The US dollar index was at 101.29 as of 12.02am EST, lower than the multi-year high it touched last week.
The acquisition process is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2017.
Welfare cuts will leave low-earning working households worse off by £48.90 a week through to 2020, study says.
If the deal goes through, it would mark the British bank's first acquisition in more than seven years.
Social media giant will recruit engineers, marketers, project managers and sales staff at its new London office.
Christian Wolmar spoke to IBTimes UK after John McDonnell said Labour would not block Article 50.
While 88% of firms said their board backed innovation, 35% of staff lacked time to innovate.
Sadiq Khan accuses VW of owing Transport for London £2.5m in underpaid congestion charges.
This is the second time in the span of a week that security researchers have sounded an alarm about Android phones with pre-installed backdoors.
The company said no financial information was accessed in the breach.
US Congressman Mike Pompeo has accepted the offer to head the CIA under Trump's presidency.
The social media giant's accounting chief Jas Athwal will leave the firm after 9 years of service.
Shares of Rolls-Royce closed 6.58% lower on Friday at £6.53, marking its lowest price in nearly five months.
IBTimes UK takes a look at the new cars and trends at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public on Friday 18 November.
Conservative MEP David Campbell Bannerman told IBTimes UK there is no transparency over TTIP.
Microsoft founder says demonetisation will accelerate India's shift towards a digitised economy.
The Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Capital Markets event takes place on 1 and 2 March 2017 at the Barbican.
IBTimes speaks to Todd McDonald from R3, Dr Lee Braine from Barclays, and Sean Murphy from Norton Rose Fulbright.
EDC has completed its Supernode installation and partnered with data centre giant Equinix.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding is set to fill an urgent need in developing nations.
The cyberattack is currently being investigated but authorities reportedly unsure of hackers' identity.
Top business body told IBTimes UK that Western economies will follow the White House's lead.
Europe's largest car-maker will cut 23,000 jobs at its German plant to fund a shift towards electric cars.
The CryptoSeal tamper-evident adhesive seal strips will work well for pharmaceutical tracking.
British government generates £3bn a year from air passenger tax but MPs claim it could hurt business links.
Security researchers have discovered a new attack technique that requires less effort to launch large-scale attacks.
Bank Negara Malaysia denies it is seeking to impose capital controls.
Edward Snowden says the bill is the 'most extreme surveillance in the history of Western democracy'.
The accountancy firm had previously warned it could shift its work outside the UK if the government restricts immigration.
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis says consumers should not be forced to pay 'inflated prices' due to exchange rate volatility.