The top City regulator is poised to unveil the previously secret details of the capital holes it has identified at Britain's top eight banks, with Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Barclays set to account for more than 90 per cent of the total.

LONDON�BT Group PLC Wednesday said Chief Executive Ian Livingston will step down in September to take up a position in government and named Gavin Patterson as his successor, a change of leadership at a pivotal time for the U.K.

NEW YORK--U.S. stocks were little changed midmorning, as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's afternoon policy announcement.

Sir Mervyn was outvoted for a fifth consecutive month on extending the Bank's �375bn quantitative easing (QE) programme, as members voted 6-3 against expanding asset purchases.

BEIJING�A year after targeting U.S. movie theaters, a Chinese property magnate is sketching out global plans for a new focus: Chinese tourists.

Union chiefs today said 96 per cent of delivery, sorting staff and Posties "opposed the privatisation of Royal Mail" in the first poll of workers on the Government's plans.

Berkeley has reported a 26 per cent jump in pre-tax profits as house prices surged in London and the southeast. The upmarket housebuilder sold 3,712 new homes in the year ended April 30, up from 3,565 a year earlier.

Passenger satisfaction on the railways is dipping, with value for money and how companies deal with delays being the biggest cause for complaint, according to a survey of thousands of train customers.

Imagination Tech exec invests as company unveils annual results LONDON (SHARECAST) - Andrew Heath, a Non-Executive Director of chip designer Imagination Technologies invested nearly 60,000 pounds in the firm on Wednesday, the same day that the ...

FRANKFURT/LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:03pm BST. FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone (VOD.L) is discussing a 7.6 billion euros (6 billion pounds) cash bid with Germany's No.