MARKETS

Sports Direct tycoon entered into a put option for 23 million shares

Hampton will join GSK in January 2015 as a non-executive director before assuming chairman's role.

Parliamentary business committee chairman Adrian Bailey says executives may have to explain themselves.

Bank of England Deputy governor Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik warns of gap between two key indicators.

UK and Spain sales expected to grow amid stable outlook for global automotive industry.

MetaQuotes Software, the developer of the online trading platforms MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, is pleased to announce an expansion into the Middle Eastern area. MetaFintech LLC has become the company's official agent in the largest international business centre of the Middle East - Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Rumours circulated last month about Hampton joining the pharmaceutical group

Taiwan's central bank is scheduled to announce its policy rates on Thursday.

India's Supreme Court cancels 214 of 218 coal mine permits given to firms since 1993.

The investment bank cut its recommendation on Rightmove to sell

Russian stock market has been extremely volatile and seen a high volume of trading on Ukraine news.

The GBP/CHF cross is just 20 pips away from a new two-year high.

Hundreds of Polish miners blocked a border passage with Russia.

The SEC awarded the anonymous whistleblower for helping to recover a substantial amount of cash

Citizens' stock to debut on NYSE later today under the ticker symbol 'CFG'.

The fraud investigators want the government to improve its budget by 50%.

Barclays was fined hours earlier by Britain's FCA for failing to protect customer assets.

The real has fallen more than 7.3% so far this month compared to the 2.8% fall in Chile's and the 4% drop in Colombia's currencies.

Boss Antony Jenkins says the bank's defence is 'strong' and will 'robustly defend allegations'

Middle East and North Africa region is said to account for half of global energy subsidy spending.

Eastern Europe exposure hits Austria's Raiffeisen.

Tesco-owned supermarket is accused of managers selling customers' private info to insurance firms

A bad hire can be toxic to entire teams and companies

Euro strengthened against the greenback on Tuesday despite a set of weaker than expected PMI numbers from the region.

The US Treasury department has made it harder for US companies to move their bases abroad

China's oil demand has reversed the waning trend seen in the first six months of the year.

United Arab Emirates' energy minister Suhail Al Mazrouei says target to be decided in November.

Jimmy Choo has announced its plans to list on the London Stock Exchange

The Malaysian ringgit has fallen to a new four-month low on Tuesday bucking the trend of its regional peers.