By Rodrigo Campos. NEW YORK | Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:26am EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures fell on Thursday, adding to a more than 1 percent drop in U.S.

The UK's banks have been told to find an additional �13.4bn of capital this year on top of the balance sheet-strengthening measures they had already been planning.

Food promotions and discounts at supermarkets helped to boost retail sales far higher than expected in May, adding to signs consumer spending is on the up amidst some sort of wider economic recovery.

The boss of Currys and PC World owner Dixons Retail today declared the retailer was moving from �survivor to winner� as a boom in tablet sales sent UK profits flying.

By Alistair Smout. LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:05pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top shares slid to five-month lows on Thursday, led by miners after the U.S.

Tom Hayes, the former UBS AG (UBSN) and Citigroup Inc. (C) trader, conspired with employees of at least five other banks and three interdealer brokers over a four-year period to manipulate Yen Libor rates, prosecutors said.

BRUSSELS--The European Union began legal proceedings against France and the U.K. on Thursday over the fees charged by the private company that run the rail tunnel under the English Channel.

Children will go blind or die if the world does not embrace genetically modified crops Owen Paterson claimed today. The Environment Secretary issued the controversial ultimatum as he claimed Britain could lead the way in producing GM food.

The UK property market is most defintiely on an upwards trend, according to the latest mortgage figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Markit's Flash Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a combination of the services and manufacturing sectors and seen as a guide to growth, rose to 48.9 in June from May's 47.7.