Greece 'meets bailout conditions'
Greece is inching closer to its second bailout after it managed to win a crucial debt swap, European leaders say......
Barclays chief 'not top earner'
Barclays boss Bob Diamond was not the bank's top earner in 2011, while RBS and Lloyds also reveal how much their highest-paid employees have made......
Carnival loss from Costa disaster
Carnival loses $139m in the first quarter and says profits could be wiped out this year due to the Costa Concordia sinking......
Bank guilty of serious misconduct
The city watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) finds the Bank of Scotland guilty of serious misconduct......
EDF agrees to pay a 4.5m 'fine'
Energy supplier EDF agrees to pay a package worth 4.5m imposed by the regulator Ofgem, including 3.5m to its "most vulnerable customers"......
Post Office to get 1.3bn revamp
More than 6,000 branches of the Post Office are to be revamped by the UK government in the next three years......
Spain unions call general strike
Spanish unions call for a general strike on 29 March to protest against changes to labour laws which make it easier to fire staff......
Pensions talks have 'concluded'
The government pushes ahead with a final plan for public sector pensions as talks with unions come to an end......
Iceland founder buys back company
The founder of food chain Iceland successfully leads a 1.55bn management buy-out of the company......
US economy adds jobs in February
The US economy created 227,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3%, official figures show......
Lenders to raise mortgage costs
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks announce a planned rise in the standard variable rate mortgage, joining rivals Halifax and the Bank of Ireland......
MPs demand even-handed tax deals
Tax disputes with big companies should be dealt with in exactly the same way as other taxpayers, a committee of MPs says......
Wider BSkyB 'fit and proper' test
An inquiry into whether BSkyB is a "fit and proper" owner of a broadcasting licence has been broadened by media regulator Ofcom......
Emirates seeks A380 compensation
Emirates Airlines seeks compensation from Airbus, saying it will lose $90m over the grounding of A380 superjumbos affected by hairline cracks......
ABN Amro takes large Greek loss
Dutch bank ABN Amro says its underlying net profit for 2011 was undermined by bad debt charges, including 880m euros for Greece......
Wetherspoon cuts expansion plans
Pubs chain JD Wetherspoon cuts its expansion plans, announcing a fall in second-half sales as it blames the UK's tax regime......
Coke and Pepsi alter drink recipe
Coca-Cola and Pepsi alter their fizzy drink recipe in the United States to avoid having to put a cancer warning label on the bottle......
Yes Loans is stripped of licence
One of the UK's biggest brokers of loans, Yes Loans, could be put out of business after a regulator finds that it conducted "deceitful" practices......
QE knocks 90bn off pension funds
Quantitative easing has knocked another 90bn off the value of final-salary pension schemes, says the National Association of Pension Funds......
Fall in gripes about energy firms
The number of complaints about the UK's major energy suppliers fell by 4% in the final three months of 2011, a watchdog says......
China inflation at 20-month low
Consumer price inflation in China falls to a 20-month low as food price rises ease, giving policymakers room to stimulate growth......
UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
UK interest rates are kept at 0.5% by the Bank of England, marking three years since they were first cut to the record low......
Energy imports hit Japan deficit
Japan reports a record current account deficit because of rising energy imports, as the country's economic recovery remains fragile......
Record deliveries at Airbus owner
European aerospace giant EADS reports higher annual profits as it delivers a record amount of its Airbus aircraft to customers......
Talks on Qantas Asian airline end
Talks between Australia's Qantas and Malaysia Airlines about establishing a joint venture premium airline in Asia break down......
Fender to sell shares in the firm
Fender Musical Instruments, the maker of guitars used by musicians from Jimi Hendrix to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, announces plans to sell shares......
MPs' concern over Olympic budget
MPs raise concerns the London Olympics may go over budget and say it is "staggering" initial estimates about security costs were so wrong......
Whyte 'not fit and proper person'
The Scottish FA says its inquiry has found Rangers owner Craig Whyte not to be a "fit and proper person" to hold such a position......
Newcastle United reduces losses
Newcastle United reports an operating loss of 3.9m for the financial year ending June 2011......
VIDEO: Greece to receive 'historic' bailout
Greece looks certain to receive its second enormous bailout, after a decision by private investors to accept losses of more than half the value of their holdings of Greek government debt......
VIDEO: Wanted: More women in the boardroom
Only 5.7% of the executive, board-level directors of FTSE 150 companies are women - so how can they be encouraged to take up more high-level roles?.....
AUDIO: 'Shareholders are absentee landlords'
Two senior staff at Barclays each earned more than 6.5m last year, according to the company's latest accounts......
VIDEO: How much are Barclays execs paid?
Barclays has revealed how much its top earners were paid last year......
VIDEO: Barclays chief 'not top earner'
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond earned 6.3m in pay and bonuses in 2011, but was not the bank's top earner, according to the bank's annual report......
VIDEO: Cut taxes 'to bring in more money'
Nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow claimed the 50p tax rate must go if the government wants to motivate people to strive for a better life......
VIDEO: Fender to sell shares in the firm
Fender Musical Instruments, the maker of guitars used by music greats from Jimi Hendrix to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour has announced plans for an initial share flotation......
VIDEO: My Bottom Line: Andy Green
Chief executive of business and technology service provider Logica Andy Green says motivate your staff to deliver results......
Cheap tech helps small business grow
Technology helps small companies become big.....
When football clubs go bust
When football clubs go bust.....
Allen Stanford: Antigua feels the fallout
Allen Stanford's downfall leaves Antigua in a spin.....
Hungary turns cash to ash
Hungary burns old banknotes to provide heating to the needy.....
Is the Fed reading your tweets?
Central bankers eye the possibilities of social media.....
U.S. Week Ahead: QE3 on the bench but not out of play
Correspondent Mark Felsenthal says the Fed is likely to put further easing on the back burner when it issues its policy decision and statement on Tuesday at 1415 EDT......
U.S. faces "new normal" on jobless rate: professor
Mar. 9 - University of Oregon economics professor and blogger Mark Thoma says U.S. may face a "new normal" on rate of unemployment......
Breakingviews: Bankers gone wild
March 9 - Jeffrey Goldfarb and Antony Currie discuss the difficulty of assessing and managing the risk of unsavory off-the-clock behavior......
2012 Lipper Awards: "Selective" opportunities in equities
Mar. 9 - PIMCO's Charles Lahr says the tremendous rally in risk assets has left only selective opportunities in stocks, but likes pharmaceuticals like Pfizer and specialty insurer Lancashire Holdings......
Trading at Noon: Stocks up on positive U.S. jobs data
Mar. 9 - U.S. stocks rose, adding to their best two-day run in nearly three months, after a report showed the U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in February......
Job growth picks up; jobless rate flat
Mar 9 - The U.S. economy added more than 200,000 jobs for the third month in a row and the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3 percent in a sign the economic recovery is gathering pace. Conway G. Gittens reports......
EMEA Week Ahead
Mar. 9 - Euro zone finance ministers look set to approve Greece's second bailout on Monday, but analysts say that doesn't mean Athens is out of the woods......
Greece avoids default with bond success
Mar. 09 - Greece has averted the immediate risk of an uncontrolled default by winning strong acceptance from its private creditors for a bond swap deal which will eat into its mountainous public debt and clear the way for a new international bailout......
3XSQ: No 'Labor' pains; Coffee competition
forecast, and Starbucks announces plans to make its own single-cup coffee maker to compete with Green Mountain......
London's home for global buyers
Mar. 9 - Foreign buyers are flocking to London, attracted by the city's solid property market and safe haven status. Savills estate agents say the euro zone crisis has led to increased activity from Greeks and Italians. Joanna Partridge reports......
Mystery donor keeps German town guessing
Mar. 9 - Residents of the small German city of Braunschweig are baffled by a number of envelopes stuffed with cash which have been left at various charities around town, sparking talk of a modern day Robin Hood. Hayley Platt reports......
U.S. Morning Call: Markets await jobs report, Google Wallet
poll estimates that 210,000 jobs were added in February in the U.S., and Google pressures developers to use Google Wallet to pay for apps......
Insider Asks: Will the recovery be choked by oil prices?
Mar. 9 - What price would oil need to reach to risk choking the global recovery? A selection of top strategists give their opinion on the current oil price rise and if it will affect the global recovery......
Breakingviews: no cheer for euro zone's first default
Breakingviews......
A year after the quake: Japan stocks resurrected
Mar. 9 - A look back at a roller-coaster year for Japan's Nikkei 225 that may be seeing a light at the end of a volatile and painful year......
Curtain falls on Act 1 of Greek drama
Mar. 9 - Greece has successfully closed a bond swap offer aimed at reducing its colossal debt pile and averting a disorderly default......
Asia Week Ahead: World remembers Japan quake one year on
Mar. 9 - Japan will pay tribute to the victims of the March 11 natural and nuclear disasters one year on, while Chinese trade figures for February are expected to post a sharp rebound......
Hard landing for China despite soft inflation: Asianomics
Mar. 9 - Easing inflation in China is little reason for optimism, as the world's second largest economy is in the middle of a hard landing, says Jim Walker of Asianomics......
Market Pulse: New Greek bonds to trade above Portugal
Mar. 9 - Greece's new bonds will trade at higher yields than Portugal, indicating just how much work Athens has to do, says Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets interest rates strategist Achilleas Georgolopoulos......
Curtains on Greek tragedy, act 2?
Mar 8 - Summary of business headlines: Wall Street jumps as Greek official says government bond swap largely accepted and U.S. jobless claims stay near a four-year low; Justice Department going after Apple, book publishers for collusion -source. Conw.....
Double return as bull market turns 3
Mar 8 - As the bull market on Wall Street turns three years old, the exuberance is tempered by concerns of everything from rising energy costs, a troubled Europe and slower global economic growth. Bobbi Rebell reports......
U.S. Day Ahead: Third month of U.S. payroll gains possible
' Stella Dawson says there may not be any improvement in unemployment rate before the November election......
Job seekers finding mixed signals
Mar 08 - Optimism ahead of Friday's monthly U.S. jobs report continued to grow despite slightly longer unemployment lines and uptick in layoffs compared to a year ago. Conway G. Gittens reports......
The Exchange: The Financial Crash in Fiction
Cristina Alger discusses her first novel, "The Darlings," about a privileged New York family brought low by a Ponzi scheme......
Trading at Noon: Wall St. up as Greek deal seen near
Mar. 8 - U.S. stocks rose as Greece moved closer to concluding a bond swap with private creditors that is needed to stave off a messy default......
Debt crisis and Greek bond swap: as it happened - March 9, 2012
ISDA ruling means debt insurance payouts can begin, as Greek PM Lucas Papademos releases statement hailing the efforts of the Greek people to move the country away from 'quicksand'.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/.....
The HBOS horror story is a grim read
Britain's financial crisis was really a tale of two banks - Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS, the owner of Halifax.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4dc28e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/.....
Game Group 'has two weeks to turn around its fortunes'
Game Group, the troubled video games retailer, has a fortnight to turn around its fortunes, the chief executive has warned staff, according to a leading industry website.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568.....
Barclays boss Bob Diamond nets 17m
Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays, was Britain highest paid bank boss last year with a pay package for 2011 worth nearly 18m.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4dd262/mf.gif' border='0'/>.....
Regulator blasts HBOS for failures
Bank of Scotland has been hit with the most serious censure ever meted out by Britain's banking watchdog for failures that forced the taxpayer to step in with a multi-billion pound rescue.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.....
Debt crisis and Greek bond swap: live
ISDA ruling means debt insurance payouts can begin, as Greek PM Lucas Papademos releases statement hailing the efforts of the Greek people to move the country away from 'quicksand'.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/.....
IFS: Nick Clegg's tax plans are unfair
The Government should abandon plans to rush through a rise in the income tax personal allowance to 10,000, because they will benefit richer people the most, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feed.....
Step-by-step lesson in how not to run a bank and how not to regulate
If you've every wondered where the term "casino banking" came from look no further than HBOS, now part of Lloyds Banking Group, 41pc owned by the taxpayer.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4dcb73/.....
UK to avoid recession despite weak manufacturing
Britain should narrowly escape recession according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, which said the economy grew by 0.1pc in the three months to February.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32.....
Greece succeeds in bond deal but not in solving debts
European leaders claimed victory after Greece successfully completed a 206bn (172.3bn) bond swap, even though it triggered the default they were desperate to avoid.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/.....
Greece success in bond deal but not in solving debts
European leaders claimed victory after Greece successfully completed a 206bn (172.3bn) bond swap, even though it triggered the default they were desperate to avoid.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/.....
BP accused of selling "dirty gasoline" in California
BP has been accused of selling "dirty gasoline" in California in the British company's latest run-in with US authorities.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4d7a0a/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/>.....
Holiday perks slashed at Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook has told its 16,000 UK staff they can no longer enjoy discounts of up to 75pc off their holidays as the tour operator seeks to cut costs by 35m a year.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1.....
Malcolm Walker takes control of Iceland
Iceland founder Malcolm Walker has confirmed he has retaken control of the supermarket in a management buy-out.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4d6e9f/mf.gif' border='0'/>.....
Off-switch to heat up Aga's profits overseas
A new design of AGA range cooker that can be switched off has been selling well and should drive growth in warmer climates overseas, its manufacturer said.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4d6ea0/.....
LSE completes 387m LCH.Clearnet deal
The London Stock Exchange has diversified its operations by agreeing to take a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4d577c/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/>.....
Drug makers in rude health as large-caps rally
As the wider market recovered from its earlier lethargy, drug makers were in fine fettle after UBS lifted its rating on the pharmaceutical sector to "overweight".<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d.....
America notches best run of job growth since 2006
America has seen its best six months of jobs growth since 2006, raising hopes that a recovery can gain momentum.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4c816e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/&g.....
FSA censures Bank of Scotland for 'serious misconduct'
Bank of Scotland has been censured for "very serious misconduct" in its corporate division that contributed to a taxpayer bail-out at its parent company HBOS.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4c1e.....
EDF Energy forced to repay customers 4.5m over mis-selling
Ian Marlee from energy watchdog, Ofgem said EDF had breached marketing licence conditions, with sales people making potentially false claims about financial savings.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s.....
Old Mutual gears up for African growth
Anglo-South African financial conglomerate Old Mutual said it is preparing to expand its business interests in Africa.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4c1e30/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><.....
Greek bond swap: Reaction
Greece has pulled off the biggest debt restructuring in history, triggering an orderly default but securing its financial future for now. The Government secured a voluntary debt swap equivalent to 85.8pc of bonds. The figure rose to 95.7pc when it ex.....
Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks raise mortgage rates
Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks have become the latest mortgage lenders to raise standard variable rates.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4bd791/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a .....
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank raise mortgage rates
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank have become the latest mortgage lender to hike its Standard Variable Rate.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4bbeec/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a .....
Spanx creator Sara Blakely named youngest self-made female billionaire
As Forbes reveal their annual billionaire list, Sara Blakely the woman behind Spanx control underwear can claim an impressive record.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/1d4bbeed/mf.gif' border='0'/>.....
