LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 11:34am EDT. LONDON May 23 (Reuters) - A benchmark European equity index had its worst one-day fall in nearly a year on Thursday, hit by worries over a possible end to U.S.

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.

Thursday 17.00 BST. Global equities and the dollar suffered significant losses as the markets followed through on the uncertainty about US monetary policy sparked in the previous session by Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the minutes ...

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 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.

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 ...

Shares in Halfords fell as much as 19 per cent after the bike retailer and repair group cut its dividend by a third and launched a �100m turnround plan to improve sales.

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 ...

BRUSSELS--The European Commission has decided not to impose tough new capital requirements on pension funds, a move that could save defined benefit schemes hundreds of billions of euros.

British households will save �45bn, or �1,600 apiece, if the government hitches its electricity supply to low-carbon sources such as wind and nuclear rather than gas, a parliamentary advisory committee has estimated.