U.S. stocks joined a global selloff, opening lower as concerns that the Federal Reserve could tap the brakes on its stimulus measures were intensified by a weak report on Chinese manufacturing.

The boss of Flybe has hit out at "punitive" charges and taxes that have pushed the troubled regional airline to end flights in and out of London from next March.

A broker works while sitting in front of a screen displaying live stock quotes on the A broker at the trading floor in Mumbai today, where shares fell more than 1% today.

The group's total pre-tax loss fell to �21.5m in the year to March 30, from �102.9m a year ago when it was hit by a �55m impairment charge related to its acquisition of the Early Learning Centre.

The updated figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that the UK's dominant services sector, which accounts for three quarters of national output, drove the recovery - growing 0.6pc over the three months.

The new regulator said the unit was unable to show it was giving clients the right advice. "Although no detriment to customers has been identified to date, the failings exposed customers to the risk that they would be given incorrect advice and inappropriate ...

By Philip Blenkinsop. BRUSSELS | Thu May 23, 2013 11:22am BST. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - SABMiller (SAB.L), the world's second-biggest brewer, forecast margin expansion in the year ahead after profit grew in line with expectations thanks to a surge in ...

LONDON--The U.K. government risks an over reliance on natural gas as a future power source and should invest instead in low-carbon technologies, said the influential Committee on Climate Change Thursday.

MailOnline, the popular celebrity-fuelled website of DMGT, reported a surge in advertising revenues in the six months to the end of March, as the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper ramps up its efforts to increase digital revenues.

The financial sections are all over the news that the George Soros a financier is via Quantum Strategic Partners investing some �50m into Hyperoptic.