Finance & Stock Market News
UPDATE 1-EU slips up with olive oil ban, reverses course
* Commission withdraws ban on olive oil jugs in restaurants* Farm chief says proposals lacked consumer support* Move follows accusations of interference by Brussels[Thu 16:01]
UK's FTSE suffers worst day in a year on stimulus taper worries
* FTSE 100 down 2.1 pct, worst fall since last May[Thu 15:51]
FOREX-Yen rallies sharply against dollar, euro after China data
* Yen rises versus dollar, euro as Nikkei tumbles* Worries that Fed may taper QE, weak China PMI hit stocks* Euro helped somewhat by PMI data, still vulnerable* Aussie hit hard by weak China data, falling commodity[Thu 15:48]
STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps close down 1.7 percent
The FTSE Small Cap index ends the session 1.7 percent[Thu 15:41]
New Issue-EIB adds 250 mln stg to 2037 bond
May 23 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditionsof a bond priced on Thursday.Borrower European Investment Bank (EIB)Issue Amount[Thu 15:41]
Brazil oil prospect Libra has up to 42 bln barrels of oil -ANP
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's Libra prospect[Thu 15:40]
Worries over end to monetary stimulus hit Europe shares
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - A benchmark European equity index[Thu 15:34]
Quebec's separatist government highly unpopular -poll
* Separatists would lose power in election now, poll says* Quebec government had to dilute plans for new mining taxMay 23 (Reuters) - Quebec's separatist government is highly[Thu 15:21]
Sterling recovers vs dollar but still vulnerable
* Pound off lows, but gains seen temporary* Sterling drops more than 1 pct against yen, Swiss franc* UK GDP data unrevised, helps sterling slightlyBy Anirban NagLONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Sterling recovered from a 10-week[Thu 15:13]
HSBC says Robertson to head remuneration committee
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings named[Thu 15:08]
