You can license bankers, claw back bonuses for the bad ones, and jail the reckless ones. But what do you do about banks? Westminster's Banking Standards Commission offers lots of analysis and strong recommendations about what to do with the culture of ...

LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:53am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England remained divided 6-3 against more asset purchases in June and watched with caution market reaction to signs the U.S.

A Chinese property group is to build a luxury hotel on London's South Bank as part of a �700m investment, underlining the capital's attractions for foreign investors.

European stocks turned lower Wednesday as caution crept in ahead of a keenly anticipated decision on U.S. monetary policy and a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while the euro was steady against the dollar in what's expected to be ...

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.

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The news came as a Number 10's tax adviser warned that African countries are losing twice as much in avoided tax as they are getting in aid from the West.

South African inflation slowed for the first time in five months to 5.6 percent in May after gasoline prices fell the most since July.

Improving access to mortgages and government initiatives designed to fuel the housing sector have boosted the first results from Crest Nicholson since the housebuilder returned to market.

Altrincham has become the UK's No. 1 hotspot for identity fraud, outside of certain parts of London. Last year, there were 13 identity fraud attempts for every 10,000 adults in the upmarket commuter town southwest of Manchester, with residents targeted at ...