Martin Baccardax

British lender says US authorities are looking into energy trading and potential breaches of corrupt practices act

Mortgage approvals rise but house price recovery could be uneven as sales accelerate into year-end.

Annual poll shows pockets of Eurozone where risks are greater than in Syria, Egypt and Libya as CFOs seek safer markets in China, India and Brazil.

US GDP grew faster than expected but mixed data below headline provides ammunition for both Obama and Romney campaigns

EDF Energy plans 10.8 percent increase on UK household gas and energy prices in move that challenges Bank of England policy.

One in four out of work in Europe's fourth-largest economy amid deepening recession.

Shares in the world's biggest platinum miner rise in London after departure of ground-breaking boss

The best three-month growth figures in five years have sparked a raging debate over the government's economic strategy.

Olympic Games helps drive solid economic turnaround with 1pc growth but experts say recovery will remain uneven.

Prime minister may have broken UK Statistics Authority regulations with revelation that good news on economy imminent.

Trader ordered to repay €4.9bn to Societe Generale and spend three more years in prison for role in biggest trading scandal in European history.

Papers obtained by Reuters indicate Germany's Economy Ministry was in "advanced" talks with Daimler over EADS stake just weeks before $45bn merger with BAE became public.

Germany records slides for manufacturing and services in October as demand sagged amid eurozone crisis.

Jimmy Savile and the BBC , Jerry Sandusky and Penn State, Paedophiles and the Boy Scouts ... it's been a terrible month for trust.

BP's deal to link-up with Russia's state-owned Rosneft and Industry's Canada's recent moves to block foreign takeovers are symbolic of government's troubled relationship with energy.

BP ends stormy 9-year joint venture with Russian investor group but nabs 20 percent stake in Kremlin-controlled Rosneft

Former Goldman executive's tell-all book and "60 Minutes" Interview said to reveal little about life on the inside of Wall Street's most famous firm

Germany's Angela Merkel has cannily played Prime Minister David Cameron into a futile stance on Europe's Budget negotiations.

Spain's Prime Minister faces challenging votes in Catalonia and the Basque region as investors fear window of opportunity for EU support closing fast

Stronger tax receipts help narrow budget deficit to £4.9bn higher than it was at this time last year.

European Central Bank will take on role of top watchdog on 1 January but several key issues remain unresolved

As calls to boycott the world's biggest coffee chain intensify, it's worth asking if taxing profits is the best way to ensure economic fairness.

July to September retail sales post best run in more than two years as Olympics and back-to-school boost lift High Street

Record high employment figures mask a recession stuck economy. But economists remain puzzled as to why we're working longer but failing to growth

Number of Britons in work rose to record 29.59 million in the three months ending August and headline unemployment fell to 7.9 percent.

Britain has clawed back less than a third of value lost during global economic crisis thanks to faster inflation, weak exports and government spending cuts.

First Minister Alex Salmond's drive for Scottish independence has uncanny echoes to a failed attempt by Quebec's Separatists nearly seventeen years ago.

Vikram Pandit steps down after five years at the head of Citigroup after third-biggest US bank posts solid earnings

Britain's consumer price index eases to 2.2 percent in September, slowest since 2009, but gas and electricity prices look set to reverse the trend