Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed higher Tuesday.

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Markets should not have been so surprised by the Bank of England’s large 1.50 percentage point rate cut in November because it was justified by the increasingly...

A new poll indicates Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Labour Party are closing in on Britain’s opposition Conservative Party.

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC’s reported Tuesday a jump in first-half net profit on a one-time gain on asset sales. But shares plunged over 17 percent as the...

A row on the board of budget airline easyJet PLC escalated Tuesday when founder and non-executive director Stelios Haji-Iannou refused to approve the carrier’s...

Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Tuesday.

Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC said Tuesday it plans to raise $600 million in a bond issue to refinance existing debt and acquire new...

European stock markets fell Tuesday following Asian losses amid further gloom about the state of the world economy and the banking system’s prospects in...

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher against other major currencies in European trading Tuesday morning. Gold rose.

British luxury goods company Burberry Group PLC on Tuesday reported a 13 percent rise in first half net profit, but its shares plummeted as it added that second-half...

British Energy Group PLC, the nuclear power producer being taken over by Electricite de France SA, on Tuesday posted a second-quarter loss after the company suffered...

Wolseley PLC, the world’s largest distributor of plumbing products, said Monday it would shed 2,000 jobs and close 200 branches in Britain and Ireland to adjust...

Inflation in Britain fell in October for the first time in 14 months largely because of cheaper transport costs amid sliding petrol prices, official figures showed...

Lonmin PLC, the world’s third largest platinum producer, said Tuesday annual net profit rose 45 percent on high sales prices, but warned it would have to cut some...

Barclays PLC bowed to shareholder protests Tuesday, saying it will let existing stockholders in on a share issue originally earmarked for private Middle Eastern...

Budget airline easyJet PLC reported a 45 percent drop in full-year profits on Tuesday as higher fuel costs offset a strong gain in revenue. Some of the accounts,...

Most world stock markets fell Monday after Citigroup Inc. said it would cut another 53,000 jobs around the world to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis....

Britain should not change its organ-donation law to automatically designate every person a donor unless they or their survivors opt out, an expert panel recommended...

Barclays PLC is coming under increasing pressure over its decision to raise 7 billion pounds ($10.5 billion) from private Middle Eastern investors, with a key advisory...