Economics / Markets

A Brewin Dolphin broker sparked a brawl after discovering a colleague was having an affair with his fiancé, a court has heard.

Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney has suggested struggling economies dump inflation-targeting in order to kick-start growth.

A transatlantic banking watchdog would protect American and British taxpayers from bailing out banks which are too big to fail, under new plans.

HSBC and Standard Chartered have agreed record settlements over money laundering allegations as the former agrees to pay $1.9bn to US regulators.

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The UK is not heading towards a triple dip recession, the Treasury chief secretary has said.

Firms and individuals are to be encouraged to self-report on instances of market abuse, a senior Financial Services Authority (FSA) figure has said.

Equity markets have been given a boost by the latest monthly jobs figures from the US which show a further fall in the unemployment rate in November.

The ECB has cut growth forecasts for next year as President Mario Draghi warned of a continued gloomy outlook for Europe in 2013.

Two-thirds of bank staff with sales roles are finding themselves under "more pressure than ever" to hit targets, despite the slew of major mis-selling scandals in recent years, Which? has said.