Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:27:53 +0000 Australia shares drop as Fed comments hit global equities

Australian shares fell 1.2 percent on Thursday, its largest one-day drop in two-weeks, as global equities tumbled after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed fears the U.S. central bank could ...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +0000 London close: All eyes on tonight's Fed meeting

UK markets gave back Tuesday' slight gains as traders continued to take positions, or stay on the side lines, ahead of the all-important policy decision - and accompanying market reaction - from the Federal ...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:57:00 +0000 What You Were Buying Last Week: BHP Billiton plc

One of Warren Buffett's famous investing sayings is " be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful " - or, in other words, sell when others are buying and buy when ...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:35:05 +0000 Petrobras, Sinopec in talks to build $20 bln refinery

SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - Petróleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-run oil company, and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp are in talks to build a $20 billion, 300,000-barrels-a-day refinery in the South ...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:57:00 +0000 FTSE 250 movers: Micro Focus, SDL and Imagination lead the risers

Software products group Micro Focus International surged after its annual results unveiled a five per cent gain in pre-tax profit as it kept a tight rein on costs.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:57:00 +0000 FTSE 100 movers: BAE Systems, ITV, Sainsbury, Polymetal

BAE Systems climbed the FTSE 100 ladder following reports that long-awaited orders from Gulf states for Eurofighter Typhoon jets may arrive this year.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:37:57 +0000 Centamin says appeal hearing adjourned until Sept

Gold producer Centamin, involved in a legal dispute to defend its right to mine in Egypt, said that its appeal process hearing was pushed back to the end of September. The company launched an appeal last ...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:06:23 +0000 Mozambique's Renamo threatens to paralyse vital coal railway

The Renamo opposition party, a former guerrilla organisation, threatened on Wednesday to paralyse the only railway line out of Mozambique's vast coalfields in an effort to hurt the government. Renamo information ...