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Lloyds profits fall on PPI claims
February 25th, 2016
Lloyds Banking Group has reported a 7% fall in annual pre-tax profits to £1.6bn compared with £1.8bn a year earlier. The bank increased provisions for payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation in the year to £4bn. That was after the City ...
Asian markets: Japan’s Nikkei slides further amid concerns over European banking sector
February 12th, 2016
While China’s Shanghai Composite remained closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, the majority of stock indices across Asia including Japan’s Nikkei 225 were trading lower on 12 February. This followed a negative Wall Street and FTSE close overnight, ...
Pound dives as Bank of England rules out rate rise amid weak UK growth
January 20th, 2016
Currency traders react to Mark Carney’s downbeat assessment by selling pound to $1.42, its weakest since March 2009 The Bank of England governor has sent the pound into a nosedive after he ruled out an early rise in interest rates, saying ...
U.K. Markets Pounded and ‘Brexit’ Vote Doesn’t Even Have a Date
January 18th, 2016
Pound, stocks decline as risks to U.K. economy stack up Turmoil is hurting outlook for Bank of England rate increase Wherever you look, Britain’s financial markets are creaking. The pound is at the weakest level since 2010 against the ...
Britain’s stock market just had its worst year since the financial crisis
December 30th, 2015
2015 is a year that investors in Britain’s biggest companies won’t want to repeat for a long, long time, and it’s all down to crashing commodity prices. At the time of writing, the FTSE 100, Britain’s blue chip share index dropped by ...
European stock markets lifted by rising mining shares
December 23rd, 2015
Shares up in last full session before Christmas break Mining stocks dominate list of top performers 2015 EU stock market performance reut.rs/1ZnkfVX European shares rose on Wednesday, lifted by gains in the mining sector on the back of stronger ...
Opec bid to kill off US shale sends oil price down to 2009 low
December 8th, 2015
Oil falls by $2 a barrel with energy shares as Opec refusal to stop flooding the market with cheap oil and likely US rate hike sends Brent crude tumbling Oil prices have slumped by 5% after the latest attempt ...
Robot financial advisers to march on the UAE
December 4th, 2015
When the Dubai resident Lewis Brown and his wife Penelope wanted financial planning advice, they took what for many is a natural step – they spoke to a financial adviser. The adviser, Will Carling of AES International, spent several ...
Asian stocks higher as shock of Paris attacks fades
November 18th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as the shock of the Paris terror attacks faded and an uptick in U.S. inflation added support for a possible interest rate hike. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.2 percent to 19,676.77 ...
Rolls-Royce calls in top law firm to deal with fraud investigation
November 17th, 2015
The engine maker’s decision to bring in Slaughter and May underlines seriousness of allegations Rolls-Royce has called in a leading law firm to help it deal with bribery allegations and a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation. Slaughter and May has ...
