Martin Baccardax

World's biggest supplier of plumbing and heating products says US growth solid but will review its operations in France

Britain should scrap dated, redundant and overly complicated corporation tax rate in favour of reinvestment scheme.

Greece's finance ministry hopes to retire as much as €62bn in outstanding debt as Germany hints at possible writeoffs in 2015

Germany's Lower House agrees to new terms for Greece's rescue package as markets await details on Athens' plan to buyback more than €60bn in government bonds.

Nearly 20 million Europeans are looking for work as jobless rate hits another record in October amid deepening recession

Lord Justice Leveson's far-reaching investigation into culture and ethics of journalism could impact several major media stocks.

Britain's biggest clothing retailer slashes pension deficit by more than £1bn and reaches 10-year deal with trustees to plug "black hole"

Rona Fairhead will leave the FT Group following the departure of Pearson CEO Marjorie Scardino

The latest European agreement on Greece's financial support has many political benefits but few economic ones.

Thinktank says global growth will slow, eurozone will sink into recession and Britain may need to abandon debt target.

The Canadian central banker and former Goldman dealer has one of the few untarnished reputations in global finance.

Investors fear new political turmoil as demonstrators plan more protests in Cairo.

Leaders fail to reach agreement on cuts in €1 trillion budget summit and look set to reconvene in early 2013.

South Wales site of Port Talbot to take bulk of employment hit but new blast-furnace plants could add jobs in 2013

Optimism among German business leaders rises even as growth slows and Eurozone crisis continues

The focus on David Cameron's veto threat misses the bigger - and shameful - picture: If the Eurozone can't agree on a €30bn Greek rescue, how will it lead consensus on a €1tn EU budget?

Leading candidate for Prime Minister seeks big changes for BoJ that have implications for central banks all over the world.

Bank of England votes 9-0 to hold key lending rate at record low and 8-1 to keep its £375 asset purchase programme unchanged

HP takes second $8bn writedown and says former Autonomy CEO misled it by inflating value of data-analysis software firm.

Ex-UBS dealer found guilty of two counts of fraud and acquitted on four charges of false accounting charges in $2.3 billion "rogue trader" scandal in London

Markets ease as investors await crucial decision on Greek aid and digest loss of triple-A debt rating for the Eurozone's second-largest economy.

Moody's cuts France's debt grade to Aa1 and assigns a negative outlook citing a "gradual, sustained loss of competitiveness and the long-standing rigidities of its labour markets"

Bank of England's Systemic Risk Survey shows fewer market professionals fear near-term shock to financial system, but broader concerns remain.

Bank confirms talks to sell 16 percent holding in China's number two insurance group as asset sales accelerate

Iconic 82-year old bakery will shut down after the company said a union strike cost nearly $10m in less than week.

The Economist has attracted the wrath of France's Prime Minister with its incendiary cover story, but financial market professionals seem unimpressed by tame attack on Gallic finances.

The region's second recession in three years comes amid increasingly violent protests over spending cuts and austerity measures.

Media reports say deal with US Justice Department could lead to the largest criminal fine in US history

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King hints there's little left to do in the face of "unappealing" mix of sluggish growth and faster inflation.