FTSE ends week lower after positive start (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:56 GMT London's FTSE 100 index closed lower, ending a week which saw the index of leading shares striking a 2009 high.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)

Trichet: time to withdraw some support measures (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:34 GMT FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet is seen during a news conference in Frankfurt, central Germany. Although it is too early to say the crisis is over, it is time to withdraw some of the policy measures that supported the financial system through the credit crunch, the European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)

European stocks steady in midday trade (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:48 GMT View of the Paris stock exchange, the Bourse, and the Eiffel tower. Europe's main stock markets have steadied one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders say.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)

Downbeat Dell weighs on world markets (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:01 GMT A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Polanski's lawyer says director's family suffering (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:12 GMT Polish-born film director Roman Polanski awaits a public talk in Potsdam in this February 19, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

FTSE 100 slips on OECD warnings (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:54:44 GMT The FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday amid renewed concern about the strength of recovery from the worst global economic crisis in decades after some mixed data and forecasts.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

JP Morgan takes over Cazenove joint venture (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:04:27 GMT AP - U.S. bank J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it has bought full control of J.P. Morgan Cazenove in a 1 billion pound ($1.67 billion) deal with its joint venture partner, the venerable London financial house Cazenove Group Ltd.

FTSE 100 down in early trade (AFP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:16:58 GMT London shares were falling following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

SABMiller H1 net profit down 32 percent (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:26:09 GMT AP - SABMiller PLC, the world's second-largest brewer, on Thursday reported a 32 percent drop in net profit as revenues were hit hard by unfavorable currency movements and lager volumes declined.

UN official questions world's hunger commitment (AP) EU Economy News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:52:11 GMT Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations answers journalists' questions during a press conference at the end of a World Summit on Food Security at the FAO headquarters, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, Pool)