Martin Baccardax

Gerard Lyons will join the mayor's economic policy team after a thirteen year career with global investment bank Standard Chartered

Drinks giant walks away from world famous tequila brand after failing to reach a deal.

The surprise resignation gambit from Prime Minister Mario Monti has roiled financial markets in Eurpoe, but Italy's economic prospects are unlikely to be harmed by the drama.

Italy's Prime Minister says he'll resign following withdrawal of support from former leader Silvio Berlusconi.

By making guarantees linked to events he cannot control Chancellor George Osborne is the author of his own misfortune.

Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont buys HSBC's 15.7 percent stake in China's second-largest insurance group

PIMCO's Bill Gross says debt and demographics will act as a drag on global economic growth for years to come as investors navigate a "new normal" of lower returns.

Boris Johnson's comments highlight rift within the Conservative party over nature of Britain's future within European Union.

British Retail Consortium's monthly sales monitor says UK shoppers in cautious mood ahead of key Christmas period.

World's biggest supplier of plumbing and heating products says US growth solid but will review its operations in France

Britain should scrap dated, redundant and overly complicated corporation tax rate in favour of reinvestment scheme.

Greece's finance ministry hopes to retire as much as €62bn in outstanding debt as Germany hints at possible writeoffs in 2015

Germany's Lower House agrees to new terms for Greece's rescue package as markets await details on Athens' plan to buyback more than €60bn in government bonds.

Nearly 20 million Europeans are looking for work as jobless rate hits another record in October amid deepening recession

Lord Justice Leveson's far-reaching investigation into culture and ethics of journalism could impact several major media stocks.

Britain's biggest clothing retailer slashes pension deficit by more than £1bn and reaches 10-year deal with trustees to plug "black hole"

Rona Fairhead will leave the FT Group following the departure of Pearson CEO Marjorie Scardino

The latest European agreement on Greece's financial support has many political benefits but few economic ones.

Thinktank says global growth will slow, eurozone will sink into recession and Britain may need to abandon debt target.

The Canadian central banker and former Goldman dealer has one of the few untarnished reputations in global finance.

Investors fear new political turmoil as demonstrators plan more protests in Cairo.

Leaders fail to reach agreement on cuts in €1 trillion budget summit and look set to reconvene in early 2013.

South Wales site of Port Talbot to take bulk of employment hit but new blast-furnace plants could add jobs in 2013

Optimism among German business leaders rises even as growth slows and Eurozone crisis continues

The focus on David Cameron's veto threat misses the bigger - and shameful - picture: If the Eurozone can't agree on a €30bn Greek rescue, how will it lead consensus on a €1tn EU budget?

Leading candidate for Prime Minister seeks big changes for BoJ that have implications for central banks all over the world.

Bank of England votes 9-0 to hold key lending rate at record low and 8-1 to keep its £375 asset purchase programme unchanged

HP takes second $8bn writedown and says former Autonomy CEO misled it by inflating value of data-analysis software firm.

Ex-UBS dealer found guilty of two counts of fraud and acquitted on four charges of false accounting charges in $2.3 billion "rogue trader" scandal in London