Mercenary sales practices used by bank staff have been uncovered in an internal document leaked by a Barclays sales manager.

Both former shadow chancellors George Osborne and Vince Cable have been given positions in the new Coalition cabinet.

Capital Gains Tax(CGT) is set to rise on so called 'non-business' assets under the new Coalition Government to help reduce income tax for low earners.

Aviva's UK protection new business dropped 10% in the first quarter of the year, dragged down by poor group sales.

New annuity business at Just Retirement rose to £238.6m in the first three months of 2010, an increase of 87% and £111m on the same period last year.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) plans to cut around 2,600 UK jobs over the next year.

US Fed chief Ben Bernanke has told students money doesn't buy happiness, and they should spend time with friends instead.

The Bank of England (BoE) today kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% as uncertainty remains over who will govern Britain.

Virgin Money has been dropped from the race to buy up 318 RBS branches, sources familiar with the matter said at the weekend.

Neptune MD Robin Geffen has stepped up his campaign to oust Prudential's CEO Tidjane Thiam as the insurer is poised to gain FSA approval for its takeover of AIG's Asian arm AIA.