The ECB has ramped up efforts to tackle the mountain of soured loans in many eurozone banks, seeking to repair damage caused by years of lax supervision and feeble economic growth.

BATTLING through months of disturbed sleep is only to be expected when you’ve got a new baby.

Exchanges should slap higher fees on traders who cancel many of their buy and sell orders to stop potential abuses from ultra-fast high-frequency trading, a senior EU politician has said.

Arsenal insist reports they have signed Marseille’s attacking midfielder Samir Nasri for £12.5m are premature.

Alexander Hleb’s representative has called it a “great honour” that the Arsenal midfielder is being touted as a possible target of Spanish giants Real Madrid.