Aviva is currently considering a £5.6bn merger with Friends Life.
Most rated utilities will maintain adequate financial buffers; Indian measures face implementation risks.
Growth was probably hit by slowing industrial activity and delayed monsoon rains that hurt farm output.
Seed fund is designed to attract more than €315bn in private investment.
The SEC said the bank violated federal securities laws by operating before registering with the regulator.
Iran can draw $700m in oil payments per month under deal with six powers.
The move comes as Beijing faces challenges in seeking the return of people suspected of committing economic crimes.
Twitter is interested in the app's user base of more than 3 million, nearly two-thirds of whom are women under 24.
But chart shows the pair has been above 160 since January 2014.
Sale of Citgo assets could help Petroleos de Venezuela SA rake in about $10bn.
GDP increased at annual rate of 3.9% in third quarter, compared to initial estimate of 3.5%.
Microsoft will also have to pay more than 100m yuan in additional taxes per year in future.
The rating agency also changes its outlooks for three oil and gas industry sectors.
Researchers say hackers can discover the identities of people using Bitcoins easily from IP addresses.
The (P)Caa1 rating assigned to the USD trust certificates is at the same level as Pakistan's Caa1 issuer ratings.
Serco won £70m contract to keep running controversial Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
Calls to give GCHQ expanded online monitoring powers are misguided - more intelligence is needed.
This year, 28 November marks the manic day in which shoppers can buy heavily discounted goods
But former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned that the move could be a 'Trojan Horse'.
US breweries accused of distorting the marketplace.
It is her first major move as chairperson of the bank.
Police in Hong Kong standing on platforms fire what was described as "tear spray" at protesters.
Profit after tax was up by £400,000 to £3.8m.
The FCA and BoE has sought to stop the rising cost of property through lending curbs
O'Grady says EU should be using TTIP negotiations to improve labour laws in the US.
It is reported that Sony will not renew its eight year contract with Fifa.
Edmund Shing says you should look to investing in small-cap stocks in the new year
Much of India's rail network is now slow and heavily congested.
A mole within the St Louis police is feeding information to Anonymous hacktivists, looking to link Darren Wilson with KKK.
A Russia central bank figure says that Crimeans will have to repay their debts to Ukraine.