Martin Baccardax

Treasury Secretary's warning on debt ceiling adds further concern to investor's holiday list

Dec 27, 2012

From banksters to gun nuts the media's collapse into 'simplify and exaggerate' is doing lasting damage to public debate.

Dec 27, 2012

From the Crystal Meth Fiscal Cliff to the Shareholder Spring to the London Whale Tempest in a Teapot, the year's biggest stories began with a quote. Here are ten of the best.

Dec 27, 2012

Britain's FTSE 100 ends little changed amid thin volumes at home, closed markets around Europe as investors await last-minute budget deal in Washington

Dec 24, 2012

IBTimes UK has put together its own 'Central Bank Watch' report with key rates, dates and details from world's most important policymakers.

Dec 21, 2012

Key Gulf deal comes just days after firm warns of earnings hit linked to Saudi delays on Salam Typhoon deal

Dec 21, 2012

Intercontinental Exchange to pay $33 a share approach in second attempt to take over NYSE Euronext.

Dec 20, 2012

Mark Carney will earn £874,000 a year on Threadneedle Street in the City of London.

Dec 19, 2012

Key reading of German business sentiment rebounds from 2.5 year low in October with second consecutive monthly increase.

Dec 19, 2012

FSA levies record £160m fine and says at least 45 traders and managers involved in global interbank lending scandal

Dec 19, 2012

Bank of American Merrill Lynch survey shows investors increasingly optimistic about global recovery and China growth potential.

Dec 18, 2012

Central Bank plans mid-2013 opening of Asian branch to help its on-going effort to stabilise the value of the Swiss franc on foreign exchange markets.

Dec 18, 2012

Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index hits nine-month high but still below expansion threshold.

Dec 14, 2012

S&P follows Fitch in lowering AAA rating outlook while investors brace for imminent downgrades.

Dec 13, 2012

European Finance Ministers will send €34.1bn to Athens next week in latest rescue for debt-stricken Greece

Dec 13, 2012

Struggling entertainment retailer says it may breach terms of its bank financing in January as sales slump

Dec 13, 2012

Britain's biggest sports retailer rings in more than £1bn in sales

Dec 13, 2012

Benchmark gauge of global shipping costs falls more than 12 percent in two days following weak US and China trade data

Dec 12, 2012

Unemployment rate holds steady at 7.8 percent as 40,000 new jobs take UK's employment total to a record high 29.6m

Dec 12, 2012

World's biggest clothing retailer and owner of Zara and Massimo Butti brands posts solid profit gain.

Dec 12, 2012

Billionaire entrepreneur seeks first trans-Atlantic tie-up in his airline's history as he seeks to challenge BA's long haul dominance.

Dec 11, 2012

ZEW's key index of investor and analyst expectations posts first positive reading since May.

Dec 11, 2012

Gerard Lyons will join the mayor's economic policy team after a thirteen year career with global investment bank Standard Chartered

Dec 11, 2012

Drinks giant walks away from world famous tequila brand after failing to reach a deal.

Dec 11, 2012

The surprise resignation gambit from Prime Minister Mario Monti has roiled financial markets in Eurpoe, but Italy's economic prospects are unlikely to be harmed by the drama.

Dec 10, 2012

Italy's Prime Minister says he'll resign following withdrawal of support from former leader Silvio Berlusconi.

Dec 10, 2012

By making guarantees linked to events he cannot control Chancellor George Osborne is the author of his own misfortune.

Dec 05, 2012

Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont buys HSBC's 15.7 percent stake in China's second-largest insurance group

Dec 05, 2012

PIMCO's Bill Gross says debt and demographics will act as a drag on global economic growth for years to come as investors navigate a "new normal" of lower returns.

Dec 04, 2012