By Richard Hubbard. LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:34am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's explicit signal it will stop pumping money into the world economy and data showing China's economy slowing down swept across financial ...

Five U.K. banks must find 13.4 billion pounds ($21 billion) to plug a 27.1 billion-pound capital shortfall by the end of the year, the Bank of England said.

The UK's retailers saw strong sales growth last month after a disastrous April, with both volumes of goods sold and the amount spent rising to their highest-ever level.

PARIS - Shares in Eurotunnel which operates the under-sea tunnel between France and England fell by 4.47 percent on Thursday after the European Commission pressed for a cut in prices charged to run trains on the route.

Sebastian James, Dixons' chief executive, said the chain had experienced a "tablet explosion" last Christmas and, given that less than a third of British households have a tablet, there is "lots of road left in this particular product".

The Scottish first minister has backed a break-up of RBS to split its risky investment bank from its mainstream retail and business lending arm.

Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, today kicked off his campaign to bring genetically modified crops to the UK by calling on the government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread fear and scepticism.

Bank of England's outgoing governor Sir Mervyn King will be made a life peer, Downing Street has confirmed. King, who has served as governor since 2003, was nominated by prime minister David Cameron for a life peerage for his contribution to public ...

A home finance arranger has been fined nearly �1m, a record sum, for misleading homeowners when selling and renting back their properties.

If you had to think of an airline which would spare no expense to make its passengers happy, Ryanair might not be the first that came to mind.