Miners and train and bus company Stagecoach Group were big gainers on the London Stock Exchange in morning trading Wednesday.   Read More

The pound traded lower on Thursday amid growing calls for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to step down.  Can you profit from the UK's pain?   Read More

With AIG not extending its jersey sponsorship deal with Manchester United, Aon Corporation, a $10 billion company who specializes in risk management, insurance and consulting, is expected to take over.   Read More

The UK's Financial Services Authority released details of its banking stress-test methodology on Thursday. I’m a big fan of stress-testing myself (in the form of sport rather than economics) and this weekend I face my toughest stress test to date: my first-ever half ironman.   Read More

Go to the beach early! If we can survive Kris upsetting Adam on American Idol while it looks like the UK will have its debt downgraded, we can cut-out early one time! The market will try to stay awake long enough Friday to get to the 4 PM close, but I don't expect much, if anything, to happen.    Read More

I thought that blogging from Hawaii while I was on vacation was bad. Ok, it was. But a new survey from UK firm Credant Technologies reveals that one in four city workers surveyed in London work on their laptops IN BED for at least two hours a week.    Read More