MARKETS

Sale of the private bank's international business could fetch between $720m and $1.1bn.

Consortium includes South Korea's National Pension Service and gas seller E1.

Treasury Wine Estates' stock jumps 3.9% in Sydney, valuing winemaker at A$3.45bn.

GM has set aside $400m to cover victims' claims of deaths caused by faulty car parts.

Brent trades lower on rumours US air strikes will lower risk of oil supply disruptions from Iraq.

Safe haven flows and short covering have strengthened gold to a 20-day high, even as silver has fallen to a 50-day low. Platinum and palladium have rallied since 5 August.

Economic data from China, Europe and US to influence bullion prices next week.

Bank of Japan will be in news for monthly economic survey and minutes of last policy-setting meeting.

India's largest lender's net profit rose 3.3% to $547m in April-June first-quarter.

Ukraine crisis also bites down on markets as Russia imposes sanctions on Western exports.

Sterling has dropped more than 2.1% over past five weeks against US dollar.

Russia slapped ban on food imports from the US, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.

The embattled group has been swamped by severe management failings in the past.

SoMP talks about how poor wage growth can be offset by a weakness in the currency.

Norway's salmon producers face losing biggest market which made up 10% of all exports.

July's price index figure stands 1.7% below July 2013.

The way forward for the Russian currency is toward uncharted territory.

Nestle on 7 August reported a near 10% drop in first-half earnings.

Pound and euro traded weak on Thursday as traders preferred to stay light ahead of monetary policy announcements.

Ctrip's stock surges 12.49% in after-hours trading in New York.

The Bank of England are eyeing rate hikes but are tipped to stall them for now

High frequency trading lawsuits set to become very complex, states US report.

The watchdog launched a public consultation on its approach to supervising financial promotions across social media

Indian rupee fell to a fresh low as geopolitical tensions increased safe haven flows to the dollar.

Accountancy and finance recruiter Marks Sattin conducted a poll of 354 UK finance professionals

Bangkok-based Energy Absolute's stock has rallied some 236% this year.

Rupert Murdoch says buyout bid given up as Time Warner 'refused to engage with us'.

Societe Generale's chief UK economist said the Yes Scotland camp is delusional

British pound falls against US dollar despite encouraging housing market data.