By LAURENCE NORMAN LONDON -- US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ended a four-day European trip Thursday, joining with UK Finance Minister Alistair Darling to warn that the near-term economic outlook remains difficult and the global inflation threat is ...

The European Central Bank defied deepening gloom over the eurozone's prospects and intense political pressure yesterday to raise interest rates to their highest level for almost seven years.

July 3 ( Bloomberg ) - - Vodafone Group Plc , the world's biggest mobile - phone company , agreed to buy a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecommunications Co . from the government for $900 million ...

LONDON ( Thomson Financial ) - British Airways Plc . said traffic , measured in revenue passenger kilometres , fell by 3.7 percent in June , resulting in a passenger load factor fall from last ...