Britain's banking bosses should face jail if their decisions force fresh bailouts, the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards says today.

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.

Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese developer controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, is investing 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in a British yachtmaker and a London site to build Western Europe's tallest residential tower.

FRANKFURT/LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:34am BST. FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone is discussing a bid of about $10 billion (6.4 billion pounds) with Germany's No.

By Tricia Wright. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:47am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 fell on Wednesday with traders saying investors were shifting positions ahead of the conclusion of a U.S.

Mr Richardson, the former boss of Britannia Building Society who went on to run the combined �supermutual�, has stepped down as a non-executive director of M&S Bank, a joint venture between the retailer and HSBC Bank, and also of Countrywide, the ...

Although its Blacks Leisure and Millets chains saw an increase in like-for-like sales over recent months, that had been achieved at a "significant margin sacrifice", JD Sports said on Tuesday.

339�p +1�. Questor says BUY. Since Crest Nicholson rejoined the London market in February, shares in the company are up more than 50pc.

Imagination Technologies, the microchip maker that supplies the graphic technology in Apple's iPhone, booked an expected dip in full-year profits today as changes in the smartphone market hit its bottom line.

Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (BKG), the U.K. homebuilder focused on London and southeast England, said annual profit rose 33 percent after it sold more homes at higher prices.