It's called 'Spocking', in tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy.

The world lost an iconic actor last week with the death of Leonard Nimoy, and fans from all over the world have been paying tribute.

The euro has lost considerable ground since last spring as the persistence of very weak growth in the eurozone, coupled with a fall in inflation to very low levels, forced the ECB into further policy easing moves.

Mark Carney’s arrival as the governor of the Bank of England appears to have had an immediate impact on the bank’s monetary policy committee.

The new governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, takes over responsibility for UK monetary policy with a weight of expectations unprecedented for any modern central banker.

The British government is proposing to change the remit of the Bank of England to herald in a new era of ‘monetary activism.’

UK inflation defied forecasts last month to hold at its highest rate since May, reducing the scope for the Bank of England to inject more cash into the struggling economy.

Top central banks are extending their arrangements to swap dollars and other currencies to make sure banks have the money they need.

Mark Carney, the surprise outsider choice to head the Bank of England is an overachiever with several big financial roles already notched into his belt, and is also a fan of rock band AC-DC whose lyrics can seem to mirror his life.

Chancellor George Osborne shocked the City today as he unveiled Canadian Mark Carney as the first non-British citizen to be appointed as governor of the Bank of England.

The European Union’s internal watchdog has launched an investigation of European Central Bank president Mario Draghi following a complaint of conflict of interest, the institution’s spokeswoman said.

IN the two weeks ending last Friday, global equity markets experienced their worst performance in several months.

The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank along with four more of the world’s major central banks today announced a coordinated move to bolster the liquidity of the global financial system.

AS the euro crisis threatened to become a political one last night, the EU came under severe pressure from countries worldwide concerned that they are being dragged under by the failures to protect the single currency.

The European Union and the International Monetary Fund pledged nearly one trillion US dollars to defend the embattled euro, hoping to turn back relentless attacks on the eurozone’s weakest nations and allow the continent to resume its hesitant economic recovery.

Japan’s central bank decided today to restart a temporary dollar-swap agreement with the US Federal Reserve, as part of a global effort to stabilise financial markets roiled by the European debt crisis.

Ottawa: Canada’s annual core inflation rate unexpectedly rose above 2% in February, adding pressure on the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates later this year and pushing the currency higher.

WHEN the governor of the Central Bank, John Hurley, appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs on March 10 he explained that the public exhortations of the Central Bank that highlighted risks to financial stability from August 2007 were “not as effective as they might have been and they did not lead to a sufficient or timely change in behaviour”.

Investors shrugged off fresh economic gloom today as the FTSE 100 Index built on yesterday’s 6% surge with further gains.

Central banks across the world co-ordinated emergency rate cuts in an attempt to stem market chaos today.

The Bank of England today said it would pump £22.3bn (€28bn) into money markets as part of a co-ordinated move by major central banks.

Wall Street finally found a reason for a huge rally today, after the Federal Reserve said it plans to pump 200 billion into the financial markets to help ease the strain from the credit crisis.

The Bank of England will today offer additional reserves to lenders as part of a global attempt to tackle the deepening credit crisis.

Central banks across the world have launched an unprecedented joint effort to tackle the deepening credit crisis.

Wall Street resumed its rally today after new data showed the overall US economy is holding up but is not too strong to prevent the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates.

The Canadian dollar hit US 95 cents for the first time in 30 years today, supported by higher oil prices, a strong economy and expectations of rate hikes.

THE dollar yesterday reached the strongest level in six weeks against the euro and a three-month high versus the yen as reports suggested the US economy is gaining momentum.

The British economy, Europe’s second-largest, may outpace the euro region for a fifth year in 2004, suggesting the central bank will raise interest rates more quickly than its European counterpart, surveys of economists showed.

BROWN THOMAS owner Galen Weston’s $1 billion bid for Selfridges Plc, a luxury-goods retailer that competes with Harrods, may cost Canada’s second-richest man as little as $5 million of his own money.

THE Governor of Ireland’s Central Bank is paid at least 57% more than his US counterpart, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.