European politicians drafting tough new curbs on the controversial trading practice high frequency trading (HFT) have faced stiff resistance from the industry – especially the City…
The German government is currently looking into the details of the planned tie-up of European aerospace and defence group EADS NV (EPA:EAD) and British defence contractor…
Swiss banks are expected to lose billions of francs in deposits and assets as cash-strapped European governments, struggling to balance their budgets, are applying pressure on…
Proposals to limit compensation for unfair dismissal and to encourage settlement agreements to end employment relationships have been put forward by the UK government today. Business…
UK Timeweave Plc (LON:TMW), a provider of broadcast services to the bookmaking industry, rejected on Friday the GBP0.22 (USD0.36/EUR0.27) a share takeover offer from British investor…
US-based online antivirus service provider VirusTotal has been taken over by technology major Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), the target company said in its official blog without providing…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said that it expects the UK economy to contract by 0.7% in 2012. This is a significant…
Microsoft´s search engine Bing will be showing pictures added or shared on Facebook in its search, as the next step of its Facebook features integration that…
UK-based private equity group Bridgepoint Capital Limited said on Monday it had completed the purchase of Compagnie du Ponant, a French luxury cruise company renowned for…
