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The widely recognised British brand aims to cash in on the lucrative Indian gold market.

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King's admission that rates won't be used to fight faster inflation has the pound falling on foreign exchange markets

CEO Stephen Hester and chairman Philip Hampton to face bank standards commission.

Stuart Gulliver and Douglas Flint give evidence to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards over the spate of scandals

Political uncertainties in Spain and Italy spark renewed concerns on the region's recovery prospects.

Chancellor George Osborne's threat to break-up UK banks adds pressure to shares as FTSE tumbles from near five year high

China's ongoing economic recovery backed by services sector.

Improving manufacturing and employment data help keep US, UK benchmark indices at multi-year highs

Ratings agency Fitch says that Britain's biggest banks' will be hit by the redress costs but not as much as PPI payouts

Economists widely in support of China's ongoing economic recovery despite decline in official January manufacturing PMI.

Asian markets turn cautious as official Purchasing Managers Index indicates slowdown in the manufacturing sector.

Politicians, lawyers and business experts warn SMEs of further hurdles in bank review process.

Banks face potentially huge compensation costs following FSA's highly anticipated Pilot Scheme results

Europe’s largest bank tries to bolster its risk management and financial crime supervision with its hard hitting new hire

Internal Revenue Service can claim UBS info on Swiss client Wegelin following the 250-year old firm's guilty plea to tax evasion charges.

Bully-Banks slams report that banks are planning to ward off a multi-billion compensation bill following FSA pilot scheme

China's industrial profits rise for the fourth straight month in December, indicating ongoing economic recovery.

Upbeat Chinese industrial profits and the yen's plunge against the dollar boost market sentiments in the region.

European share gains limited as investors parse mixed economic data around the single currency area.

Domestic demand expected to drive China's ongoing economic recovery.

Markets recover from a weak start sparked by Apple's weak results after HSBC's China Flash PMI shows improvement.