LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Grid operators in the western United States are joining forces to design a new computer-run system to balance power across a wider combined area, improve handling of increasing amounts of fluctuating renewable power and sav

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - European shares held below multi-month peaks on Tuesday, with investors unwilling to push the market higher without reassurance that the U.S. Federal Reserve remains committed to equity-friendly stimulus policies.

Axe, the Unilever hair and bodycare brand targeted at teen boys, has come up with yet another questionable scenario to back its claim that women just can't resist men who use the brand: The home invasion burglary. In a new ad from BBH London, a burg

LONDON/MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's Norilsk Nickel is in talks with banks on a possible $2 billion loan deal to help refinance upcoming debt maturities, the company said on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in satellite firm Inmarsat rose on expectations that Dish Network Corp's bid for the spectrum assets of its U.S. partner LightSquared may lead to a resumption of payments to...

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Apple's ability toshelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on anunusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the countrycompete with other countries for investment and jobs.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Bund futures fell to a session low on Tuesday, with traders citing nervousness before minutes on Wednesday of the latest Federal Reserve meeting and as investors made room...

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - European shares reversed earlier losses to trade flat on Tuesday, taking heart from solid opening gains on Wall Street.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - European shares reversed earlier losses to trade flat on Tuesday, taking heart from solid opening gains on Wall Street.

SHANGHAI/LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Iran's government isnegotiating a tax of up to 40 percent on iron ore exports totake advantage of a surge in sales to China, aiming to replacerevenue from oil and other sources eroded by sanctions.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Sarantel Group PLC : * Determined that a sale of the operating business would be inthe best

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Sarantel Group PLC : * Determined that a sale of the operating business would be in the best

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - British luxury group Burberry said full-year pretax profit rose abetter-than-expected 14 percent on strong retail growth in Asianmarkets, where it is increasing numbers of Burberry brandedstores.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - High-end Waitrose as well asdiscounters Aldi and Lidl saw the biggest growth in market sharein the 12 weeks to May 12 as Britain's grocery market becameincreasingly polarized, industry data showed on Tuesday.Market research

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone said on Tuesday that it was very comfortable with its successful U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, but if an offer materialized that would benefit it more than the status quo, it would consider it.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone said on Tuesday that it was very comfortable with its successful U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, but if an offer materialized that would benefit it more than...

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone said on Tuesday that it was very comfortable with its successful U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, but if an offer materialized that would benefit it more than the status quo, it would consider it.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's Norilsk Nickel has chosen 13 lenders to provide a $2 billion loan which would be used to help fund the company's dividend payments, banking sources close to the deal said.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail more than doubled annual profit on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost as it plans for a stock market listing this year.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail more than doubled annual profit on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost as it plans for a stock market listing this year.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail more than doubled annual profit on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost as it plans for a stock market listing this year.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail more than doubled annual profit on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost as it plans for a stock market listing this year.

U.K.'s benchmark stock index flirted with a more than 12-year high on Tuesday, with mining firms recouping parts of the prior day's losses and Capita PLC rallying after contract news.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - G4S, the world's largest security group, is replacing its chief executive after a series of failures including a staffing fiasco at the 2012 London Olympics culminated in a recent profit warning.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Rallying miners and a contract win for outsourcing company Capita helped steady the FTSE 100 by midday on Tuesday despite weakness in travel firms after disappointing...

Jon Danielsson, Director of the ESRC funded Systemic Risk Centre, London School of Economics.When the Global Crisis struck in September 2008, all eyes were on the US (Eichengreen and Baldwin 2008). Iceland, however, was the first country to really su

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Soccer champions Manchester United topped the table for English Premier League television income in 2012-13, raking in almost 61 million pounds ($93 million) in the final year of the current three-year contract, the League

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Soccer champions Manchester United topped the table for English Premier League television income in 2012-13, raking in almost 61 million pounds ($93 million) in the final year of the current three-year contract, the League

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Home Depot Inc.on Tuesday reported an 18.5% rise in first-quarter earnings to $1.2 billion, or 83 cents a share, from $1 billion, or 68 cents a share, in the same quarter last year. Net sales rose 7.4% to $19.1 billion from $1

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's second-largest bank VTB expects to close its $3.3 billion offering of new shares by the end of the week, with three sovereign wealth funds investing about $500...

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Central bank cash may not be enough to keep European stocks rising beyond the end of the year in the face of the region's weak company and economic performance.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European Union lawmakers on Monday voted in favor of a draft law that would protect small bank depositors from losses in further bank rescues, but could see customers with more than 100,000 euros in savings being hurt. The Par

U.K.'s benchmark stock index flirted with a more than 12-year high on Tuesday, with mining firms recouping parts of the prior day's losses and Capita PLC rallying after contract news.

U.K.’s benchmark stock index flirts with a more than 12-year high on Tuesday, with mining firms recouping parts of the prior day’s losses and Capita PLC rallying after contract news.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail said annual profit had more than doubled on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost ahead of a stock market listing expected later this year.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - British buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon plans to set up a bank next year, offering personal and car loans, Chief Executive Nigel Terrington told Reuters on Tuesday.

* Dollar index firmer, but down from near 3-year high * European shares lower after recent highs * Gold, silver steady By Marc Jones LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - The dollar edged up, gold steadied and European shares held near five-year highs on Tuesda

* Dollar index firmer, but down from near 3-year high * European shares lower after recent highs * Gold, silver steady By Marc Jones LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - The dollar edged up, gold steadied and...

* Dollar index firmer, but down from near 3-year high * European shares lower after recent highs * Gold, silver steady By Marc Jones LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - The dollar edged up, gold steadied and European shares held near five-year highs on Tuesda

LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure on Tuesday, forcing it to keep a dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to compensate for a slump in southern Europe.

LONDON, May 21 (IFR) - UAE lender Emirates NBD has begun marketing a Tier 1 perpetual non-call six year bond at low 6% on Tuesday, according to a source and lead manager.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan will each get about $500 million of the new shares being issued by VTB, the Russian bank's chief executive Andrei Kostin said on Tuesday.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan will each get about $500 million of the new shares being issued by VTB, the Russian bank's chief executive Andrei Kostin said on Tuesday.

The chief of one of the world’s biggest security companies is to retire after 28 years in the industry, and following the London Olympics ‘shambles’

LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure on Tuesday, forcing it to keep a dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to compensate for a slump in southern Europe.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure on Tuesday, forcing it to keep a dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to compensate for a slump in southern Europe.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - European shares fell from multi-year highs on Tuesday, with the UK market having hit a near 13-year peak this week, as concerns over a possible end to central bank stimulus measures halted the region's equity rally.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - European shares fell from multi-year highs on Tuesday, with the UK market having hit a near 13-year peak this week, as concerns over a possible end to central bank stimulus measures halted the region's equity rally.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - European shares fell from multi-year highs on Tuesday, with the UK market having hit a near 13-year peak this week, as concerns over a possible end to central bank stimulus...