London Markets: Lloyds Banking Group advances, FTSE 100 sags - at MarketWatch - 14 minutes ago
Lloyds Banking Group shares buck a lower banking sector on Tuesday, after it sets out the per-share price of its 13.5 billion pound share offering.

German business optimism rises again in November - AP - 16 minutes ago
German business confidence rose for an eighth consecutive month in November as Europe's biggest economy recovered steadily from its worst recession in decades, a leading survey showed Tuesday.

Chinese banks - at FT.com - 16 minutes ago
Liu Mingkang is a regulator's regulator: stern, patrician, and quick to slap down dissent. On Monday wires reported that China's Banking Regulatory Commission, where he is chairman, was urging big banks to boost capital ratios to 13 per cent of risk-weighted assets next year, from 10-11 per cent now.

SSL raises dividend after profits surge - at FT.com - 16 minutes ago
Foot deodorant and sexual lubricants have proved a profitable mix for SSL International, as the owner of the Durex and Dr Scholl brands raised its dividend and reported higher sales thanks to strong growth in Germany and eastern Europe.

Lloyds sets price for record $22.4 bln share sale - at MarketWatch - 17 minutes ago
Lloyds Banking Group on Tuesday priced its 13.5 billion pound share sale at a 60% discount to the previous closing price as the bank took another step towards completing its mammoth capital raising plans.

GM's Reilly: German Opel plant to remain important - AP - 20 minutes ago
The new head of GM Europe has made clear that the company plans to keep open an Opel plant in Bochum, Germany even as it works to cut some 20 percent of overall capacity.

Bombay Stock Exchange plans listing - at FT.com - 21 minutes ago
Asia's oldest bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange, plans to list, according to Madhu Kannan, the chief executive of the exchange.

Currencies: Dollar gains on euro in Asian trading - at MarketWatch - 25 minutes ago
The dollar rose against the euro in Asian trading Tuesday.

Denmark's climate minister to head climate summit - AP - 34 minutes ago
Denmark's prime minister says the country's climate minister will leave her Cabinet post to head next month's Copenhagen climate summit.

Sharp fall in Chinese stocks as dollar firms - at FT.com - 37 minutes ago
09:15 GMT. European stock markets sold off on Tuesday after a sharp drop in Chinese shares and a strengthening dollar raised fears the multi-month rally may be over.

Secretary Dimon? - at FT.com - 37 minutes ago
Media speculation that JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon is in the running to succeed embattled US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may not be as far-fetched as sceptics suggest.