consumers has pushed up savings levels in the last year despite the low rates of interest available, banks say.

A Guernsey airline is considering using bigger planes after becoming the only operator to fly to Gatwick. The Treasury and Resources Department is the sole shareholder in Aurigny and said it is considering leasing or buying aircraft outright.

Two key lieutenants of Tesco boss Phil Clarke received almost �3million in 'damages' following their departure from Britain's biggest retailer at the height of its troubles.

JPMorgan's UK wealth management business has been fined nearly �3.1m for failing to keep complete and up-to-date client files, a shortcoming that put customers at risk of receiving unsuitable investment advice.

The one-off benefits from the last year's acquisition of Foster's Lager made direct comparisons slightly more complicated at drinks producer SABMiller (SAB).