Wednesday, July 01 11:47:16 Robust commodity prices boosted energy and mining stocks which led a broad-based rally at the start of the third quarter, lifting Britain's top share index 1.4 percent higher by mid-session on Wednesday.
Bermuda police on Wednesday announced they are investigating the Emerald Financial Group, an offshore investment company in the wealthy British territory.
Stocks started the year by shocking investors with big losses, then pleased them with a strong springtime rally.
WASHINGTON a ' Sen. Daniel Inouye's staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth.
Investors are adding consumer confidence to their growing list of things to worry about.
Nomura Holdings Inc. , Japana s largest brokerage, may say as early as today that ita s buying Citigroup Inc.
World stocks began the third quarter on an upbeat note on Wednesday with European and emerging market shares rising around 1 percent and oil climbing on hopes for a recovery in demand.
Citigroup Inc has increased interest rates on up to 15 million U.S. credit card accounts just months before curbs on such rises come into effect, the Financial Times reported citing people close to the situation.
U.S. stocks were set to open the third quarter with gains Wednesday as investors awaited reports on employment, manufacturing and home sales.
The Associated Press 1 comment Three international organizations canceled $1.2 billion of Haiti's debt Tuesday, freeing up millions of dollars each year for the deeply impoverished Caribbean nation that is beset by humanitarian crises.
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