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Mining merger talks see FTSE 100 end week on high

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FTSE 100 finishes lower as political woe in Paris jolts CAC 40

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UK’s National Wealth Fund seals £1.35bn loan to build North Sea power cables

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London’s FTSE 100 treads water ahead of US and UK rate decisions

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Low ambition and incoherent targets from banks put net zero at risk – analysis

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National Theatre heads defend sponsors Delta and BNP Paribas amid net zero drive

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European investors in better spirits after political uncertainty fuelled losses

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UK overtakes France as home of Europe’s biggest stock market

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BNP Paribas is said to plan 50 job cuts across its UK Unit

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Activists call on Barclays to close ‘fracking loophole’ in energy finance policy

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Economists expect rates to hold on Thursday despite fall in inflation

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Economists expect rates to hold on Thursday despite fall in inflation

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Meta pays developer £149m to break lease on London office building

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FTSE 100 suffers biggest daily decline since start of Covid

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Banking crisis fears intensify as shares in top lenders plunge

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Major investors urge big European banks to stop financing fossil fuels

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HSBC says it will no longer finance new oil and gas fields

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Banks not moving fast enough to tackle climate and nature crises – campaigners

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Omicron and new restrictions raise prospect of Bank holding rates once more

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Omicron and new restrictions raise prospect of Bank holding rates once more
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Sort out equal pay, says ‘not now Stacey’ banker after sex bias win
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Banker wins £4m sex bias claim after witch’s hat left on desk
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One in two City workers 'more stressed at home than in office'
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In brief: Morrisons’ new net exec in shock exit, Aon warns of terror
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Market round-up: City refuses to get into a lather as Unilever soap
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Homebuying surge hands Osborne a £1.2bn windfall
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Market round-up: ‘Time to get out of Intu’ as shops put up
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Rafael Nadal reflects on an emotional victory
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BNP Paribas poaches players in shot at Premier League
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