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Senate confirmation vote on a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke finds himself under attack from both ends of the political spectrum. Libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), abetted by a number of liberal Democrats,...

European planemaker Airbus says it took 225 jet orders in the first 11 months of 2009, offsetting 31 cancellations and putting it ahead of rival Boeing. More than half of the new orders were for single-aisle A320s, which scored an...

Vadera, who was one of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's closest aides, said she had to harness all her experience of 14 years as an international banker and 10 years in the government, in order to grapple with the banking crisis...

Kraft Foods will post its offer document to Cadbury Plc shareholders on Friday, triggering a two-month 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) takeover fight, sources with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday. The American food giant has until December 7...

The 1,219 sites, which advertise brands including Ugg boots, Tiffany jewellery and Links of London, were removed by the Metropolitan Police. Customers who buy from the sites either receive nothing, counterfeit goods, or have their credit card details stolen.

Banks bailout to cost taxpayer £131bn Financial advisers to Treasury – including Credit Suisse – to pocket £107m in fees, National Audit Office report finds A Happy Christmas for Credit Suisse. The Swiss banker is in line to make £15.4m...

The "cash for bangers" scrappage scheme accounted for 21.6 per cent of all new sales last month. The November figures took sales for the first 11 months of the year to more than 1.84 million, but this is still 8.8%...

The auction of Camelot, the National Lottery operator, took a significant step forward last night after it emerged that Royal Mail had bowed to pressure from fellow shareholders to sell its 20 per cent stake in the business. The decision...