Strong inflows into Prudential's asset management arm M&G and its with-profits products helped UK sales rise 3% to £548m for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2009.

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The Federal Reserve will pump $600bn (£373bn) into the US economy by the end of June next year to try and boost the fragile recovery.

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US private equity group JC Flowers is lining up bids for at least four UK building societies as part of an ambitious plan to create a 'supermutual' that could be partially floated in London in five years.

The UK recovery is losing momentum and will slow over the winter but chances of a double-dip recession are "exaggerated", according to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club.

Gold catapulted to a new high yesterday charging above $1,3000 an ounce for the first ever time.

The Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) is mulling whether to split banks' retail and investment operations.

The massive shake-up at the top of the UK's biggest banks will continue as HSBC prepares to announce major changes to its senior management amid reports of a boardroom power struggle.

Japan's central bank is believed to have intervened for the second time in a week to combat the rising yen.