two years of crisis and bank debt in Europe, the roaring euro party is over.
Greeks are emptying their bank accounts, Italians are proposing that the Roman Catholic Church begin to pay nearly $1 billion in property...
EMERGENCY evacuation plans for Brits living in Spain and Portugal are being drawn up amid fears of the euro collapsing.
Marbella, Andalusia, Spain (pic: Getty) The drastic proposals emerged as a former Security Minister warned expats could be left stranded a...
Spanish king forced son-in-law to quit job in 2006
King Juan Carlos told his son-in-law in 2006 to cut ties with a company now mired in corruption allegations, an official at Spain's ...
Ratings agency confirms it is could downgrade SIX eurozone countries... but France's AAA status is safe for now
Six eurozone countries could have their credit rating downgraded in the next few weeks amid uncertainty over how the financial crisis will...
Fitch warns Spain and Italy of downgrade as Moody's cuts Belgium by two notches
The eurozone’s third- and fourth-biggest economies were warned by Fitch of a “near-term” downgrade, alongside Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia and...
Karen Guillet would drive to her $50,000-a-year job at Oxford Town Hall in new Jaguar cars that cost more than her annual salary.
Karen Guillet would drive to her $50,000-a-year job at Oxford Town Hall in new Jaguar cars that cost more than her annual salary. She would ...
The top ranks of the Government are now coming to the conclusion that the break-up of the euro is inevitable.
I understand that Hague, like the Chancellor, now believes this will happen soon. Osborne told Cabinet colleagues on Monday that the Mer...
Banker Bob Diamond has introduced what he calls 'the no-jerk rule' and has encouraged at least 40 executives at his firm to find jobs elsewhere.
The American-born chief executive of Barclays said he does not care how good people are at what they do, if they are not suitable, they will...
Glenn Mulcaire, the private eye at the centre of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, has been arrested
Glenn Mulcaire, the private eye at the centre of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, has been arrested by Scotland Yard detective...
US agents laundered drug money
Anti-narcotics agents working for the US government have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds to see how the system ...
Wife found Gary Speed's body, inquest hears
Wales football manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home by his wife, an inquest was told today. The 42-year-old father-of-two was ...
TWO families are rejoicing after two men held in a Spanish prison were set free after four-and-a-half months
Kyle Thain, 24, and James Harris, 29, have been released on bail from Font Calent jail in Alicante. This has left family members and frien...
Spanish savings bank directors suspected of fraud
Spanish savings bank has fired two directors and is investigating two former executives for allegedly syphoning off €20 million ($26.5 mil...
British banks need to plan for a potentially disorderly break-up of the euro zone,
British banks need to plan for a potentially disorderly break-up of the euro zone, or the exit of some countries as part of their contingenc...
Hungary will investigate possible cartel activity on the household mortgage market by seven banks
Hungary will investigate possible cartel activity on the household mortgage market by seven banks, the Competition Authority said. The inve...
Bank stocks took a nose-dive on Wednesday
Bank stocks took a nose-dive on Wednesday on concerns about the European debt crisis and rigorous stress tests unveiled by the Federal Reser...
bank bail-out because “reckless lending” by international banks to Irish banks contributed to their collapse
European authorities should share the cost of Ireland’s €63bn ($84bn) bank bail-out because “reckless lending” by international banks to Iri...
James Murdoch has dramatically quit as director of the companies that publish the Sun, The Times and the Sunday Times
James Murdoch has dramatically quit as director of the companies that publish the Sun, The Times and the Sunday Times and analysts said he c...
The billionaire's Arcadia group is one of the biggest private employers in Britain, with over 44,000 staff in its 2,500 UK stores.
Arcadia, the owner of Top Shop and BhS, reported a 38% fall in annual profits to £133m and says it expects to close up to 260 stores in the ...
High Court yesterday granted Anglo Irish Bank a judgment compelling bankrupt Mr Quinn to repay some €416m
Sean Quinn was yesterday hit with the largest judgment ever registered in an Irish court -- but his children are unlikely to face a similar ...
