By Huw Jones and Matt Scuffham. LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:11am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group must plug a capital shortfall of 8.6 billion pounds ($13.5 billion), Britain's banking regulator said on Thursday, a day after the government ...

Stocks declined and both Treasury-bond yields and the dollar rose sharply, all signs of market unease, after Mr. Bernanke repeated his May comments that the Fed this year could begin trimming the size of its monthly debt purchases.

LONDON, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:49am EDT. LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - British retail sales rebounded much more than expected in May, lifted by discounting at supermarkets and online shopping, official data showed on Thursday.

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

LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:01am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Dixons (DXNS.L), Europe's No. 2 electricals retailer, beat guidance with a 15 percent rise in underlying year profit, with sales growth in Britain and northern Europe offsetting falls in the ...

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.

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.

LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:42am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined a property agent nearly a million pounds for defrauding vulnerable people, the largest-ever fine for a sole trader in the consumer sector.

UK mortgage lending surged to its highest monthly level since October 2008 in May, with activity even surprising lenders. Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) recorded gross mortgage lending of �14.7bn in May.

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