(Alliance News) - Legal & General Group PLC on Wednesday rewarded shareholders with a higher dividend and launched a GBP500 million share buyback, as it hailed a year of "significant strategic ...

(Alliance News) - The UK's payment systems watchdog is set to be scrapped in the government's latest move to cut red tape as the chancellor pledged to end the "stranglehold" on British businesses.

The pound fell to USD1.2933 early on Wednesday, from USD1.2943 at the time of the London equities close on Tuesday. The euro fell to USD1.0909 from USD1.0924. Against the yen, the dollar perked up to ...