The International Monetary Fund is studying changes to how it handles sovereign debt restructurings after a turbulent period that has rattled the balance of power between governments and their creditors.

Ben Bernanke said the US Federal Reserve could start slowing the pace of its asset purchases �in the next few meetings�, but only if the labour market showed sustained improvement.

Nationwide has increased its share of the British mortgage market to a record level, helped by government-funded programmes to support housebuyers, such as the Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme.

For the last seven months, a battle has raged over how much capital Britain's largest banks need to hold. The first shot was fired in November by the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC), which asked Britain's then banking regulator, the ...

David Cameron has called a Europe-wide agreement on tackling tax avoidance as a "turning point", after Google's boss urged politicians to "sort" the system.

Cable & Wireless Communications Plc. (CWC.L) Wednesday reported a pre-tax profit compared to a loss last year, amid lower items.

Britvic is to cut up to 400 jobs - 15 per cent of its workforce - as part of efforts to bolster its fortunes as a standalone company should competition authorities squash its proposed tie-up with Scottish peer AG Barr.

The soaring price of property in London's West End has boosted results from real estate groups Great Portland Estates and Shaftesbury, which both own prime buildings across the UK capital.

The timing of Easter and the freezing weather seen at the start of the month caused retail sales to fall by 2.2 per cent on an annual basis.

Ed Davey, the UK energy secretary, has warned that Scotland could lose billions of pounds in subsidies for renewable energy projects if it voted for independence, putting its green energy revolution at risk.