Markets are on alert as EU bosses face big decisions

Jean Claude Juncker said all 27 EU finance ministers would talk to approve or reject extending the funds to the IMF. Photo: EPA By Louise Armitstead 9:03PM GMT 18 [...]

Jean Claude Juncker said all 27 EU finance ministers would talk to approve or reject extending the funds to the IMF. Photo: EPA By Louise Armitstead 9:03PM GMT 18 [...]

Cutting the cost of public sector pensions by 25pc would save the taxpayer tens of billions of pounds every year, the Centre for Policy Studies said Photo: Alamy By Holly Watt,, Whitehall Editor [...]
The U.S. IPO market has entered its annual winter hibernation until mid-January, which means that investors and bankers have about a month to ponder: What will 2012 bring? A lot can happen in a month’s time to boost or crush optimism about the pace of initial public offerings in the new year. In the [...]

Under the code, Google and other search engines, such as Yahoo! and Bing, would stop allowing illegal sites to advertise. Photo: AFP By Katherine Rushton 9:35PM GMT 18 Dec [...]

Jean Claude Juncker said all 27 EU finance ministers would talk to approve or reject extending the funds to the IMF. Photo: EPA By Louise Armitstead 9:03PM GMT 18 [...]

Photo: ALAMY 4:23PM GMT 18 Dec 2011 Comments John Lewis is expected to update on trading in early January. It has, on the surface, performed strongly [...]
Reuters - The euro zone will pursue measures to tackle its sovereign debt crisis this week by offering more cash to the IMF and long-term liquidity to banks, while moving towards tighter fiscal rules, after ratings agency Fitch cast doubt on it ability to forge a decisive response.[Read more...]

Police in Barcelona tackle protesters demonstrating against austerity measures brought in as a bid to deal with the European debt crisis Photo: AP By Donna Bowater 10:59AM GMT 18 [...]

Previous of Companies Next 3i Group 3i Infrastructure The funds – of which there are many – tend to invest in a variety of mature assets that have reliable cash flows and the potential for capital appreciation over time. On [...]

Perhaps it will be a happy new year for the LSE after all. By James Quinn 8:39PM GMT 17 Dec 2011 Comments [...]
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