Apollo Global Management, the US private equity fund manager, has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Portuguese insurer Tranquilidade from the remnant of Banco Espirito Santo, the lender that ...

Call it moderation or stagnation, but the near future appears set to remain much like the present arrangement of modest economic growth and scarce investment income. So the right question to ask may ...

Npower has agreed to pay £3.5m to settle charges of sales mis-selling by energy regulator Ofgem. An investigation by the watchdog upheld complaints that Npower, one of the UK's six leading gas and ...

Home owners in the wealthiest parts of London are rushing to extend their homes underground before new planning restrictions are brought in next year. The number of planning applications involving ...

Several councils are considering banning billboard advertising from payday loan providers in the wake of a recent move by Plymouth city council to bar adverts from companies such as Wonga from its ...

Twitter: @hannahkuchler,, LinkedIn beat expectations in its second quarter, sending shares in the social network for professionals up by up to 12 per cent in aft ...

Cala has become the latest private housebuilder to take a step towards public markets, appointing an independent adviser to work on a potential initial public offering. The upmarket Scottish builder ...

The state-owned organisation that is whittling down the old loan portfolios of Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley has repaid more than £10bn to the taxpayer since its creation in 2010. The funds ...

Joel Saveuse traverses the Real hypermarket in northern Germany in search of "those little biscuits". Moving from toys to the freezer section, the 55-year-old, who runs the country's biggest big-box ...

Xi Jinping is taking aim at senior managers at big state-owned enterprises with a new plan to limit executive pay, even as the Beijing continues its push to limit government interference in the ...

Η αίσθηση της  ατιμωρησίας είναι διάχυτη στην Ελλάδα ανάμεσα σε διαφορετικά στρώματα του πληθυσμού με τις ελίτ της χώρας είτε ...

Από 1η Οκτωβρίου αύξησε τις τιμές σε βασικούς κωδικούς του HoReCa, ενώ παράλληλα συμμετέχει στην πρωτοβουλία του υπουργού ...