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Scottish business is being bullied into silence in the debate over independence by shadowy nationalist forces, according to Alistair Darling, the former Labour chancellor and leader of the pro-union campaign. The FT reports.
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LONDON, Jan 7- World equities and oil prices eased on Monday as some investors booked profits after last week's strong gains, but optimism over the global growth outlook limited the falls.
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PARIS, Jan 7- European shares were flat early on Monday, taking a breather from their New Year rally, buoyed by gains in banking stocks on the back of a regulatory decision to ease new liquidity rules for the sector.
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LONDON, Jan 7- European banking stocks rose on Monday after regulators eased global bank liquidity rules in order to enable lenders to issue more credit to help struggling economies grow. French and Italian lenders led gainers across the sector, with BMPS up 6.1 percent, Credit Agricole up 4 percent and Societe Generale up 3 percent.
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MELBOURNE, Jan 7- London copper edged lower on Monday on worries the U.S. Metals prices have been underpinned by global manufacturing indexes, however, with data showing China's economy has regained momentum while the U.S. economy is slowly mending, with more numbers out this week. "
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NEW YORK, Jan 7- Brent crude oil prices slipped toward $111 a barrel on Monday while the U.S. futures contract held firm, narrowing the spread between the two benchmarks to the lowest level since September as traders eyed the anticipated start-up of a Midwest pipeline.
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*Bank of Canada advertises for replacement for Mark Carney. *Carney, who is not British, will head Bank of England. OTTAWA, Jan 7- The Bank of Canada is looking for a new boss with "the courage to take a stand" as it seeks to replace Governor Mark Carney, who is leaving to head the Bank of England.
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LONDON, Jan 7- What first appears as a victory for banks in their battle to dilute draconian rules on liquidity will still mean they have to find trillions of dollars to protect themselves against their funds running out.
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*Bunds rebound after last week's big sell-off. *Further falls seen likely on improved U.S. outlook. LONDON, Jan 7- Investors snapped up German Bunds on Monday, after the euro zone's lowest-risk debt tumbled to one-month lows last week, even though fresh falls were expected on a cautiously upbeat outlook for the U.S. economy.
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SINGAPORE/ HONG KONG, Jan 7- Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the clunky mobile phone- closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back- is here to stay. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Chinese telecommunications giants ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will launch their own.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 7- London copper prices steadied on Monday, supported by signs the world's top two economies are inching into recovery, while a decision by global regulators to help banks build up cash buffers also underpinned sentiment.
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SINGAPORE/ HONG KONG, Jan 7- Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the clunky mobile phone- closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back- is here to stay. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Chinese telecommunications giants ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will launch their own.
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LONDON, Jan 6- The Basel Committee of regulators from nearly 30 countries agreed on Sunday to ease a new rule forcing banks to build cash buffers to protect against any month-long market squeeze. The Liquidity Coverage Ratio rule is one of the world's main regulatory responses to the financial crisis.
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LONDON, Jan 6- The economies of the United States, China and much of the developing world have decoupled from Europe, leaving it to wallow in various stages of recession and fiscal disarray.
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BASEL, Switzerland/ LONDON, Jan 6- Global regulators gave banks four more years and greater flexibility on Sunday to build up cash buffers so they can use some of their reserves to help struggling economies grow.
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BASEL, Switzerland/ LONDON, Jan 6- Global regulators have given banks more time to build up cash buffers so they can divert some of their reserves to helping struggling economies grow.
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ALGIERS, Jan 5- Turkey will discuss building a liquefied natural gas terminal with Qatar on its Aegean coast to help meet rising domestic needs and as Turkey's role as an energy supplier to Europe grows, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Saturday.
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"The Justice Department wanted a scalp to send a message to all the other banks, in particular the small cantonal and private banks," said Christopher Rizek, a tax lawyer at Caplin& Drysdale in Washington, D.C., and a senior former Treasury Department tax official.
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*Ivory Coast cocoa production forecast to fall 13 percent. NEW YORK/ LONDON, Jan 4- Cocoa futures on Liffe fell to an 8-1/ 2 month low on Friday before trimming losses, tracking trends in many other commodity markets as slower U.S. job growth diminished concern that the Federal Reserve may rethink its monetary policy.
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*Transocean leads market as settles oil spill charges. LONDON, Jan 4- European shares set a 22- month high on Friday, buoyed by supportive data and led by rig contractor Transocean, which agreed to settle U.S. government charges over BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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LONDON, Jan 4- European shares extended gains to set a new 22- month high on Friday, buoyed by supportive U.S. economic data and led by rig contractor Transocean. Transcocean led gainers, up 5.9 percent, after it reached a deal late on Thursday with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle claims related to the giant BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.