Senior bankers guilty of reckless misconduct should be jailed, a long-awaited report on banking commissioned by the government has recommended.

BT Group Plc (BT/A) named Gavin Patterson chief executive officer, taking over from Ian Livingston who leaves the post in September to become minister of state for trade and investment.

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.

By Alison Griswold. NEW YORK | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:03pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Wednesday before the Federal Reserve releases a statement which could provide clues about the Fed's future stimulus efforts, a key to ...

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.

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

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.

The company, which has built 12,000 homes in more expensive housing areas since 2009, said future investments would be increasingly weighted towards a small number of higher value properties.

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 ...

The polarisation of the high street is showing no signs of slowing as new data reveals that discount chains Aldi and Lidl, along with high end grocer Waitrose, have won more customers this year than any of their supermarket rivals.