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PARIS (Reuters) - France's preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.5% during the second quarter, beating forecasts and offering an element of respite for the euro zone's second-biggest econ...

(Reuters) - Britain and Australia may opt for 50 basis-point rate hikes in coming days, given the high risk that markets will punish any central bank that hesitates to crack down on multi-decade high ...

By Nevzat Devranoglu and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will stick to policies that allow only net exporters to access cheap lira loans and may toughen rules further despite a backlash from co...

(Reuters) - European shares rose on Friday and were on pace for their first monthly gain in four as a host of strong earnings from corporate Europe overshadowed fears of a global recession, with focus...

TOKYO (Reuters) - It goes a step too far to say a weak yen is the main reason for explaining why prices in Japan are rising, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa said on Friday. Th...

By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury British carmaker Bentley's first-half operating profit more than doubled, boosted by increased customisation of cars as sales rose significantly in Europe and B...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish travel booking group Amadeus on Friday reported a second-quarter net profit of 237 million euros, compared with a net loss in the same period last year, as the travel indust...

LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays has entered into an agreement with Citigroup for the latter to conduct a buyback of Barclays' shares on behalf of the British bank, Barclays said on Friday. Barclays on Thu...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Heavy rains in western Japan will cost Toyota Motor Corp an additional 1,000 or so vehicles in lost production in July, the automaker said on Friday, bringing its total estimated cut...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group Inc, Japan's third-largest lender by assets, reported on Friday a 36% drop in first-quarter net profit from a year ago when earnings were boosted by tax-relate...