By David Brett. LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:05am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - UK stocks were dealt a double-blow early on Thursday after the U.S.

The UK's banks have been told to find an additional �13.4bn of capital this year on top of the balance sheet-strengthening measures they had already been planning.

Mr Paterson said that GM offers �wonderful opportunities� that could benefit human health and the environment. He said GM production in the UK would mean less spraying of pesticides and less intensive farming.

LONDON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BT announces today that Gavin Patterson will succeed Ian Livingston as chief executive of BT Group plc.

Dixons Retail said it was on the road from "survivor to winner" as it benefited from the explosion of tablet sales and gained market share following the collapse of its rival Comet.

In his Mansion House speech to the City's great and good, the Chancellor said the Government would urgently investigate the case for splitting up RBS and creating a so�called "bad bank" of risky assets.

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.

Banks and building societies were today blasted by a consumer watchdog for making it virtually impossible to work out the true and total cost of a mortgage.

Political squabbling, under-investment and short-termism is discouraging investors from backing UK projects, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) says, and Britain is falling behind rival economies due to inertia over controversial issues such as airport ...

Stansted Airport is to be given an �80m redevelopment of its terminal building, including new security facilities and a larger departure lounge.