en-us Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:29:00 -0800 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:10:00 -0800 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:18:34 -0800 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:45:00 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:10:00 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:01:00 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:32:34 -0800 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:43:00 -0800 Reuters UK) - Caution ahead of a key jobs report from the United States weighed on banks and other cyclical stocks, pushing the FTSE 100 share index 0.5 percent lower by midsession on Friday.By 12:16 p.m. the FTSE 100 was down 28.59 points at 5,284.41, tracking...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:04:25 -0800 AZN BLT KAZ GSK KFT STAN AZN,BLT,KAZ,GSK,KFT,STAN Reuters UK) - Chancellor Alistair Darling will next week stake his government's future on tax rises for the rich to pay for continued support for the recession-hit economy and to bring down a record budget deficit.With an election due within six months, Wednesday's pre-budget report may well...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:47 -0800 Reuters UK) - Failing commercial property loans pose a growing threat to Britain's banking sector revival, after the sum of debts breaching covenants soared by 75 percent to 18.7 billion pounds in the first half of 2009, research shows.The UK Commercial Property Lending Market survey from De...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:01:07 -0800 Reuters) - Asian stocks held most of the week's gains before monthly U.S. jobs data on Friday, although property and bank shares fell in many markets as soft U.S. data raised concerns about the pace of economic recovery.In Europe, spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 , Germany's DAX...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:45:17 -0800 Reuters UK) - The price tag for bailing out UK banks has hit 850 billion pounds but Britain's spending watchdog says the final cost to taxpayers will not be known for years.The independent National Audit Office NAO said Friday the government was justified in asking the public...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:00:18 -0800 Reuters UK) - Royal Bank of Scotland RBS has indicated that it will bow to pressure to pay investment bankers at the 70 percent state-owned bank substantially less than rival institutions, reported The Financial Times on Friday.On Thursday Prime Minister Gordon Brown moved to allay fears of a mass...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:45:39 -0800 Reuters UK) - Bank of America Corp BAC sold more than $19 billion (11.5 billion pounds) of equity on Thursday amid strong investor interest as it races to shed government regulatory curbs that have bedeviled its CEO search.The money raised will help repay $45 billion in...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:50 -0800 BAC PNC WFC BAC,PNC,WFC Reuters) - Bank of America Corp BAC sold more than $19 billion of equity on Thursday amid strong investor interest as it races to shed government regulatory curbs that have bedeviled its CEO search.The money raised will help repay $45 billion in government bailout funds the...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:26 -0800 BAC PNC WFC BAC,PNC,WFC Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:03:00 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after data showed the vast U.S. services sector unexpectedly shrank in November and investors worried that Friday's non-farm payrolls report may show the recovery is sluggish.Stocks sold off going into the close, led by a slide in financials, as...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:15:13 -0800 ANF BAC CMCSA GE TTWO TGT ANF,BAC,CMCSA,GE,TTWO,TGT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:41 -0800