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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Controversial proposals to allow retirement savers the right to sell their annuities for cash have received a boost after one of the country's leading insurers said the idea "has potential". Standard ...

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 ...

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 ...