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.

A survey of 30,000 people by the watchdog group, Passenger Focus, showed the travelling public are increasingly frustrated by the lack of staff at stations, delays and squalid lavatories on trains.

Sales of trainers and tracksuits at JD Sports are sprinting along, but the group's camping and other clothing stores haven't quite broken out into a jog so far this year.