Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/stockmarket.html en-en Fri, 16 May 2008 20:32:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/stockmarket.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tbs-uk-markets-global-4210405.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_bs_debtmrkt/tbs-uk-markets-global-4210405_3 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:32:00 +0000 U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as oil prices streaking toward $128 a barrel lifted energy shares and offset investor worries about a slump in U.S. consumer confidence to a 28-year low. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tbs-uk-usa-economy-paulson-4210405.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_bs_debtmrkt/tbs-uk-usa-economy-paulson-4210405_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:13:00 +0000 U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that markets have calmed down to the point where prices will be driven by economic factors including an improving housing market rather than by fear. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tbs-uk-capitalregional-4210405.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_bs_debtmrkt/tbs-uk-capitalregional-4210405_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 07:41:00 +0000 Troubled property fund manager Capital & Regional said it had more than halved its group debt and would offload assets to thwart foreclosure threat and improve the precarious financial position of its Mall Fund. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tbs-uk-banks-bankofengland-4210405.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_bs_debtmrkt/tbs-uk-banks-bankofengland-4210405_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:04:00 +0000 Britain's biggest banks are preparing to swap between 80 billion and 90 billion pounds of mortgage-backed assets for Bank of England Treasury bills, nearly twice what the central bank envisaged when it unveiled its scheme to unblock the frozen bank-lending market, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/tbs-stocks-europe-65f2640.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_bs_stocks/tbs-stocks-europe-65f2640_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:02:00 +0000 Europe's main stock markets diverged on Thursday as companies published mixed earnings news, and after share-price gains in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, dealers said. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080515/tbs-uk-barclays-mortgages-4210405.html /rtrs/20080515/r_t_rtrs_bs_debtmrkt/tbs-uk-barclays-mortgages-4210405_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:27:00 +0000 Barclays has seen its share of mortgage lending soar in the first months of the year, joining other big banks that have taken advantage of turbulent conditions to boost their market share. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/tbs-britain-banking-stocks-company-earni-65f2640.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_bs_stocks/tbs-britain-banking-stocks-company-earni-65f2640_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:33:00 +0000 Shareholders at Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland voted Wednesday in favour of a record-breaking rights issue totalling 12 billion pounds (15 billion euros, 24 billion dollars), the bank said. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080514/tbs-uk-firstgroup-4210405.html /rtrs/20080514/r_t_rtrs_bs_debtmrkt/tbs-uk-firstgroup-4210405_4 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:27:00 +0000 Rail and bus firm First Group raised 236 million pounds in a share placing on Wednesday to help fund growth in the United States. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080514/tbs-uk-hsbc-mortgages-4210405.html /rtrs/20080514/r_t_rtrs_bs_debtmrkt/tbs-uk-hsbc-mortgages-4210405_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:20:00 +0000 HSBC , Europe's biggest bank, said its UK mortgage lending jumped to four times its normal rate in the past month after it launched an offer to grab a bigger slice of the market, which it will now extend. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/tbs-australia-china-resources-stocks-65f2640.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_bs_stocks/tbs-australia-china-resources-stocks-65f2640_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 06:38:00 +0000 Shares in mining giant BHP Billiton hit an all time high on the Australian stock exchange Wednesday on talk that a Chinese entity was seeking a stake in the group. AFP