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Lufthansa Strike Leads to 'Massive' Flight Cancellations in Germany and Europe

Airline warns of massive long-haul delays while all but 20 short-haul flights cancelled.

Samsung Taiwan Apologises for Fake Negative Reviews of HTC Smartphones

Samsung Apologises for Fake Negative Reviews on HTC Smartphones

Samsung has come under fire for posting fake negative reviews of rival HTC smartphones on Taiwanese websites.

Fitch Downgrades UK's Credit Rating In New Blow for George Osborne

Ratings agency follows Moody's to downgrade Britain to AA+ but keeps a stable outlook

Flybe Expects Flat Full-Year Revenue on Stalled Sales and Higher Costs

Flybe sees full-year loss at the lower end of the previous guidance.

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Stacey Golding, Co-Founder & CEO of Premier Cru: Investing in Fine Wine

The fine wines market has evolved into an established alternative investment sector where total returns have vastly exceeded those in traditional assets, such as equities and bonds, even during unprecedented market collapses.

Rich Ricci and Tom Kalaris (Photo: Reuters and Barclays)

Barclays Loses Rich Ricci and Tom Kalaris From Bob Diamond Era

The CEO of corporate and investment banking and leader of wealth set to leave the bank and will mark the last of the executives from Diamond's legacy

Debenhams Shares Soar on Better Second-Half Outlook

Debenhams shares gain about 8 percent on better second-half forecast.

Persimmon Plans To Speed Up Dividend Payments

Britain’s biggest homebuilder plans to accelerate dividend payments to shareholders and pay a slice by next year.

Carrefour Planet supermarket in Bordeaux

Carrefour First-Quarter Sales Down on Foreign Exchange Impact

Carrefour's first-quarter sales rose 1.3 percent year-on-year to €20.83bn on constant currency.

Royal Bank of Scotland Chases Dead Man for £6

Grieving daughter carries urn containing father's ashes to Royal Bank of Scotland branch, to prove he is, in fact, dead

FCA Charges 8 Men On Land Banking Offences

Financial Conduct Authority charges men with criminal offences relating to conspiracy to defraud investors on land investments

EasyJet Appoints Next's John Barton as Chairman

John Barton replaces Sir Mike Rake who was in row with easyJet's founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

Germany's Daimler Divests Stake in Airbus Parent EADS for €2.2bn

The deal results in the carmaker's exit from aerospace activities.

Europe Car Sales Plunge 10% in March

Carmakers such as PSA Peugeot Citroen, Ford Motor and Volkswagen experience a slowdown in demand.

Paul Massara, CEO at RWE npower gives evidence at the Energy Energy and Climate Change Select Committee (Photo: Parliament TV)

RWE npower: Admits No Corporation Tax Payments For Three Years

Energy giant says it didn’t need to because it had invested billions in “building power plants, creating jobs”

Tesco Plans US Exit As Profits Slump For First Time in 20 Years

Europe's biggest food retailer will close "Fresh & Easy" brand in the United States as CEO Philip Clarke continues his aim to focus on UK growth

Derivatives Scandal: Monte Paschi Prosecutors Seize €1.8bn in Nomura Assets

City of Siena prosecutors reveal they are seizing billions of euros of Nomura assets as part of Monte Paschi's derivatives losses probe

Libor Fixing and Mis-Selling: Labour Calls for Whistleblower Immunity

Britain's opposition party pushes for amendments to banking reform bill to prevent large scale financial scandals

Guttman says the UK has a lot to learn from the US on whistleblower incentives (Photos: Reuters)

Whistleblower Bounties Will Prevent Future Fraud and Scandals

Reuben Guttman at Grant & Eisenhofer says UK should learn from US programmes to detect scandals

Citigroup Profits Rise as Investment Bank Unit Boosts Bottom Line

Third-largest US bank says profits rose by 31 percent in the first full quarter under new CEO Michael Corbat.

Lehman Brothers Creditors Could Get Money Back in Full - PwC

PwC says Lehman's administrators settled benchmark dispute and has freed $9.1bn for paying back investors

Student protest against bailout (Photo: Reuters)

Cyprus in Crisis: President Asks EU for Financial Assistance Despite Bailout

Nicos Anastasiades says he’s writing to EU officials to ask for extra assistance and support despite the €10bn bailout

Germany's JAB Group to Buy DE Master Blenders for €7.5bn

JAB plans to expand its coffee empire with the acquisition, to become a competitor for industry leader Nestle.

Libor Fixing Scandal: Japan Orders RBS to Overhaul Compliance

Japan's Financial Services Agency orders the Tokyo-based unit to boost compliance over rate manipulation amid criminal charges.

Heathrow March Traffic up 3.9% on Strong Asian and European Passenger Numbers

Heathrow records 7.4% increase in passenger traffic to Europe despite the economic weakness of the region.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) took over from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on April 1, as part of the new dual regulatory regime with the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA), and is now in charge of appriving individuals under the Fit a

British Bankers Fit and Proper: 97% Pass FSA Test

3% of applicants for FSA's Approved Persons Regime rejected or withdrew their application.

London Finance Job Vacancies Rise on Risk Management and Compliance Demand

Pressure from regulators to increase risk management and oversight departments leads to 25% vacancy surge

Toyota Among Four Japan Car Makers To Recall Vehicles Over Airbag Fault

Four Japanese automakers - Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda - are recalling some 3.4 million vehicles world-wide because of an airbag problem, the companies said on Thursday (April 11).