The Chinese government's crackdown on ostentatious consumption by officials has taken a heavy toll on sales of cognac and distilled liquor baijiu at two of Europe's leading distillers. Diageo, the ...

Electra, the listed British private equity group fighting off an activist campaign led by Sherborne Investors, is to begin returning cash to shareholders. Announcing the results of a strategic review ...

Japanese government bonds were little changed on Tuesday as traders waited for the results of an auction of benchmark 10-year notes to see how strong investor demand is amid a global recovery in ...

But up to 1,000 HSBC staff set to relocate from London will need a better guide to a city rebounding from a deep downturn. Birmingham had a spring in its step even before the bank decided to move its ...

Wataniya, the Palestinian mobile phone company, said on Tuesday that Israel had blocked a shipment of its equipment into the Gaza Strip, in apparent retaliation for the Palestinian decision last week ...

Britain's medium-sized companies are outperforming both smaller and larger businesses and are one of the overlooked success stories of the economic recovery, research has found. Their numbers have ...

The Swiss face a confrontation with Brussels after voting for quotas on immigrants from the EU, - in a foretaste of tensions that could be unleashed if Britain votes to leave the union. Viviane Reding ...

Anti-government militants renewed their offensive against the Egyptian security forces on Wednesday, killing one senior interior ministry official and a civilian and injuring at least seven others in ...

The name Google picked for its first foray into online shopping spoke volumes about its intentions: Froogle. Users could look at a selection of items based on price or other factors. The search ...

Gold rose on Monday to around $1,100 per ounce after the dollar edged down, helping bullion come off a one-month low hit in the previous session when commodities dipped on President Barack Obama's ...

Rio Tinto has given up trying to sell its lossmaking Pacific Aluminium subsidiary in a sign of the tough market conditions facing mining groups trying to offload underperforming assets during an ...

Her Majesty may not have discussed military hardware as she treated Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan - president of the United Arab Emirates and emir of Abu Dhabi - to a carriage ride through ...